Two candidates for the Portland City Council this November achieved something unusual—and, at first glance, illogical. Chris Henry and Moses Ross each received more individual campaign contributions ...

As New York City mayoral candidates tout their most recent fundraising tallies, the city’s campaign finance watchdog is poised to clamp down on who is eligible to receive matching funds from taxpayers ...

Running for office is expensive. In Connecticut, the Citizen’s Election Program helps prospective candidates publicly finance their campaigns to keep out private money. Connecticut got the nickname ...

The New York City Campaign Finance Board voted to withhold as much as $4.3 million in matching funds from Mayor Eric Adams, as he faces federal corruption charges focused on his fund-raising practices ...

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ALBANY — Legislative candidates in New York spent more money last year than in any election in the past 25 years except one, in part due to a new program that poured millions of taxpayer dollars into ...