Campaign Finance

State Officials Organize To Fight Dark Money

Eric Lach | May 3, 2013, 12:34PM

Gary Winuk, an attorney for the Fair Political Practices Commission, talks with FPPC chairwoman Ann Ravel after a hearing in Sacramento Superior Court regarding an $11 million political contribution from an Arizona nonprofit called Americans for Responsible Leadership, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012.

If you're looking for people fighting dark money in federal elections, look down.

Crossroads GPS

Karl Rove's Group Tells FEC Where To Stick Request For More Disclosure

Eric Lach | April 11, 2013, 11:18AM

Karl Rove speaks to the crowd at the Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas on Dec. 7, 2011.

In a letter to the Federal Election Commission this week, Crossroads GPS pushed back against the agency's request that it disclose its donors. And it wasn't shy about doing so.

David Axelrod

Axelrod: If Money In Politics Is Inevitable, Let It Go Straight To Candidates

Eric Lach | February 20, 2013, 11:19AM

Former White House senior adviser David Axelrod took to Twitter on Wednesday to call for an end to the "SuperPac and faux SuperPac game," and proposing a campaign finance system where fully-disclosed funds go straight to candidates as an alternative.

CREW

Watchdog Group Sues IRS Over Dark Money Rules

Eric Lach | February 19, 2013, 4:01PM

Former Democratic congressional candidate Dr. David Gill, in a campaign photograph.

David Gill, an emergency room physician, ran for Congress as a Democrat in Illinois' 13th District last year. Gill's platform included ending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, eliminating subsidies for oil companies, defending gun rights in Congress, and reining in "profiteering" in health care. In the weeks leading up to Election Day, a dark money group called the American Action Network spent more than $1 million on negative ads opposing Gill. On Election Day, Gill lost to his opponent, Republican Rodney Davis, by .3 percent of the vote.

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