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The case of the mystery texter
By Lindsay Young Oct 31, 2012 5:30 p.m.This Halloween mystery all began on a dark and stormy night, when unsuspecting phones were attacked by political ads via text message. What made this message so scary is that when people went to “unwrap” the text, they realized the organization had no face. When they went searching for the sender’s website, it was dead.
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No close call here: NFL's political donations tilt Republican
By Louis Serino Sep 26, 2012 7:50 p.m.The National Football League bigwigs who early this morning conceded defeat in an ongoing labor dispute -- after a week in which their internal politics have been on embarrassing display -- like to play politics themselves, and tend to favor the party with the most adversarial relationship with unions.
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GOP convention through the eyes of Sunlight Live
By Sunlight Reporting Group Aug 29, 2012 4:55 p.m.
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College Republican doubles down on super PAC
By Jacob Fenton Jul 19, 2012 11:35 a.m.The college student whose super PAC helped propel a little-known Kentucky Republican to victory with $600,000 in outside spending has doubled down -- and then some.
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Super PACs spent almost $1 million in Tuesday's primaries
By Anupama Narayanswamy May 23, 2012 3:16 p.m.
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Facebook in Washington: Baby steps of a giant
By May 17, 2012 11:12 a.m.
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Super PAC profile: Twenty-something Ron Paul supporters found Liberty for All
By Anupama Narayanswamy May 14, 2012 5:12 p.m.A new super PAC funded almost entirely by a 21-year-old Ron Paul supporter and run by a 24-year-old political consultant is putting big bucks behind a tea party candidate running in a Kentucky congressional race.
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Super PACs first quarter haul: More than $100 million in political contributions
By Jacob Fenton and Anupama Narayanswamy Apr 21, 2012 10:52 a.m.Super PACs raised more in the first three months of 2012 than they did in all of 2011, and after just two years of existence have emerged as a financial force that rivals the political parties and candidates' campaign committees.
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Who's the web savviest presidential candidate of all?
By Lindsay Young Mar 20, 2012 9:12 a.m.Running for president requires web presence. Facebook, Twitter, web videos and websites that take online donations are ubiquitous among this year's presidential contenders. Yet, in an ever-more sophisticated technical world, the basics are not enough, and each candidate is trying some unique approaches to mine the Internet for donations -- a key to President Obama's fundraising success in 2008.
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How super PACs fared on Super Tuesday
By Lindsay Young Mar 7, 2012 2:02 p.m.We won't know how much the candidates poured into Super Tuesday races until they file disclosure forms with the Federal Election Commission next month but it's not too soon to take a look at the Super Tuesday scorecard for super PACs, using Sunlight's Super PAC tracker.
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Super PAC disclosures: Simmons hedges his bets; PayPal co-founder hearts Ron Paul
By Anupama Narayanswamy, Kathy Kiely and Jacob Fenton Feb 21, 2012 6:21 a.m.Monday was the day that super PACs on a monthly filing schedule file financial disclosure reports with the Federal Election Commission. Sunlight Foundation's Reporting Group is watching as they go online to see who is writing big checks. Highlights so far:
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Super PAC profile: Pro-Ron Paul group has corporate address
By Lindsay Young Jan 17, 2012 3:04 p.m.Heading into the South Carolina primary, Santa Rita super PAC had created seven ads that appear on its YouTube channel. According to FEC records the PAC spent $317,500 producing ads and buying time on 14 channels for a promised 11-day ad blitz before Palmetto State voters head to the polls Saturday.
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Super PAC profile: Revolution PAC launches NH ad campaign touting Ron Paul's 'compassion' toward interracial couple
By Ryan Sibley Jan 5, 2012 1:04 p.m.
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Super PAC spending: $13 million and counting
By Keenan Steiner Jan 4, 2012 5:16 p.m.As the voting for the Republican presidential nomination gets underway, super PACs have already emerged as a big factor, spending more than $13 million so far in Iowa and other early-voting states. Yet a growing number of the independent expenditure groups active on behalf of presidential candidates has made moves to ensure that information on their donors will likely remain hidden until votes are cast in three more states.
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