By: Ruby Cramer Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is pledging to refuse contributions from corporate PACs — a move that puts her in a small group of national Democrats and sets a new bar on the issue of campaign finance for other potential presidential candidates in 2020. Gillibrand stopped accepting corporate PAC money on Jan. 1, an aide […]

A Proven Reformer, Gillibrand Demonstrates Leadership By Rejecting All Campaign Contributions from Corporate PACs End Citizens United (ECU) today endorsed Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for U.S. Senate. The endorsement coincides with Gillibrand’s announcement that she is rejecting all money from corporate PACs, including trade association PACs, LLCs and LLP PACs associated with law firms and other […]

With voters fed up with the amount of special interest money in politics, a growing number of candidates are rejecting corporate PAC money, or all PAC money. And some are even out raising their incumbent opponents, as is the case in the PA-18 special election. In the PA-18 special election, candidate Rick Saccone served in […]

      In his state and federal races, Saccone cashes in $39,000 from corporate PACs, Lamb refuses it With just over a month until the special election in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional district, the race is shaping up to be a showdown between the grassroots and corporate special interests. In his state and federal races, Rick […]

Janz, a prosecutor, is rejecting all corporate PAC money and is committed to reforming the rigged system in Washington  The infamous Congressman Nunes is undermining the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election End Citizens United (ECU) today endorsed Andrew Janz for Congress in California’s 22nd Congressional district. Janz is rejecting all corporate PAC […]

With voters fed up with the amount of special interest money in politics, a growing number of candidates are rejecting corporate PAC money, or all PAC money. And some are even out raising their incumbent opponents. There are many campaign finance watchdogs that classify contributions in different ways, such as Follow the Money, Maplight, and […]

As voter desire to get big money out of politics grows, an increasing number of candidates are pledging not to take any corporate PAC money End Citizens United (ECU) today announced that seven of its endorsed candidates who are rejecting corporate special interest money have outraised their incumbent opponents, according to the latest FEC filings. Voter […]

In MN-03, ECU-endorsed candidate Dean Phillips continues to show the power of the grassroots, raising over $1.2 million from individuals without a dime from special interest PACs or federal lobbyists. While Phillips has refused to accept any special interest or PAC money, Congressman Erik Paulsen received the majority of his contributions from special interests with […]

ECU endorsee is rejecting campaign contributions from Big Pharma Brendan Kelly, candidate for Illinois’ 12th Congressional district, released an ad today spotlighting the role of the pharmaceutical industry’s campaign contributions in perpetuating the opioid epidemic. “It’s the huge flood of money into our politics. Pharmaceutical companies give money to members of Congress and Congress then doesn’t […]

Bishop Facing Ongoing Criticism for Corporate Support HOLLY, MI – In a show of growing grassroots support, national security leader and Democratic candidate for Congress Elissa Slotkin raised more than $440,000 in her second fundraising quarter, outraising two-term incumbent Republican Mike Bishop by more than $132,000 from the period of October to December 2017. This marks […]