Dean Skelos, the former New York State Senate majority leader, was sentenced to four years and three months in prison for a corruption scheme involving his son. In handing down…
Campaign donations for Austin City Council campaigns, no matter the district, are predominantly coming from the wealthier neighborhoods in the northwest of the city. Experts studying this pattern argue that…
Political scientists following Connecticut’s state legislative races say that the state’s Citizens’ Election Program has helped candidates in the state to run effective campaigns. In contrast, candidates competing for federal…
In Newsday’s endorsement of Murray’s bid for New York’s 7th Assembly District seat, the paper’s Editorial Board applauds the candidate for his support of public financing of campaigns and ethics…
Former IDC Challenger and current Democratic nominee for the 53rd Senate District seat, Rachel May, advocated for public financing of campaigns at a candidate forum in Cazenovia on October 18,…
If New York Democrats win the State Senate in this year’s election, they would control both houses of the state Legislature for only the third time in the last 100…
Deep public concern about the health of the American political process is pushing Democratic representatives to propose major changes. Their agenda, should they prevail in the midterms, is passing a…
New York State Senate Democrats have raised $1.35 million since mid-July. That amount represents 37.8 percent more than the $979,594 Democrats took in during the corresponding period in 2016. State…
The LA City Council has granted preliminary approval, by a vote of 10-0, for rule changes that would ease qualifying thresholds and increase the amount of money available to candidates…
Even with outside groups spending millions of dollars in support of her opponents, Maine Independent gubernatorial candidate Terry Hayes continues to use Maine’s public finance system for her campaign. The…