Campaign Finance

National: “GOP to Launch New Fundraising Site as Dems Crush the Online Money Game” by Alex Isenstadt for Politico

National: “Beltway ‘Inundated’ with Fundraisers as Deadline Nears” by Kate Ackley for Roll Call

National: “Duncan Hunter Had Affairs with Women He Worked With, Including His Own Aide” by Katherine Tully-McManus for Roll Call

Connecticut: “Tensions Continue Between CT Lawmakers, Election Watchdog” by Ken Dixon for Middletown Press

Elections

National: “Candidates Hunt Desperately for Viral Moments” by Amy Wang (Washington Post) for MSN

Ethics

National: “Judge: Democrats’ emoluments case against Trump can proceed” by Ann Maromow, Jonathan O’Connell, and Carol Leonnig (Washington Post) for San Jose Mercury News

Illinois: “Defiant Ex-Ald. Willie Cochran Given 1 Year in Prison, Accuses Prosecutors of Misconduct: ‘There’s no justice in this’” by Jason Meisner for Chicago Tribune

Maryland: “Baltimore’s Budget for Ethics Enforcement: $0” by Ian Duncan for Baltimore Sun

Washington DC: “D.C. Council Will Hire Law Firm to Investigate Jack Evans” by Fenit Nirappil for Washington Post