Washington, D.C. – Latino Victory Fund and End Citizens United today jointly endorsed former El Paso County Judge Veronica Escobar in her bid to represent Texas’ 16th Congressional district. If elected, Escobar would become the first Latina member of Congress from Texas. “Veronica Escobar is a proven leader and champion of El Paso’s working families. As county […]

End Citizens United President Tiffany Muller released the following statement on Rep. Tom Marino’s withdrawal from consideration as drug czar in the wake of his connections with the drug lobby. A recent Washington Post/60 Minutes investigation into the drug industry’s efforts to lobby Congress and undermine the DEA’s ability to fight back against opioid abuse centered around […]

End Citizens United President Tiffany Muller released the following statement on the Washington Post/60 Minutes investigation of the drug industry’s efforts to lobby Congressand undermine the DEA to weaken enforcement on opioid abuse. “This is Exhibit A of how unchecked special interest money in politics directly harms the American people. Big Pharma has spent more than […]

By: Daily Kos Elections AZ-Sen: End Citizens United announced their backing of Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema for next year’s Senate election in Arizona, adding to her support from the DSCC and other key Democratic-affiliated outside groups such as EMILY’s List. Sinema thus far faces no notable opponent in the Democratic primary. Read the original story […]

By: Will Drabold THURSDAY’S DISPATCH: The quiet growth of campaigns to finance elections without “big money” Campaign finance is a key talking point for Jon Grant and Teresa Mosqueda. The two candidates running for Seattle’s at-large city council seat have each raised hundreds of thousands of dollars through “democracy vouchers.” The program, which went into effect earlier […]

Name: Tiffany Muller Current city: Washington, D.C. Current job: President of End Citizens United Past job: I started my career in Topeka, Kansas as an advocate for victims of domestic violence and later as a member of Topeka City Council. Since then, I’ve run a political research shop based in Florida, worked to elect LGBT candidates at Victory Fund, […]

PHOENIX, AZ — End Citizens United (ECU) today announced its endorsement of Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema for U.S. Senate in Arizona. Sinema is committed to bringing transparency and accountability to Washington, where special interests spend unlimited money, often in secret, to influence elections. “ECU is thrilled to endorse Kyrsten Sinema for U.S. Senate,” said Tiffany Muller, president of End […]

Federal candidates required to file campaign finance reports 15 days after testing phase Complaint highlights Fagg’s campaign activities for U.S. Senate could violate multiple campaign finance laws   End Citizens United President Tiffany Muller released the following statement after news that the American Democracy Legal Fund (ADLF) filed an FEC complaint against Judge Russell Fagg for operating […]

GOP remains in the pocket of the gun lobby; Continues to do their bidding Since the Supreme Court’s ruling on Citizens United, special interests have been able to dump unlimited money in our elections. In 2008, before the ruling, the NRA spent $10 million to influence federal elections. Fast forward six years later and that number skyrocketed to […]

By: Chuck Raasch WASHINGTON — Coming off a series of congressional elections in which they have been largely trounced in the St. Louis region, Democrats are starting early on 2018. […] In addition to the focus on the 12th District in Illinois, a group that spent $1.7 million on behalf of former Missouri Secretary of […]