campaign finance

Las Vegas Casino Owner Gave Governor's PAC $250,000

Howard Fischer and howard — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:29:51 +0000

A major financier of Republican candidates and causes gave Gov. Jan Brewer a quarter million dollars to spread around on congressional races.

AZ Realtors Behind Corporation Commission Campaign Funding.

Howard Fischer — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:35:05 +0000

New campaign finance reports show Realtors put more than $186,000 into the corporation commission race to get a panel it hopes will be more favorable to its issues.

SuperPACS Spent Big in AZ

Mark Bevis — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:31:28 +0000

Three Congressional campaigns in Arizona were some of the most expensive in the country during November’s election.

Corporation Commission Winning Candidates All Received Outside Money

Mark Bevis — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:39:17 +0000

Campaign finance reports filed late last week show the three winners in the statewide Corporation Commission race were the only candidates to receive outside money. They all received the same amount from the same organizations.

Campaign Finance Reports Show Money not Always Key to Success

Howard Fischer — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 17:24:57 +0000

Final campaign finance reports show supporters of Proposition 204 spent nearly $2.5 million in their unsuccessful bid to impose a permanent one-cent sales tax to benefit education and other causes.

Governor's PAC Spends Big as Election Nears

Mark Bevis — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 22:09:28 +0000

Voters in select districts across Arizona can expect to get more political mail from the Governor.

Jan-Pac Raised $200 G in the Last Quarter

Howard Fischer — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:11:31 +0000

Some state residents and businesses are opening their wallets -- wide -- to help Governor Jan Brewer elect candidates to federal offices who support her views.

Governor Uses PAC Money to Buy Her Own Book

Howard Fischer — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:00:06 +0000

Governor Jan Brewer has apparently found a good place to spend some of the donations she is getting to her federal political action committee: buying her own books.

Public Campaign Financing Deal Reached

Howard Fischer — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:59:56 +0000

A deal reached Monday will short-circuit an attempt to get voters to scrap public financing of elections.

The 1998 law allows but does not require candidates to get public funds if they agree not to take outside cash. Foes, including business interests, have been unhappy with the plan for years. And they had the votes lined up at the Legislature to ask voters to effectively repeal the law. Sen. John McComish said the deal allows the system to remain in place, but with some new restrictions on how it spends money on public relations.

McCain, Campaign Finance, and Super Pacs

Matt Laslo — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 23:56:31 +0000

It’s no exaggeration that big money has changed the political landscape this election year.

The Republican presidential candidates and the president himself have all turned to so-called SuperPacs which can raise unlimited amounts of money.

One of the more successful SuperPacs so far has been the one supporting Mitt Romney.

But one of the former Massachusetts Governor’s most ardent supporters is Arizona Senator John McCain, one of the sponsors of campaign finance reform.

And he's not happy about the contradictions.