Author: David Luchs
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Four presidential candidates raised a combined $80 million in February
Bernie Sanders led presidential candidates in fundraising in February 2020, according to financial reports filed with the Federal Election Commission Friday. Sanders raised $47.7 million in February, while Joe Biden raised $18.1 million. On the Republican side, Donald Trump raised $14.2 million and Roque De La Fuente raised $50,000. As of the February 29, 2020,…
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RNC outraises DNC for tenth consecutive month, five other party committees report highest fundraising of the cycle
The Republican National Committee (RNC) outraised its Democratic counterpart by more than two-to-one for a tenth consecutive month. The RNC’s $26.2 million raised fell just short of the $27.3 million the group raised during September 2019. Further, five of the six top party committees reported their largest per-month fundraising hauls of the cycle to date.…
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Bernie Sanders wins Democrats Abroad primary
Sen. Bernie Sanders won the Democrats Abroad presidential primary, according to an official tally of results released Monday. Sanders received 57.9% of the vote to former Vice President Joe Biden’s 22.7%. The two were the only candidates to receive the 15% of the vote required to be allocated delegates at the Democratic National Convention. Sanders…
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Joe Biden leads in Ballotpedia pageviews for the first time since November
Each week, we report the number of pageviews received by 2020 presidential campaigns on Ballotpedia. These numbers show which candidates are getting our readers’ attention. Joe Biden’s campaign page received 26,727 views for the week of March 1-7. Biden’s pageview figure represents 45.6% of the pageviews for Democratic candidates during the week. Bernie Sanders followed…
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Wisconsin Supreme Court primary turnout at highest level in decades
Last week’s Wisconsin Supreme Court primary featured the highest turnout in at least 20 years, with just under 704,000 voters participating. The next-highest primary turnout during this period was in 2016 when 566,000 voters participated in the primary. Since 2000, there have been 15 other elections for state Supreme Court, six of which had primaries…
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Eleven presidential candidates raised a combined $390 million in January
Michael Bloomberg (D) led presidential candidates in fundraising for January 2020, according to financial reports filed with the Federal Election Commission Thursday. Bloomberg raised $263.8 million in January, including $263.7 million in self-funding. He was followed by Tom Steyer (D), who raised $65.3 million, including $64.7 million in self-funding. Bernie Sanders ($25.2 million) and Elizabeth…
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House Republicans’ campaign arm outraises Democrats for the first time this cycle, RNC outraises DNC for ninth consecutive month
The Republican National Committee (RNC) outraised its Democratic counterpart by more than two-to-one for a ninth consecutive month, according to February 2020 campaign finance reports filed with the FEC Thursday. Republican House and Senate committees also outraised their Democratic counterparts. The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) raised $10.1 million and spent $4.8 million last month,…
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Joaquin Castro endorses Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez in Texas Democratic U.S. Senate primary
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro (D) endorsed Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez (D) for U.S. Senate Tuesday. Tzintzún Ramirez is one of 12 candidates seeking the Democratic nomination in a March 3 primary. Castro is the first member of Congress to endorse Tzintzún Ramirez; her other endorsers include The Austin Chronicle, the Center for Popular Democracy, the Latino…
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Karofsky and Kelly advance in Wisconsin Supreme Court primary; Fallone eliminated
Incumbent Daniel Kelly and Jill Karofsky were the top-two finishers in Tuesday’s nonpartisan Wisconsin Supreme Court primary and will advance to the April 7 general election. As of 9:10 p.m. CT, Kelly had received 48.8% of the vote to Karofsky’s 38.0% and Fallone’s 13.3% with 57.3% of precincts reporting. Although the race is officially nonpartisan,…