FEC fines political group from 2004 race
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An independent political group allied with Democrats has agreed to pay $775,000 in penalties to the Federal Election Commission for violating campaign laws during the 2004 presidential campaign.
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Energy on the political left is helping the Democratic PartyÃ¢ÂÂs presidential candidates significantly outraise their Republican counterparts at the midpoint of this year, according to reports that were filed over the weekend with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
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A federally funded group that promised flu shots on Election Day in six of South Carolina's poorest counties has drawn criticism from Republican leaders.
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Two sponsors of the nation's campaign finance law sued the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday for failing to block the spending of unlimited donations in the presidential race, the second lawsuit the FEC has faced over the issue this month.
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A watchdog group filed complaints Friday alleging Sen. Tom Coburn's campaign broke election law by failing to properly identify some donors before the 2004 election.
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Christine Jennings, the losing candidate in the race to represent Florida&#8217;s 13th District in the U.S. House of Representatives, has filed a lawsuit charging that e-voting machines in Sarasota County caused her vote total to be undercounted.
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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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The Republican Governors Association has been pulled into court and before regulatory agencies in several states this fall, where it's been fined or ordered to temporarily pull GOP gubernatorial candidate ads.
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US District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has struck down 15 Federal Election Commission (FEC) regulations governing activities ranging from political coordination to state party fundraising, throwing candidates and election lawyers into confusion 43
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COLUMBUS, Ohio  - A top Republican fund-raiser who   is the leading figure in an Ohio political scandal was   sentenced to 2 years and 3 months in prison on Tuesday for   funneling money to President George W. Bush's 2004 reelection   campaign.
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(CBS/AP) Three consultants to a political action committee formed by US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay have been indicted by a Texas grand jury and charged with making illegal campaign contributions.
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U.S. House members spent $20.3 million in tax money last year to send constituents what's often the government equivalent of junk mail
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The Republican party claimed Democrats illegally coordinated a voter mobilization blitz for John Kerry in Florida with groups not regulated by electoral authorities.
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A lawsuit filed in Florida state court Tuesday alleges that electronic voting machines in a portion of Florida's 13th Congressional District were improperly maintained and selected, causing problems in the House race there.
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The latest campaign finance reports filed late Thursday with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) by the national partiesÃ¢ÂÂ House campaign committees show that both spent freely in the run-up and immediate aftermath to the Nov. 7 elections.
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Candidates who spent more than &#36;1 million of their own money trying to win election to Congress in 2004 struck out in nearly every case. Eight made it to the Nov. 2 election, but only one was victorious. The spenders, how much they spent and how they fared:
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Non-party groups spending millions of dollars in unlimited donations on ads and get-out-the-vote drives in this year's presidential race will face some new ground rules starting with the 2006 election.