An increasing amount
of campaign contributions come from the wealthiest donors.As more big money floods into elections, we should...
Of course, CPI includes all kind of other useful information in the site, including issue background on issues and an eye - popping list
of campaign contributions coming from the telecommunications industry — take a look at the numbers on this page and see if you don't jump back in shock.
Brandon was a recipient of a significant amount of campaign money from the school choice movement during his 2012 run for office — 25 percent
of his campaign contributions came from pro-voucher investors.
Not exact matches
In first quarter
of 2018, 61 percent
of the direct
contributions to his
campaign committee
came from donations
of $ 200 or less.
I think the numbers
come out to like 2 %
of total
campaign contributions received by Andrew as
of last filing.
But he's finding that the senator — while likely harder to dislodge with more years on the job and a base
of support in his district — is a more attractive target when it
comes to generating
campaign contributions, particularly for LGBT donors.
Supporters
of the Governor say the last
contributions made by the Jacobs family and their associates to the Cuomo
campaign came no later than 2014, around the time Delaware North and ICE signed leases to occupy the same building.
Gibson's
campaign makes
of point
of saying that since his 2010 retirement from the Army, the GOP lawmaker has received more than 7,200 individual
contributions, with 74 percent
coming from individuals in the current NY - 20.
Continuing our recent run
of a real wealth
of guest articles, here
comes another
contribution from our old friend Beth Becker, who reminds us that in social media
campaigning, we should to begin at the very beginning, which is a very good place to start.
Maffei's
campaign said it has seen a rising level
of grassroots support for the congressman, with 64 percent
of his
contributions between April 1 and June 30
coming from individual supporters who gave less than $ 200.
According to the
Campaign Finance database, 54 %
of all
contributions to the S.J. JUNG FOR STATE SENATE committee
came from New Jersey.
Scharff says she believes the timing is also right, the Occupy Wall Street movement has focused the debate on the influence
of large corporations in society, and she says there's also been a lot
of attention drawn to recent Supreme court decisions, like Citizens United, which ruled, essentially, that when it
comes to
campaign contributions, corporations are people, too.
After the July fundraising a mere 4 %
of all
of Espaillat's
campaign contributions came from within the district.
A lot
of times, and most
of the time when it
comes to
campaign contributions, they're looking to influence the individual who is the beneficiary
of their largesse,» Horner said.
The bulk
of its money has
come from a long - standing agreement in which it gives Cuomo's
campaign efforts office space in Manhattan, which appears on the governor's forms as in - kind
contributions.
Liberal activist groups last week called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to return thousands
of dollars he has received in
campaign contributions from Daniel Loeb, a billionaire who has
come under criticism for racially charged remarks directed at Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.
According to Katko's
campaign, 278 individual donors contributed to the
campaign, with 96 percent
of contributions coming from individuals who either live or work in the 24th Congressional District.
ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo will «set aside»
campaign contributions from COR Development and LPCiminelli, which federal prosecutors allege
came to the governor's purse at the urging
of a lobbyist involved in several bid - rigging schemes.
But only a sliver
of the more than $ 350,000 he received in
contributions during the first half
of the year
came from the real estate industry, according to a review
of campaign finance records by The Real Deal.
The majority
of the challenger's
contributions came from individual donors with the largest
contribution coming from a $ 10,000 donation from himself,
campaign finance records show.
«A lot
of times and most
of the time when it
comes to
campaign contributions they're looking to influence the individual who is the beneficiary
of their largesse.»
The vast majority
of contributions to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's
campaign come from $ 10,000
contributions and higher, according to analysis released today by the New York Public Interest Research Group.
Some lobbying
comes in the form
of giving
campaign contributions to politicians.
Most
of EMILY's List's influence
comes in the form
of bundled
campaign contributions, but the group now also does polling and airs television and radio ads.
Over the past two years, nearly all
of his
campaign funds have
come from thousand - dollar - plus
contributions, which seems a far cry from the kind
of small - donor - driven operation typified by Sen. Bernie Sanders»
campaign in the last Democratic presidential primary.
De Blasio's total real estate
contributions come to only about 6 percent
of his entire
campaign income
of $ 3.9 million.
Over $ 3 million
of this total
came from individual
contributions, the
campaign said.
