After ECU’s $1 million ad campaign, Coffman falls out of favor with independents As Coffman loses support of independent voters, Crow gains 11 point lead; 49-38 Washington, DC —  A new poll of likely voters, commissioned by End Citizens United (ECU) and conducted by Normington Petts, shows challenger Jason Crow taking the lead in CO-06 as […]

End Citizens United (ECU) today endorsed Lori Trahan in her run for the Massachusetts’ 3rd Congressional District. Trahan, who rejects corporate PAC money, is a strong advocate for meaningful campaign finance reform. “Lori Trahan’s decision to run a campaign free from corporate PACs shows that she understands voters’ concerns, and that she’s listening to them,” […]

End Citizens United (ECU) today endorsed Ayanna Pressley for U.S. House in Massachusetts’ 7th Congressional District. A long-time champion for Massachusetts families, Pressley has refused to accept corporate PAC donations throughout her campaign, and is committed to fighting for meaningful campaign finance reform. “Ayanna Pressley understands that the undue influence of corporate special interests corrupts […]

Poll shows candidates tied at 47% each Brat’s favorable rating and job rating are below 50%, a warning for any incumbent Washington, DC — A new poll of likely voters, commissioned by End Citizens United (ECU) and conducted by Normington Petts, shows a neck-and-neck race in VA-07 between Abigail Spanberger and Rep. Dave Brat. The […]

By: Dana Milbank If Republicans succeed in keeping the House in November, it will have been bought for them by corporations and the rich — quite literally. President Trump recast the Republican Party as a vehicle for the forgotten man. But these putative populists passed a $1.5 trillion tax cut that, according to a poll this month for the […]

End Citizens United (ECU) today endorsed four reformers for Congress, all of whom are committed to reforming the broken campaign finance system. “These candidates are dedicated to stemming the flow of special interest money into elections that’s undermining our democracy,” said ECU President Tiffany Muller. “They believe that government must work for real people first […]

Rep. Mike Bost took tens of thousands from Big Pharma, gave the industry tax breaks Brendan Kelly was the first State’s Attorney in Illinois to sue Big Pharma for role in opioid crisis, rejects Big Pharma contributions End Citizens United (ECU) today launched two new TV ads in IL-12. “Crisis” shines a light on campaign […]

By: Martin Kidston Sen. Jon Tester joined Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon on Monday in launching an effort to force a Senate vote on a recent federal decision enabling certain tax-exempt groups to avoid reporting major donors to the IRS. Tester and Wyden, D-Oregon, contend that undoing the U.S. Treasury Department’s recent decision is needed […]

Check out these detailed numbers on incumbent corporate PAC contributions Republican incumbents in some of the most competitive House races in the country have raked in hundreds of thousands in corporate PAC money. As we previously posted in Special Interest 101: How to Calculate Corporate PAC Money, there’s not currently a public website that has […]