Hi all - I owe you an FEC roundup this week, covering the August 4 and August 8 primaries. As a reminder, after the paywall goes into effect (August 9!), these will be available to the second and third subscription tiers. Questions? Comments? Corrections? Tips? Love letters? Hate mail? Hit me
These tallies will cover all independent expenditures filed with the FEC to date in races I’m watching by the end of the day yesterday, July 26, and report new expenses filed with the FEC since the last PAC Tracker’s cutoff, July 20. Future editions will update the tallies
Remember, the paywall goes into effect in two weeks. Subscribe now! This week's PAC Tracker will be out later today with some slight changes to the format to incorporate your suggestions. Thank you for the input! Subscribe DC Correction Last week, in my primary season recap, I meant
As mentioned in yesterday's regular issue, I've decided to revamp how I do the independent expenditure/PAC tracker, and will now be doing it as a standalone item. This issue tallies all independent expenditures (IEs) filed with the FEC to date in races I’m watching
What a primary season it’s been already, huh? So much has happened that I think a recap is in order. (Note: the initial version of this recap omitted the results of DC's mayoral and congressional delegate contests. The error will additionally be corrected in the next regular
Congress AZ-01 Scottsdale, Fountain Hills, northeast Phoenix, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation | Trump+3.1 Marlene Galán-Woods vs. Rick McCartney vs. Amish Shah vs. Jonathan Treble This race seems to be between Dr. and former state Rep. Amish Shah and former TV anchor
Highlights & Housekeeping First, a reminder that the paywall will be going up on the entire site starting on August 9, so subscribe now. This FEC roundup would ordinarily be available at the second and third tiers of subscription, but everyone gets it until the paywall drops. Second, welcome back,
Well, hi. I wasn’t expecting to be back, and definitely not so soon. However, as I find myself unexpectedly, uh, between jobs, and facing a job market that broadly sucks in any field in which I might hope to be employed, relaunching the newsletter that I always liked to
It is as it says: I decided to do a special New Jersey-only edition because some of you generously gave me money when I asked. (Thanks for that.) Let's start with some housekeeping. First, I’m not covering the House primaries in the 10th and 11th districts
I was hoping I wouldn't have to write this one, but the past month has made it clear to me that I do. Primary School is closing down, effective immediately; I no longer have the time to manage it due to the increasing demands of my personal and
The FEC roundup and this week's regular issue are, indeed, on their way—but first, I have an extra bit of content for you real campaign finance sickos. I'm pretty sure I'm the only person who reads New Jersey campaign finance reports in detail,
Issue 19 October 14, 2025 DC-AL (correction) Last week, I incorrectly listed DC Shadow Rep. Oye Owolewa as a candidate for DC’s lone nonvoting delegate seat in the House of Representatives (not to be confused with the shadow representative, who is essentially an elected lobbyist for statehood.) Owolewa