A New Wave of candidates powered by small-dollar donors The third-quarter fundraising numbers are in and it was another standout quarter for reformers in House and Senate races. Democratic candidates rejecting corporate PAC money, taking on corruption and fighting to fix our broken campaign finance system are putting up big fundraising numbers. Hundreds of thousands […]

Collins, a Big Money 20 incumbent, has taken nearly $3 million from corporate PACs over the course of her political career The Maine Senator used to tout her reliance on individual donors but raised more from corporate PACs than Mainers in the third fundraising quarter of 2019 ECU-endorsed challenger candidate Sara Gideon is rejecting corporate PAC money When Senator […]

The entire Democratic primary field is rejecting corporate PAC money and no remaining candidate has embraced support from a single-candidate super PAC, with several disavowing them  The new super PAC, Math PAC, plans to spend over $1 million to back Yang’s campaign End Citizens United President Tiffany Muller released the following statement urging Democratic presidential […]

By Jessica Yarvin Sen. Elizabeth Warren is climbing in the polls in the Democratic race for president. But she is tossing aside one staple of top candidates: the high dollar fundraiser. When Warren vowed in February to rely only on smaller donations, that pledge was only for the primary. But now her campaign says the […]

A Big Money 20 incumbent, Schweikert has taken over $1.2 million from corporate PACs over the course of his political career In the midst of multiple ethics investigations, Rep. David Schweikert (AZ-06) spent more money in the third fundraising quarter of 2019 than his campaign raised. Having paid $105,000 in “legal consulting” this quarter, his campaign continues […]

Hagedorn, a Big Money 20 incumbent, has taken over $117,000 from corporate PACs over the course of his political career of pay-to-play politics Rep. Jim Hagedorn’s (MN-01) Big Oil donors prevent him from standing up for Southern Minnesota families. In the third fundraising quarter of 2019, only five percent of Hagedorn’s contributions came from small-dollar donations while […]

Respected across the aisle, Cummings stood for justice and against corruption End Citizens United President Tiffany Muller released the following statement regarding the passing of Chairman Elijah Cummings (MD-07):  “Chairman Elijah Cummings was a principled leader for Baltimore, the Democratic Party, and country. Cummings dedicated his life to the pursuit of justice, civil rights and […]

Markowitz is rejecting corporate PAC money End Citizens United (ECU) today endorsed Eliz Markowitz for the Texas’ 28th State House District’s special election. Markowitz is demonstrating her commitment to putting Texans first by rejecting corporate PAC money and running a campaign focused on fixing Texas’ broken political system. “Eliz Markowitz is running a people-powered campaign […]

Davis, a Big Money 20 incumbent, has taken over $2.6 million from corporate PACs over the course of his political career and voted to benefit their bottom line ECU-endorsed IL-13 candidate Betsy Dirksen Londrigan is rejecting corporate PAC money Rep. Rodney Davis (IL-13) has built his career taking money from corporate special interests and megadonors. After cashing […]

The SHIELD Act would help protect the integrity of our political system and restore the public’s faith in our elections End Citizens United Action Fund President Tiffany Muller released the following statement praising the U.S. House Administration Committee for marking up the SHIELD Act (H.R. 4617):  “The SHIELD Act is a vital piece of legislation that will […]