Category: State

  • DPW Segregated Fund outraises every other Wisconsin PAC with $12.45 million

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    In Wisconsin, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin (DPW) Segregated Fund has raised more than any other non-candidate political action committee (PAC) in the 2022 election cycle so far. According to the most recent campaign finance reports filed with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission, the DPW Segregated Fund raised $12.45 million and spent $XX million between Jan.…

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #9

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    Welcome to Hall Pass. This newsletter keeps you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. Each week, we bring you a roundup of the latest on school board elections, along with sharp commentary and research from across the political spectrum on the issues confronting school boards in the country’s 14,000 school districts.…

  • ActBlue Virginia receives more than every other Virginia PAC with $38.86 million

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    ActBlue Virginia, a conduit PAC, has received more money than any other non-candidate political action committee (PAC) in Virginia’s 2021 election cycle. According to the most recent campaign finance reports filed with the Virginia Department of Elections, ActBlue Virginia received $38.86 million and distributed $38.86 million between Jan. 1, 2020 and Dec. 31. 2021.  A…

  • ActBlue Texas receives more than every other Texas PAC with $25.63 million

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    ActBlue Texas, a conduit PAC, has received more money than any other non-candidate political action committee (PAC) in Texas’ 2022 election cycle so far. According to the most recent campaign finance reports filed with the Texas Ethics Commission, ActBlue Texas received $25.63 million and distributed $25.30 million between Jan. 1, 2021 and Feb. 19, 2022. …

  • Disclosure Digest: Federal lawsuit challenges Alaska donor disclosure law

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    Welcome to The Disclosure Digest! Keep an eye out for new editions published on Tuesdays through June 2022.  Federal lawsuit challenges Alaska donor disclosure law On April 7, five Alaska residents and several independent expenditure groups filed a lawsuit against the Alaska Public Offices Commission in U.S. district court challenging donor disclosure requirements enacted through…

  • Economy and Society: State pension funds draw scrutiny for ESG

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    Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics. ESG Developments This Week In Washington, D.C. Congress, the SEC, and disclosure The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Senior Fellow Richard…

  • Oregon state legislative elections set to have the most contested primaries since at least 2014

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    Voters in Oregon will have more decisions to make in their upcoming state legislative primaries elections than at any point since at least 2014. Of the 150 possible primaries, 38—or 25.4%—are being contested by more than one candidate.  This is also the first time since 2014 with more contested Republican primaries than Democratic primaries. Similarly,…

  • DNC Services Corporation outraises every other Pennsylvania PAC with $24.99 million

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    In Pennsylvania, the DNC Services Corporation has raised more than any other non-candidate political action committee (PAC) in the 2022 election cycle so far. According to the most recent campaign finance reports filed with the Pennsylvania Department of State, the DNC Services Corporation raised $24.99 million and spent $26.18 million between Jan. 1, 2021 and…

  • Republican Senate Campaign Committee outraises every other PAC in Ohio with $4.34 million

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    In Ohio, the Republican Senate Campaign Committee (RSCC) has raised more than any other non-candidate political action committee (PAC) in the 2022 election cycle so far. According to the most recent campaign finance reports filed with the Ohio Secretary of State, the RSCC raised $4.34 million and spent $596,105 between Jan. 1, 2021 and Dec.…

  • Eight candidates running in the Republican primary for North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District

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    Eight candidates are running in the Republican primary for North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District on May 17, 2022. Incumbent Rep. Ted Budd (R) is running for the U.S. Senate and is not seeking re-election. The boundaries of North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District changed as a result of redistricting, with the new district including all of…