Most went for a war on the airwaves, consultants say, making TV stations big winners. November 27, 2010- Anti-incumbent anger and "tea party" conservatives may have set the tone for…
Former U.S. House majority leader faces up to life in prison November 24, 2010- Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay — once one of the most powerful and feared…
November 23, 2010: By a double-digit margin, voters want Congress to amend the Constitution to overturn the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United that allows unlimited corporate spending on elections,…
November 20, 2010- Freshman Rep. Mark Schauer (D-Mich.) blamed an influx of corporate and union money thanks to the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling for his loss to former Republican…
November 8, 2010: By the time voters went to the polls last week, outside groups had spent more than $454 million to influence campaigns. But there's little evidence that all…
Nov. 8, 2010- Republican Senator-elect Mark Kirk may help push through a campaign-finance transparency bill opposed by Republican leaders during the lame-duck session. Kirk defeated Democratic candidate Alexi Giannoulias for…
November 8, 2010: Last week, big lies and big money spoke so loudly and with such influence that our political system was dramatically changed for the time being. Four billion…
Perhaps no other U.S. Supreme Court decision has had as much impact on an election in modern times as the Citizens United ruling did this year. The court case, which…
November 2, 2010: In elections past, a good indicator of whether a candidate would win was to look at how much money they had raised: the more money, the better…
By Micheal Luo AND Griff Palmer- November 4, 2010- After all the talk about the impact of independent groups on this year’s midterm elections, the debate over at least one…
By Tony Carrk- For months, Think Progress has been chronicling the “U.S.” Chamber of Commerce’s $75 million campaign to put its interests over working- and middle-class families. It uses its…
Hedge fund moguls helped bankroll groups' attack ads, sources tell NBC News November 4, 2010: A tightly coordinated effort by outside Republican groups, spearheaded by Karl Rove and fueled by…
November 4, 2010- Remember when Democratic congressman Bob Etheridge went berserk on two kids who were harassing him on the streets of Washington, D.C.? And everyone was wondering who those…
November 3, 2010: The votes are in, and while some close races are still being tallied, there is a clear winner from the 2010 elections: Secret corporate cash. Such unaccounted…
November 3, 2010: Tuesday's election will be remembered not only for the historic losses by the Democratic Party in the House, but also the unprecedented amount of outside spending that…