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The Progressive Kick political action committee wants the most liberal candidate to win the race for the 52nd Congressional District.

Republican strategist "Karl Rove and his allies have taken the gloves off" in Ohio.

Majority PAC, a "Super PAC" helping Democrats fight for seats in the U.S. Senate, raised $1.9 million in April and May, according to disclosure documents released on Thursday.

Washington - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is scheduled to deliver his latest personal financial disclosure statement to federal electoral authorities on Friday, government and campaign sources said.

Our new searchable database compiled from the Federal Election Commission shows what individuals from the Cape and Islands contributed money to the presidential campaigns.

In the last two days, a Super-PAC called Spirit of Democracy America has injected more than $90,000 more into the race for California's 8th Congressional district, in support of Inland Assemblyman Paul Cook, new Federal Election Commission filings show.

A little-known dentist from rural North Carolina hopes to become the latest Republican congressional nominee to charge from behind and, with the help of a powerful Washington backer, upset a favored GOP pick.

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According to the Federal Election Commission, President Obama enjoyed a slight fundraising lead in Alabama over Republican rival Mitt Romney for the first quarter of 2012.

A watchdog group wants the Federal Election Commission to investigate Rep. Ed Towns for allegedly using campaign funds to pay for a car that his wife uses for personal errands.

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The Federal Election Commission is prodding state Sen. Joseph M. Kyrillos for apparently missing last week's deadline to file a pre-primary campaign finance report.

For years, local officials used a Texas price agreement to green-light bus purchases.

"While American democracy is imperfect, few outside the majority of this court would have thought its flaws included a dearth of corporate money in politics." That penultimate sentence in now-retired Justice John Paul Stevens' brilliant dissent of the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission proved extraordinarily prescient.

The 2012 election will be the most expensive and least transparent presidential campaign of the modern era.

Kimberly Vertolli, the former wife of Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., filed a complaint with the FEC about Kirk's campaign payments to a girlfriend.

Actions by the Federal Election Commission that removed controls on individual campaign spending were illegal and they are finally admitting they know it: 1. Congress intended individual Federal campaign contribution limits.

Ted Vick recently announced his intent to run for South Carolina's newly formed seventh congressional seat in the United States Congress.

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Pre-primary campaign finance reports for North Texas congressional races hold few surprises with incumbents continuing to outdo challengers in fundraising ahead of Tuesday's GOP primaries.