Sue Lerner, with Common Cause, says currently most
contributions for
campaigns for statewide offices, as well as the Senate and Assembly,
come from a limited number
of zip codes, many from the area right around the Capitol, where major lobbying and other interest groups have their offices, as well as the Upper East and West Sides
of Manhattan, and Wall Street, and «not from the actual voters».
Where the rescue money
came from is unclear — but as the Electoral Commission probes the sources
of the Leave donor's
campaign contributions, a group
of accountants who specialise in offshore «wealth preservation» may hold the key.
Roughly 86 percent
of its
campaign contributions have
come from individuals in New York State, while conversely 75 percent
of Teachout's contributors live outside New York State.
More than 99 %
of Mr. Gipson's
campaign contributions have
come from Manhattan, and isn't he supported by the NYC led Working Families party.
More than 90 %
of Sue Serino's
campaign contributions have
come from Long Island and NYC interests.
Despite vowing to finance his own
campaign, the real estate showman raised $ 3.9 million — 71
of which
came from small donors — and only gave $ 100,000 to his
campaign from his own pocket in in - kind
contributions.
The intersection
of campaign contributions and the awarding
of county contracts has
come under heightened scrutiny in recent months.
Aside from PACs, the rest
of Katko's
campaign funds have
come from both large and small individual
contributions.
According to city
campaign finance records, 37 %
of Sawant's
campaign contributions have
come from «outside the city limits,» while 22 %
of Banks's
contributions have
come from outside Seattle.
Katko said his latest
campaign contributions came from 572 individual donors,
of which about 96 percent were from New York state.
According to state
campaign finance records posted Monday evening, the Democratic State Central Committee
of CA accepted a total
of $ 1.59 million in
campaign contributions on Friday, the overwhelming majority
of those funds
came from the state's labor unions.
In the same period, she pulled in $ 1,725 from people connected with the Hamilton
Campaign Network, which is running her reelection bid — with most
of those
coming Aug. 28, the final day
of the last
contribution cycle before the primary election.
Married to a co-founder
of Facebook, the couple has a personal fortune estimated at around $ 600 million and so far he's poured about $ 3.8 million
of it into his
campaign (another $ 2 million has
come in individual donations) while declining
contributions from corporate political action committees.
In April, after winning the most expensive congressional
campaign in CNY history by just 648 votes, she report taking in just $ 65,150 in net
contributions — much
of which, $ 54,000,
came from Washington, D.C. - based PACs.
The letter
came in response to the leak on Friday
of a confidential report by the board that accused a team formed by Mr. de Blasio
of illegally funneling money to various candidates through county Democratic Party committees and a statewide party committee, in order to evade limits on
campaign contributions.
It's tiring to hear the governor say that «you can only live within the system that exists» while he rakes in
campaign cash that
comes overwhelmingly in donations
of $ 10,000 or more and takes advantage
of a loophole that treats limited liability corporations as individuals when they make
campaign contributions, even if they're controlled by one individual.
Enneking's
campaign account shows nearly 200
contributions for April, and like her previous report, the vast majority
came in from small - dollar donors within the borders
of the North Central Florida Senate district.
The most heated aspect
of the primary so far
came from a television advertisement by Mr. Calone stating that Ms. Throne - Holst was new to the Democratic Party and that she made three
campaign contributions to the Conservative Party.
This cut into the time in which Rob Astorino could play the populist and accuse him
of doling out «massive corporate welfare» that
came back to him in the form
of $ 45 million in
campaign contributions, and assert that Preet Bharara would soon present him with a pair
of custom - made handcuffs.
According to state
campaign finance records posted Monday evening, the Democratic State Central Committee
of CA accepted a total
of $ 1.59 million in
campaign contributions on Sept. 19 — with the overwhelming majority
of those funds
coming from the state's powerful labor unions, representing teachers, firefighters, engineers and nurses.
(More than half
of Ritz's
campaign contributions came from the political arm
of the Indiana State Teachers Association.)
Contributions come at a critical period for Villaraigosa's
campaign, as he vies to
come out ahead
of Republican contenders in the June 5 primary.
In a
campaign where cash
contributions have become especially hard to
come by, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has offered up a $ 1 million donation on behalf
of state Sen. Gloria Romero's bid to become state schools chief.