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Oct 4, 2024 | 
opensecrets.org | Jimmy Cloutier
Democrats’ national party committee is outraising and also outspending its Republican counterpart. The Democratic National Committee raised about $68.7 million in August, over $28 million more than the $40.4 million Republican National Committee raised over the same period.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
opensecrets.org | Jimmy Cloutier
Early voting began on Sept. 11, setting off the final and most expensive two-month sprint to election day. Here is what we’re watching as we barrel toward Nov. 5. Throughout the spring, former President Trump struggled to raise as much money as then-Democratic nominee President Joe Biden. He managed to overtake the president in May, but that was before Harris replaced Biden at the top of the ticket, upending the presidential race and galvanizing Democratic donors.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
opensecrets.org | Jimmy Cloutier
Outside spending in the 2024 election cycle has surpassed $1 billion, outpacing prior election cycles, according to a new OpenSecrets analysis of federal campaign finance reports. Super PACs and other outside groups that can raise and spend unlimited sums of money have poured about $1.1 billion into 2024 federal elections as of Aug. 15 — nearly twice what similar groups spent over the same period in the 2020 presidential election cycle when independent expenditures hit an all-time record.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
opensecrets.org | Anna Massoglia |Jimmy Cloutier
President Joe Biden’s decision on Sunday to withdraw from the presidential race and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris galvanized Democratic donors, injecting tens of millions of dollars into a campaign that was rapidly burning through cash. Within 36 hours of Biden’s announcement on July 21, Harris raised more than $100 million, according to her campaign, including $81 million in the first 24 hours.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
opensecrets.org | Jimmy Cloutier
Former President Donald Trump’s decision this week to choose Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) as his running mate was lauded by prominent investors and donors in the tech industry.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
opensecrets.org | Jimmy Cloutier
Oil and gas industry groups have been using the same playbook to impede the global shift towards renewable energy and electric vehicles since at least 1967, according to a new report from InfluenceMap, a think tank that monitors fossil fuel industry lobbying.
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
opensecrets.org | Jimmy Cloutier
Deep-pocketed political groups have spent nearly $5.9 million on an effort to oust House Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good (R-Va.) in one of the most closely-watched and expensive Republican primaries of the 2024 election cycle. Good, who helped push out former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy last year, is facing a primary challenge from John McGuire, a one-term state senator and former Navy SEAL backed by both establishment Republicans and former President Donald Trump.
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May 31, 2024 | 
opensecrets.org | Jimmy Cloutier
With the help of out-of-state billionaires, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has ousted more than half the Republican legislators who opposed his “school choice” agenda last year, paving the way for a school voucher program that could unlock millions in public funds for private education. In runoff elections on May 27, Texas state Reps.
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May 30, 2024 | 
opensecrets.org | Joanne Haner |Jimmy Cloutier
Following years of legal setbacks, internal strife and declining revenue, the National Rifle Association reported spending $540,000 in federal lobbying spending during the first quarter of 2024 — the least amount of money the group has spent at the start of a year since 2009, according to lobbying disclosures reviewed by OpenSecrets. Last year, the preeminent gun rights group spent $2.3 million, a near-record low.
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May 23, 2024 | 
opensecrets.org | Jimmy Cloutier |Anna Massoglia |Albert Serna
Federal lobbying spending exceeded $1.2 billion in the first quarter of 2024 — putting the year on track for another nominal record, a new OpenSecrets analysis found. The top-spending 166 clients accounted for about $404.1 million of that. When adjusted for inflation, the $1.2 billion in first-quarter federal lobbying spending represents a 1.3% increase compared to the same period last year.
