Via the Campaign Legal Center Like any good magic show, misdirection is at the heart of Robert Bauer’s and Samuel Issacharoff’s op-ed, Keep Shining the Light on ‘Dark Money’, published in Politico on April 12th. Directing the audience’s attention to…
Read MoreVia the Huffington Post WASHINGTON — Chicago voters re-elected Democratic Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a runoff race on April 7, the culmination of an expensive election campaign. But although Emanuel emerged from the runoff with a twelve-point victory over Cook…
Read MoreVia ABC 7 News CHICAGO — A supporter of former Congressman Aaron Schock wants his money back and is going to court to try to get it. The argument: Schock didn’t live up to his promise to be a reformer,…
Read MoreVia ABC News Hillary Clinton could have one of the best-funded campaigns in history, but she wants to get so-called dark money out of politics altogether. To that end, Clinton says she supports a constitutional amendment barring it. “We need…
Read MoreVia the Huffington Post WASHINGTON — The Montana legislature passed sweeping campaign finance legislation on Wednesday that will require the disclosure of all donors to any independent group spending money on state-level elections. The bipartisan Montana Disclose Act will effectively…
Read MoreApril 15, 2015 Friends, ICPR recently commissioned Scott Kennedy of Illinois Election Data to provide an analysis of every aspect of the recent Chicago Mayoral elections. We are sharing our work with you, the press, and other experts…
Read MoreVia Politico The money hunt for the 2016 election cycle is in full swing, and there is no surer sign of it than the first complaints recently filed by reform organizations. While, as in the past, there is intense interest…
Read MoreYesterday, the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform (ICPR) hosted “Chicago Politics in Transition,” a forum to discuss the results of this week’s Chicago Runoff Election. The sold-out event was held at the Union League Club of Chicago. Panelists discussed the results,…
Read MoreVia WRAL.com DES MOINES, Iowa — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is releasing a list of Republicans he’s giving money to from his political action committee as he moves closer to launching his all-but-declared candidacy for president. Unlike his PAC’s…
Read MoreVia NPR Welcome to the 2016 presidential campaign. Republican Rand Paul officially entered the race Tuesday, and was greeted with a TV ad calling him “wrong and dangerous” on Iran. The money behind the ad is secret. It was just…
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