Records: Frist Campaign Lost &#36;500,000
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Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's campaign committee lost more than &#36;500,000 in the stock market since the 2000 election and could not cover a bank loan that came due in August, records showed.
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Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON &#8212; The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee recently discovered that dozens of contribution checks &#8212; some for as much as &#36;25,000 &#8212; were diverted from its coffers to a private bank account, officials said Thursday.
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The DemocratsÃ¢ÂÂ capture of a House majority in the 2006 elections has translated into a fundraising boon for the partyÃ¢ÂÂs national House campaign organization, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). The committee brought in $8.6 million in September alone, according to its most recent report to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), more than tripling the $2.6 million in receipts reported by its partisan counterpart, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC).
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President Bush's campaign spent &#36;45.8 million in July, the bulk of it on advertising, but he still had about &#36;32.5 million left to spend before he accepts his party's nomination next month, according to a filing released on Friday.
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For its third quarter ended Sept. 30, the New York satellite radio broadcaster lost $169 million, or 14 cents a share. That compares with a year-ago loss of $107 million, or 11 cents a share.
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The team collecting private donations to finance President Bush's inaugural festivities has taken in &#36;18 million, putting it nearly halfway to its goal of at least &#36;40 million.
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Hurricane Frances cost Federated Department Stores Inc. about &#36;20 million in lost sales at Florida stores, the retailer said Tuesday.
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President Bush raised a total of &#36;260 million for the primary-election phase of his campaign, taking in &#36;18 million last month alone before accepting full government financing for the race's final two months.
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Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON &#8212; Leading the majority party in the Senate, a job that has been likened to herding cats, is tough enough in ordinary times. For Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), last week's Republican election triumphs paradoxically made the job tougher yet.
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About 46,000 people are registered to  vote in two states, New York and Florida, a violation of both  states' laws that could affect the outcome of the November  presidential election, according to an investigation by the  Daily News.
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House and Senate candidates have spent at least &#36;487 million this election cycle, &#36;130 million more than congressional candidates had poured in by this point in the 2002 races.
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OTTAWA (CP) - It will cost taxpayers more than &#36;20 million to get to the bottom of the sponsorship scandal, according to a budget estimate drawn up by the commission of inquiry into the affair.
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The national, state and local party organizations of the Republican and Democratic parties spent a combined total of about $1.1 billion on elections for federal office in the 2005-06 election cycle, according to data released Wednesday by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
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OTTAWA (CP) - Embattled Immigration Minister Judy Sgro says a questionable &#36;5,000 donation to her election campaign was the result of a clerical error.
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President Bush, Sen. John Kerry and their political parties are spending nearly &#36;40 million on TV ads in the final week of the presidential campaign as they adjust their strategies in a shrinking battleground.
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After raising just $11.2 million in the last three months, aides said there were signs Senator John McCainâs campaign is hemorrhaging support among Republicans.
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Touch-screen voting machines in the Sunshine State insist 18,000 voters had no preference in a congressional race won by fewer than 400 votes. A recount is under way, but that just means printing a hard copy of the contested ballots. By Kim Zetter.