Sentences with phrase «spending during this election»

It's unclear how spending during this election cycle compares to previous years.

Say there was a law that limited how much a presidential candidate could spend during the election process per month all / most of the campaign money isn't used (According to this article there isn't...

A prominent component of relevant case law is the Supreme Court decision Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which ruled unconstitutional certain restrictions on corporate campaign spending during elections.

«The public financing system was designed to ensure equal and fair access for all candidates who seek elected office in New York City by limiting the amount of money candidates can raise and spend during an election cycle.

Not exact matches

Data journalism expert Jonathan Albright has also spent some time mapping the right - wing alternative media ecosystem, including the connections between fringe sites that were the largest channels for «fake news» reports during the election.

Instead, the analysis showed that while liberal or pro-Clinton users linked primarily to articles from mainstream news outlets, pro-Trump audiences spent almost all of their time linking to alternative sites like Breitbart, many of which didn't even exist during the previous election.

That eclipses the $ 167,401 that Donald Trump has spent on his private security detail during his presidential election bid so far, according to campaign finance disclosures.

Trump's charity, the Donald J. Trump Foundation, faced intense scrutiny during the election for spending money on items like a $ 20,000 portrait of Trump.

In other words, over the next five years, this government is planning to spend more money on income splitting for a small number of well off families, a promise made during the 2011 election, than on supporting economic growth and job creation through new spending on research and infrastructure and lowering taxes on investment.

Back in Fall 2016, during the run up to the American election, Ms. Clark spent a lot of time talking down Trump's misogyny — all the while taking money from the developers of Trump Tower in Vancouver.

It has been previously reported that a Russian troll farm spent $ 100,000 on Facebook advertisements to sway the mindset of the public during the 2016 presidential elections.

For perspective, that's more money than the group spent in all federal campaigns during the 2014 election cycle combined.

During the election campaign, Mr. Trudeau didn't shy away from acknowledging that his party's plans to invest in infrastructure would result in several years of deficit spending.

During the last midterm election in 2014, digital advertising accounted for less than 1 % of political spending in federal, states and local elections, according to advertising tracking firm Borrell Associates.

Public Citizen reports that only the National Rifle Association spent more than the Chamber of Commerce's $ 30 million during the 2016 federal election.

Like a team of horse - whisperers, Premier Jim Prentice and his ministers, have spent the month of March gentling the various broncos that might have been expected to buck during the upcoming election.

Zuckerberg first dismissed the idea that Russia exploited the social media platform, then apologized after discovering that Kremlin - linked companies spent $ 100,000 on 3,000 ads before, during and after the 2016 election.

During the last midterm election in 2014, digital advertising accounted for less than 1 % of political spending in federal, state and local elections, according to advertising tracking firm Borrell Associates.

The political action committee for Abbott Laboratories, the maker of U.S. market leader Similac, spent more than $ 1.5 million in contributions to federal and congressional candidates during the last election cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington - based watchdog of campaign contributions.

But because Republicans have spent so heavily there in the past and a suburban seat is considered something of a jump during a special election, the focus will be trained on Westchester County.

The Lobbying Act amended legislation to restrict spending by «non-party campaigners» during election periods (there are different thresholds for registered (# 20,000) and non-registered (# 320,000) campaigners; the threshold for registered campaigners is higher but also attracts onerous reporting requirements on spending and donations.

Television ad slots have been scarce in contested states during election seasons before, but the combination of big - money super-PACs and the expectation that both presidential campaigns will spend heavily seems to be driving political actors to reserve time much earlier than usual.

During the last three election cycles, 30 % or more of the outside spending on federal elections came from dark money groups.

During that election cycle, Capuano's campaign committee raised a total of $ 909,487 and spent $ 595,432.

During that election cycle, King's campaign committee raised a total of $ 1,812,860 and spent $ 1,201,207.

He has threatened enough lawsuits during this election cycle to spend the rest of his life in litigation.

During that election cycle, Obama's campaign committee raised a total of $ 14,964,184 and spent $ 14,371,464.

During that election cycle, Reed's campaign committee raised a total of $ 2,107,794 and spent $ 2,006,454.

During that election cycle, Clarke's campaign committee raised a total of $ 736,310 and spent $ 772,480.

During the 2016 election cycle, the NEA Advocacy Fund spent a total of $ 4,809,168 in independent expenditures.

There's been speculation that the charter advocates, who are already beating the bushes for a primary foe for outspoken charter opponent, Sen. Bill Perkins, could spend some $ 10 million during this election cycle.

She now has more than $ 5 million cash in her campaign war chest — which, when combined with public matching funds, is more than the $ 6.4 million candidates are allowed to spend during the primary — leaving her with $ 2.4 million for the general election or a potential run - off with a fellow Democrat.

During that election cycle, Kuster's campaign committee raised a total of $ 3,161,004 and spent $ 3,173,921.

How much should political parties, candidates and other interested bodies be allowed to spend, both generally and during election campaigns?

During her PhD she spent time as a visiting fellow at the MZES (Mannheim Centrum for European Social Research) in Germany, and whilst there she was mentored by Hermann Schmitt (BES — British Election Study).

Despite the high level of spending already recorded this cycle, Cuomo reportedly still has $ 26 million on hand for the general election against Rob Astorino, which is more than the total he spent during his entire 2010 campaign.

In 2001 when a shadow Treasury minister he had to go into hiding during that year's election campaign after claiming the Tories wanted to cut public spending by # 20 billion rather than the # 8 billion they had publicly stated.

The super PAC for the UFT may have violated campaign finance rules by not disclosing spending details for a robocall sent to voters during the 2013 primary elections

A decidedly uncomfortable moment during the BBC's Question Time election special, between one angry man and Ed Miliband, who refused to admit any spending profligacy proved to be, in Burnham's words, «a very big moment in the campaign».

[71][87] Support for Labour slumped during the recession, and the general election of 2010 resulted in a coalition government being formed by the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, which made deep spending cuts in order to ease the budget deficit.

During that election cycle, Issa's campaign committee raised a total of $ 1,495,193 and spent $ 1,232,154.

According to Open Secrets, Independence USA had spent $ 13,404,257 during the 2016 election cycle.

I spent time in both Crewe & Nantwich and Norwich North during those by - elections and the atmosphere in Oldham for the two days I was there last week was, I'm afraid, just not comparable.

The startling evidence, first unearthed by Channel 4 News and confirmed in a condemnatory report released last week by the Electoral Commission — the independent body that oversees election law and regulates political finance in the UK — suggests that the Conservative party gained an advantage by breaching election spending laws during the 2015 election.

The data shows for the first time that Hamilton spent around # 11,000 on transport during the European elections, while Farage spent # 350 on transport during the same campaign.

However, throughout the past several election cycles Republicans have unsuccessfully pumped significant financing into campaigns hoping to win control of the seat, including a race between Latimer and GOP candidate Bob Cohen during a 2012 election that broke a record for most money spent — $ 4.5 million in total — during a New York political race at the time.

During that election cycle, Chu's campaign committee raised a total of $ 2,503,421 and spent $ 1,860,357.

During that election cycle, Suozzi's campaign committee raised a total of $ 2,391,662 and spent $ 2,245,868.

The News, however, found that the bulk of Brown's spending — all but about $ 160,000 — was during the primary, although some of the primary spending could carry over into the general election.

One of its senior partners is Charlie Spies, treasurer of the super PAC that spent $ 142 million in 2012, most of it on ads attacking Mitt Romney's opponents during the primary and general election campaigns.