By: Craig Freilich Democratic congressional candidate Mike Derrick is advocating improvements to Obamacare and says he is “very open” to considering a single-payer health insurance system, but does not say he wants major changes to gun regulations. The former Republican, running against GOP incumbent Elise Stefanik, also wants to encourage more “buy local” initiatives throughout […]

“If we are to live up to the promises of our democracy that every American has a vote and a voice, we need to bring transformational change to our campaign finance system,” said ECU Executive Director Tiffany Muller.  “These candidates believe that government should be accountable to the needs of the people, not bought and paid […]

In the key Senate battleground of Indiana, one candidate has relied almost exclusively upon out-of-state forces. According to September 19th FEC filings, 94% of money spent on ads supporting Republican Todd Young or attacking Democrat Evan Bayh has come from outside Indiana – mostly from either Super PACs or “dark money” groups that don’t have […]

For Immediate Release Thursday September 29, 2016 Contact: Adam Bozzi, adam@endcitizensunited.org A poll of New Hampshire voters conducted for End Citizens United by Gerstein Bocian Agne Strategies shows Maggie Hassan with a 47 to 44 percent lead over Senator Kelly Ayotte in the race for U.S. Senate, with Brian Chabot taking 7 percent.  In a […]

By Jordain Carney The Senate on Wednesday passed a short-term bill to fund the government, days ahead of the Oct. 1 deadline to avoid a shutdown. Senators voted 72-26 on the continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government through Dec. 9. With the legislation heading to the House, where it could be voted on as […]

For Immediate Release Friday, September 23, 2016 Contact: Adam Bozzi, adam@endcitizensunited.org End Citizens United (ECU) today announced that it has endorsed Evan Bayh for United States Senate. ECU is a grassroots-funded organization that is dedicated to electing members of Congress who, like Bayh, will fight to overturn Citizens United and to pass campaign finance reform […]

For Immediate Release Tuesday, September 20, 2016 Contact: Adam Bozzi, adam@endcitizensunited.org End Citizens United (ECU) today announced that it is launching a six figure ad campaign to support Zephyr Teachout’s bid for Congress in New York’s 19thcongressional district. ECU has endorsed Teachout, a leader in the fight to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision […]

Congratulations to Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), which just scored a major win in the fight to end the unlimited, secret money that is corrupting our elections (often called dark money). Since Citizens United and a series of similar Supreme Court decisions, a handful of billionaires and corporate special interests have used […]

For Immediate Release Friday, September 16, 2016 Contact: Adam Bozzi, adam@endcitizensunited.org A poll of Nevada voters conducted for End Citizens United by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research shows Catherine Cortez Masto with a two-point lead over Joe Heck in the race for U.S. Senate, 49 percent to 47 percent. Voters are responding to the message of […]

By: Eric Garcia A group dedicated to limiting the use of outside money in politics has dropped $770,000 on an ad in Missouri hitting Republican Sen. Roy Blunt for his family members being lobbyists. The commercial from End Citizens United PAC will air on broadcast and cable in St. Louis and Kansas City from Wednesday until Sept. 27. The ad […]