June 16, 2016 •
Thursday News Roundup
Campaign Finance “House Votes to Protect ‘Dark Money’ Political Donors” by David Morgan for Reuters Arizona: “FBI Questions Former Utility Regulator, APS, Corporation Commission” by Ryan Randazzo for Arizona Republic Connecticut: “Agency Approves Settlement That Would End Probe of Democrats’ […]
Campaign Finance
“House Votes to Protect ‘Dark Money’ Political Donors” by David Morgan for Reuters
Arizona: “FBI Questions Former Utility Regulator, APS, Corporation Commission” by Ryan Randazzo for Arizona Republic
Connecticut: “Agency Approves Settlement That Would End Probe of Democrats’ Spending On Malloy Re-Election” by Jon Lender for Hartford Courant
Ethics
New Jersey: “Emails Appear to Show Christie Was Told About Political Activities of His Office” by Matt Friedman and Ryan Hutchins for Politico
Rhode Island: “No Moratorium as Ethics Bill Advances in R.I.” by Jennifer Bogdan for Providence Journal
Elections
“A New Phase for Trump’s Media War” by Niall Stanage for The Hill
“Two Years Ago, Eric Cantor Lost His House Seat. Was It Just in The Nick of Time?” by Roxanne Roberts for Washington Post
District of Columbia: “Vincent Gray Wins D.C. Council Seat, Makes Political Comeback” by Aaron Davis and Fenit Nirappil for Washington Post
Ohio: “ACLU Sues Cleveland Over Republican National Convention Protest Rules” by Andrew Tobias for Cleveland Plain Dealer
June 11, 2014 •
Eric Cantor Loses Primary Battle
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor suffered a bruising primary defeat by tea party challenger Dave Brat on June 10. Strategists say Cantor’s 11 percentage point loss was due to a lack of field effort, fueled by overconfidence in his path […]
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor suffered a bruising primary defeat by tea party challenger Dave Brat on June 10.
Strategists say Cantor’s 11 percentage point loss was due to a lack of field effort, fueled by overconfidence in his path to victory. Many Republicans felt Cantor had become too removed from his district, mired in Washington infighting and too focused on the national stage.
According to historians, no House leader of Cantor’s rank has ever been defeated in a primary.
June 11, 2014 •
Wednesday Government Relations News
Lobbying “Lobbying World” in The Hill. “Sallie Mae spin-off registers to lobby” by Megan R. Wilson in The Hill. “Amplifyd: Crowd-Sourced Lobbying Launches Website” by Annie Spiegelman in The Huffington Post. “Politico: Wall Street Loses an Ally With Cantor’s Defeat” […]
Lobbying
“Lobbying World” in The Hill.
“Sallie Mae spin-off registers to lobby” by Megan R. Wilson in The Hill.
“Amplifyd: Crowd-Sourced Lobbying Launches Website” by Annie Spiegelman in The Huffington Post.
“Politico: Wall Street Loses an Ally With Cantor’s Defeat” by Drew MacKenzie in Newsmax.
North Carolina: “Senate honors longtime lawmaker, lobbyist Alley” by Tara Jeffries in WRAL.
Campaign Finance
“Campaign Finance Hearings Showcase Extremes | Rules of the Game” by Eliza Newlin Carney in Roll Call.
“A Reporter Crashes the Super PAC Party” by Walter Shapiro in the Brennan Center for Justice Blog.
“Bitcoin bulks up lobbying power” by Julian Hattem in The Hill.
Connecticut: “Democratic governors lose challenge to Connecticut campaign finance law” by Nate Raymond in Reuters.
Kansas: “Panel looking into ethics of Facebook post seeking contributions to Schodorf campaign” by Brian Lowry in The Wichita Eagle.
North Carolina: “Legislators call for constitutional convention” in The Times-News.
Ohio: “Former executive testifies in campaign finance trial of northeast Ohio businessman” by The Associated Press in The Republic.
Elections
“5 takeaways from Eric Cantor shocker” by James Hohmann in Politico.
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