Friends of OCH raise $43K for anti-sale campaign
More than $106,000 has been raised in relation to four local special elections, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Oktibbeha County Circuit Clerk and Mississippi Secretary of State offices.
Candidates raise $30K-plus ahead of general election
Four candidates vying in Columbus’ municipal elections have raised nearly $32,500, according to campaign finance reports submitted to the city.
8 Starkville aldermen candidates raise $28K this year
Eight Starkville residents running for four aldermen seats have raised about $28,000 since Jan. 1, campaign finance reports filed Tuesday show.
Speaker pushes restrictions on Miss. campaign spending
Speaker Philip Gunn took a campaign finance bill by the hand and escorted it through the Mississippi House Wednesday, a year after his top lieutenants mugged a similar measure.
AP-NORC Poll: Americans want more political donor disclosure
Americans want to know the names of donors who are giving to all groups that work to elect candidates — and by an overwhelming majority believe that requiring disclosure would be an effective way to reduce the influence of money in politics.
Our View: Campaign finance needs more scrutiny
State auditor Stacey Pickering has spent the last week dismissing allegations he used money donated to his campaign for personal use as little more than smear tactics by a desperate opponent, aided by a former Pickering campaign worker with inside knowledge of his campaign.
Leonard Pitts: Wake up, people, and see the danger we’re in
This is a column about campaign finance reform.
And your eyes glazed over just then, didn’t they?
Susan Estrich: The $3.5 million question
“I don’t think $3.5 million is a heck of a lot of money,” Justice Antonin Scalia opined during arguments before the Supreme Court about whether
Judge blocks part of Miss. campaign finance law
JACKSON — Attorney General Jim Hood says he might appeal a federal judge’s ruling that part of Mississippi’s campaign finance law creates an unconstitutional burden
Big spenders: Golden Triangle donors give more than $300,000 to candidates for congressional, other races
Residents in the Golden Triangle gave $309,676 to national campaign efforts this election season, according to statistics from The Huffington Post’s Fundrace website.