Crossroads Super PAC Raised $11.7 Million in September
American Crossroads, the well-funded super PAC backing Mitt Romney and other Republicans, raised $11.7 million last month, new federal records show, the result of large donations from several well-heeled individuals.blogs.wsj.com
Super PACs meet solo PACs
An Associated Press analysis of campaign finance data reported to the Federal Election Commission found more than 100 registered super PACs that reporting having only a few individual donors. For some of those groups, just one person accounts for most ...timesleader.com
Colbert's super PAC may get last laugh
Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow also spawned a number of copycat super PACs, many intent not on spending massive amounts of money to sway political races, but to win a contest aimed at college students where the prize was a visit from ...www.politico.com
How CREDO is different from other SuperPACs in 8th race
SuperPACs are no strangers to this congressional race - which is high on the list of seats Democrats hope to gain to reclaim the House in November.www.dailyherald.com
MADDOCKS: Super PACs vow to field better candidates in 2016
After months of touting their value and importance to the election process, the independent expenditure only committees, known as super PACs, are suddenly trying distance themselves from the 2012 presidential campaigning. In a statement released ...www.wickedlocal.com
Wealthy Presidential Campaign Donors Driving The Election
Steven Lund - runs Nu Skin, a Utah skin care and cosmetics company whose former executives have been linked to two other firms that share an address in Provo, Utah, and donated to the Super PAC: F8 LLC and Eli Publishing. Lund's wife Kalleen is also a ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Bloomberg Starts 'Super PAC,' Seeking National Influence
Seeking to reshape a national political debate he finds frustratingly superficial, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York is plunging into the 2012 campaign in its final weeks, creating his own "super PAC" to direct millions of dollars in donations to ...www.nytimes.com
Beware Election-Year 'Scam PACS'
The Center for Responsive Politics says that as of Friday, 942 superPACs have raised more than $403 million during this election season.www.npr.org
Pro-Obama Super PAC Outraises Romney Super PAC, Again
Restore seems to have become the first super PAC to surpass $100 million in money raised. The other major Republican super PAC, the Karl-Rove-backed American Crossroads, has not yet reached that mark, raising $66.8 million since its inception in 2010.abcnews.go.com
DIY Swift-Boating
As the site warns: "GOP Super PACs are amassing close to a $1 billion war chest to support Mitt Romney–many times more than what pro-Obama Super PACs hope to bring in. Which means Democrats must learn to fight above their weight class." ...www.thedailybeast.com
Obama, Romney super PACs see September money surge
The main super PAC supporting Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney collected $14.8 million in September for a last-month advertising push attacking President Obama.www.usatoday.com
Pro-Obama Super-PAC Has Best Month, Raising $15 Million
Both super-PACs have been airing thousands of television advertisements in support of their preferred candidates. The presidential contenders and many of the major outside groups involved in the election are due to report their September campaign ...www.businessweek.com
Super-PACs Prepare Final Ad Blitzes
There are only two weeks left until Election Day, and our nation's super-PACs still have a lot of money to shove through the airwaves: Republican-aligned super-PAC Restore Our Future, which had $16.5 million at the end of September - including $1 ...nymag.com
Obradovich: 4 seats in Congress: $20 million (so far)
Super PACs are playing in Iowa's congressional races, but they are not big fish. The largest effect has come from traditional PACs and non-profits.abetteriowa.desmoinesregister.com
GOP Super PACs Increase Spending to Defend House
WASHINGTON—Pro-Republican super PACs and allied interest groups plan to spend tens of millions of dollars in an 11th-hour advertising blitz aimed at safeguarding the GOP's majority in the House.online.wsj.com
Philip Maddocks: Super PACs vow to field better candidates in 2016
GHNS -- After months of touting their value and importance to the election process, the independent expenditure only committees, known as super PACs, are suddenly trying distance themselves from the 2012 presidential campaigning. In a statement ...www.hannibal.net
Romney, Republicans pull in more cash than Obama in October
Romney, the Republican National Committee and super-PACs Restore Our Future and American Crossroads began the final full month of the 2012 campaign with $178 million to spend, compared with $111 million for Obama, the Democratic National ...newyork.newsday.com
Karl Rove's Crossroads groups lead in US outside spending race
Pro-Obama Super PAC catching up on ad spending. By Alina Selyukh and Alexander Cohen. WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Two groups formed by influential Republican operative Karl Rove spent more on television and radio ads in the presidential race ...www.reuters.com
Katzenberg & Spielberg Donate $1M Each To Obama Super PAC
The director and DreamWorks Animation CEO's contributions to the Super PAC Priorities USA were revealed today in a filing to the Federal Elections Commssion.www.deadline.com
PI Scooplet: Top Dems to boost super PAC at fundraiser - New lobby shop in ...
Illustrating the often odd legal dance lawmakers do with super PACs, with which they may not directly coordinate, an invitation obtained by PI noted that the two prominent Democrats are "appearing at this event only as special guests" and "are not ...www.politico.com
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