By: Kimberley Railey End Cit­izens United backed Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D-16) chal­lenge to Sen. Ted Cruz (R). “Our de­cision to en­dorse Beto was an easy one,” said Tiffany Muller, the PAC’s pres­id­ent and ex­ec­ut­ive dir­ect­or, in a writ­ten state­ment. “He stands as a pro­gress­ive cham­pi­on and the fu­ture of our party with a de­term­ined fo­cus […]

By: Jamie Lovegrove WASHINGTON — The 2018 Senate election in Texas remains more than 16 months away, but Rep. Beto O’Rourke picked up his first major organizational endorsement Monday in his long-shot bid to challenge Sen. Ted Cruz. End Citizens United PAC, a progressive group focused on reducing the role of money in politics with 3 million […]

Texas senate match-up pits a principled reformer in O’Rourke against one of Washington’s worst defenders of the rigged system EL PASO, Tx — End Citizens United (ECU) today announced it is endorsing Representative Beto O’Rourke for U.S. Senate in Texas. As one of the strongest and most principled advocates for getting Big Money out of […]

Georgia’s 6th Distrct is a sleepy collection of solidly Republican suburbs. It’s also the focus of the U.S. political world — or is that “whirl” — today. For it is here, in a district labeled “R+10” (meaning, a Republican starts off with a 10-point advantage). This is Tom Price Territory; Dr. Price won here routinely […]

By: Alex Seitz-Wald SANDY SPRINGS, Georgia — When he ran for president in 1976, Jimmy Carter raised about $33 million and made it to all the way to the White House. In the special congressional election Tuesday near Carter’s Atlanta home, the candidates and outside groups have already spent $40 million and counting. The race, which pits Democrat […]

By: Patricia Murphy SANDY SPRINGS, Georgia—Take the New Hampshire presidential primary, move it next to a Waffle House, douse it in cash and the sweltering June heat of Georgia, and you’ll get the special election runoff in the state’s 6th Congressional District. In a race that was never expected to be close, the once sleepy collection […]

Today, a group of progressive grassroots organizations including NARAL Pro-Choice America, End Citizens United, Every Voice, and UltraViolet called on the U.S. Senate to halt lifetime appointments following Donald Trump’s acknowledgement that he is under investigation for obstruction of justice. “As Donald Trump himself acknowledged this morning, he is now under a federal criminal investigation. Given the dark and […]

Outside Groups Have Spent Over $9 Million to Prop Up Karen Handel Today, End Citizens United (ECU) called on Karen Handel to tell outside groups backed by Dark Money that are propping up her campaign to disclose their donors or pull their ads from the air. To date, over $9 million has been spent by […]

By: Sam Schwarz and Kimberly Railey End Cit­izens United an­nounced that it has “raised $1.25 mil­lion in small-dol­lar dona­tions, with an av­er­age con­tri­bu­tion of $12 av­er­age” for former con­gres­sion­al staffer Jon Os­soff’s (D) cam­paign. (re­lease) SUR­ROG­ATE NEWS. Vice Pres­id­ent Mike Pence’s ap­pear­ance Fri­day with former Geor­gia Sec­ret­ary of State Kar­en Han­del (R) raised $250,000. (AP) Minor­ity Whip […]

By: Max Brantley The U.S. House voted Thursday to repeal much of the Dodd-Frank legislation that placed stricter rules on banks and empowered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Democrats have the votes to block the legislation in the Senate. But Democrats aren’t letting the opportunity pass to note support for the legislation by Republicans, particularly U.S. Rep. French Hill, a […]