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Texas's location in the American South and largely in the greater Bible Belt has given the Republican Party the upper hand in the state in recent decades. [88] Trump received the most raw votes for a political candidate ever in Texas, breaking his own record from 2020 by over 500,000. The Democratic vote total fell by 425,000 between 2020 and 2024.
Under United States law, officially declared candidates are required to file campaign finance details with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) at the end of every calendar month or quarter. Summaries of these reports are made available to the public shortly thereafter, revealing the relative financial situations of all the campaigns.
Reasons offered for why "big money" in politics (campaign contributions and high level lobbying from corporations and the wealthy) should be regulated include: it "results in corruption"; [42] (i.e., “quid pro quo corruption”, or bribery); [43] harms trust in government; [42] decreases public interest in public affairs and government; [42]
Money raised is applied for the salaries of non-volunteers in the campaign, transportation, campaign materials, media advertisements and other contingencies. Under United States law, officially declared candidates are required to file campaign finance details with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) at the end of every calendar month or quarter.
The hybrid PAC is required to maintain two separate bank accounts for the two types of expenditures, and to register with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and report all receipts and disbursements for both accounts. [1] In essence, the hybrid PAC is the equivalent of a traditional PAC and a super PAC operating under the same roof.
According to FEC reports, Heinrich's campaign raised almost $3.3 million last year in individual contributions, making it No. 24 in the top 50 Senate campaigns to do so.
The Perry campaign raised $1.1 million between April and June 2015 while his affiliated superpac, the Opportunity and Freedom PAC raised in excess of $17 million. On August 10, the Perry campaign announced it was unable to pay campaign staff due to a lack of fundraising. [17] Despite this, over 90% of Perry's staff stayed on with the campaign.
The Act established campaign spending limits for political parties in House general elections.It was the first federal law to require public disclosure of spending by political parties, but not candidates, by requiring national committees of political parties to file post-election reports on their contributions to individual candidates and their own expenditures.