Opinion: Campaigns Are Rewarded For Winning, Not Being Cost-Effective
NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the record amount of money spent this campaign season, a goodly amount spent by candidates who did not win.
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Rochester Mayor Due In Court To Face Campaign Finance Charges
Mayor Lovely Warren was indicted last week on charges of felony campaign finance violations. She has recently faced unrelated calls to resign over her handling of the Daniel Prude case.
Wall Street's Big Money Is Betting On Biden And Democrats In 2020
Despite the booming stock market under President Trump, the finance sector is giving a bit more money to Democrats than to Republicans for the first time in more than a decade.
Tracking The Money Race Behind The Presidential Campaign
See which 2020 presidential candidate has raised the most money, who has spent the most, where a candidate's funding comes from — and how the Democrats stack up against President Trump.
Fact Check: Democrat Cunningham's 'No Corporate' Money Tweet Is Misleading
A Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in North Carolina wants to send a clear message: he won't be a tool for big businesses.
Berger Defends Using Campaign Cash For Raleigh Home Payments
State Senate Leader Phil Berger is defending himself after questions were raised about his campaign finances.
After Donor Indicted, GOP Groups Mum On Where Walker Campaign Money Went
After a North Carolina insurance magnate and mega-political donor was indicted on bribery charges in April, some politicians who received his campaign dollars offloaded his money by giving it to ch
David Koch Dies; Conservative Billionaire Helped Reshape U.S. Politics
Koch and his brother Charles built one of the nation's largest private businesses and created a network of secretly funded organizations that attacked Democrats.
'You May Need The Money More Than I Do': McConnell Once Returned Trump's Donation
In 1990, Mitch McConnell returned a $1,000 campaign donation from Donald Trump, who was in severe financial trouble. It's a view into a complicated relationship between two very different politicians.
Tobacco's 'Special Friend': What Internal Documents Say About Mitch McConnell
The Senate majority leader wants to raise the age for tobacco sales to 21. An NPR review of once-secret documents shows how closely McConnell has worked with the industry over decades.