Gregory Giroux
analyzes elections, financing of congressional and presidential elections, political advertising and demographics in Bloomberg's Washington Bureau.
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Eric Schmidt
Google’s Schmidt Helps NRSC Edge DSCC in April Fundraising
Senate Republicans’ campaign arm outraised its Democratic counterpart last month for this first time this year, aided by donors including Google Inc. chairman Eric Schmidt. Schmidt gave $32,300 to the National Republican Senatorial Committee in April, helping it outraise the Democratic Senatorial...
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Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W. Va., arrives in the Senate Reception Room before the 'Vote-A-Rama' on amendments to the budget resolution on March 22, 2013.
Rockefeller, Kerkorian Help DSCC Raise $3.54 Million
Sen. Jay Rockefeller isn’t seeking re-election next year, though the wealthy West Virginia Democrat is still using some of his personal fortune to help his party’s prospects in the midterm election. Rockefeller donated the maximum $32,400 to the Democratic Senatorial...
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Sheldon Adelson, chairman and chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp. and chairman of Sands China Ltd., in Macau, China.
Adelson and Boehner Help House Republicans Raise $5.1 Million
A political donation of $32,400 may seem like couch change for Sheldon Adelson, the casino executive with a $27.9 billion net worth who gave tens of millions of dollars to Republicans during the 2012 election. Yet $32,400 is the maximum...
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The new Apple Inc. store in Berlin, Germany.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: $102 Billion
That’s how much Apple Inc. is holding in overseas accounts, according to a report from congressional investigators. The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released the report ahead of a hearing today about multinational companies that shift profits to countries with...
Read more »Ex-Rhode Island Mayor Laffey Seeks Colorado Governorship
Seven years ago, Steve Laffey was a Republican mayor in Rhode Island who clashed with party leaders in a losing bid for the U.S. Senate. Now a rancher in Fort Collins, Colorado, Laffey has the political bug again: He’s running...
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Delegates stand at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Tampa, Florida, on Aug. 30, 2012.
Republican Group Seeks More Hispanic and Female Candidates
The Republican organization working to secure state offices for the party will focus on recruiting Hispanic and female candidates in the 2014 election cycle, when it plans to raise $50 million. The Republican State Leadership Committee is “on track” to...
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Jeffrey Zients, acting director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), speaks during a news conference on April 10, 2013.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: $1.1 Trillion
That’s how much President Barack Obama’s budget proposal would trim federal budget deficits over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Obama’s budget would produce deficits of $5.2 trillion between fiscal 2014 and fiscal 2023, compared with $6.3...
Read more »Ex-Rep. Maguire Readies New Jersey Comeback Campaign
More than 30 years after leaving Congress, New Jersey Democrat Andy Maguire is preparing for a comeback effort in 2014. Maguire, 74, filed a federal statement of candidacy to seek the northern 5th District seat held by Republican Scott Garrett,...
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Customers shop at a Macy's Inc. store in New York.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: -30.2
That’s the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended May 12. The index, which is based on Americans’ opinions about the economy, the buying climate and their own finances, fell from minus 29.5 in the prior week. It can...
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Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford arrives to give his victory speech on May 7, 2013, in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. Sanford won back his old congressional seat in the state's 1st District in a special election.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 16
That’s how many U.S. House members in the current 113th Congress have served non-consecutive tenures. The total includes Mark Sanford, a South Carolina Republican who was sworn in yesterday to the House, where he previously served from 1995 to 2001....
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