Analysis
How many candidates will be outgunned by outside groups in 2018?
A disturbing trend has emerged in our elections: Fewer and fewer races are truly competitive, but the ones that are see a surge of spending by outside groups. As a…
Analysis
As people head to the polls today to vote in the race for the open seat in Montana’s sole congressional district, Issue One is looking at the money behind the election.
The seat was formerly held by Republican Rep. Ryan Zinke and opened when he was confirmed as Interior Secretary for the Trump administration earlier this year. Since then, a deluge of outside money and campaign contributions have flooded into the race that pits Republican businessman Greg Gianforte against folk musician Rob Quist, a Democrat:
$17 million is the approximate amount that has been pumped into the race between Republican Greg Gianforte and Democrat Rob Quist.
(Source: Issue One analysis of campaign finance filings with the Federal Election Commission)
Analysis
A disturbing trend has emerged in our elections: Fewer and fewer races are truly competitive, but the ones that are see a surge of spending by outside groups. As a…
Analysis
UPDATED September 27, 10am ET: Roy Moore defeated incumbent Sen. Luther Strange. He will face Democrat Dough Jones in the December 12 general election. — Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief…
Analysis
America First Policies, the nonprofit run by former Trump staffers and dedicated to supporting the president’s policies, has attracted a lot of news coverage over the past few weeks, between…