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...
Read more »
Photograph by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
Eric Schmidt
Google’s Schmidt Helps NRSC Edge DSCC in April Fundraising
Photograph by Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images
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...
Read more »
Photograph by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
Senator John Kerry in Washington, D.C.
Kerry’s Campaign Cash Helps Senate Democrats Outraise Republicans
Secretary of State John Kerry left the Senate in February for his current job, though his campaign committee was aiding his former Democratic colleagues as recently as last month. John Kerry for Senate sent $100,000 in surplus campaign funds to...
Read more »
Photograph by Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg
Senator Tim Johnson, a Democrat from South Dakota and chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, arrives to hear Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, deliver his semiannual monetary policy report to the Senate Banking Committee on July 17, 2012.
Democrats Bullish About 2014 — Here’s Their Case
Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson’s decision not to seek re-election in Republican-leaning South Dakota has focused attention on the overall challenges his party faces in the 2014 midterm. As Democrats gear up to defend their Senate majority, substantially more of their seats appear in play...
Read more »
Photograph by Evan Vucci/AP Photo
Former Sen. John Breaux and other Democratic lobbyists were big early donors to their party's effort to defend its Senate majority in the 2014 elections.
Lobbyists Help Senate Democrats Outraise Republicans in January
Breaux, a Patton Boggs senior counsel and a Louisiana senator from 1987 to 2005, donated $30,800 last month to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, according to a Federal Election Commission filing this week. Gerald S.J. Cassidy, the founder and chief...
Read more »
Photograph by Matthew Staver/Bloomberg
An attendee visits the Northrop Grumman Corp. booth during the 28th National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in this file photo.
Companies Donate Early to Dueling Political Parties
With Democrats leading the Senate and Republicans controlling the House of Representatives, it’s a good time for companies to nurture bipartisan alliances by making early campaign contributions to both parties. Following are some of the companies that made donations through...
Read more »
Photograph by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
Senator Charles Schumer during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte.
Schumer: $1 Million for Senate Dems
Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, a leading Democratic campaign strategist and fundraiser, donated $1 million in campaign funds last month to his party’s effort to defend its Senate majority in the Nov. 6 election. Schumer transferred the money Sept....
Read more »
Photograph by Orlin Wagner/AP Photo
Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin campaigning at the Northwest Missouri State Fair in Bethany, Mo., on Aug. 30, 2012.
Democratic Strategist: Missouri Senate Race Close With Akin
Missouri U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill still has a competitive re-election contest even after Republican officials shunned Representative Todd Akin, a top Democratic Senate campaign strategist said. “It is still a competitive race” and the contest will “stay relatively close” through...
Read more »
Photograph by Win McNamee/Getty Images
Sen. Chuck Schumer and a group of Democratic senators announced new legislation "to blunt the worst effects" of the Supreme Court's Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision.
Koch and Rove Groups Facing New Legal Challenge from Democrats
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee today asked the Federal Election Commission to investigate three Republican-leaning nonprofits who are spending millions on the 2012 campaigns. The groups are Crossroads GPS, co-founded by Karl Rove; Americans for Prosperity, which is linked to...
Read more »
Photograph by Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg
Reservoir Capital Co-Founders Differ Over Senate Control
Here’s something Democratic and Republican Senators can agree on: they both have a friend in high places at Reservoir Capital Group. Daniel H. Stern, a co-founder of the Manhattan investment firm, donated $30,800 on March 31 to the Democratic Senatorial...
Read more »
Contributors
-
Al Hunt
is a columnist for Bloomberg View and host of the weekly show "Political Capital with Al Hunt" on Bloomberg TV. -
Mark Silva
is deputy managing editor for government news in Washington and editor of Political Capital. He has covered the White House and national politics. -
Emma Fidel
is political editor for Bloomberg.com in Washington. She previously covered financial regulation as a Bloomberg intern. -
Don Frederick
edits political and government coverage for Bloomberg News. He previously worked for more than a decade at the Los Angeles Times' Washington bureau. -
Gregory Giroux
analyzes elections, financing of congressional and presidential elections, political advertising and demographics in Bloomberg's Washington Bureau. -
Julie Bykowicz
covers the influence of money and lobbying in Washington, and covered the state legislature and city crime for the Baltimore Sun for 10 years. -
Jonathan Salant
covers campaign finance and lobbying in Washington. He was president of the National Press Club and started in Washington in 1987. -
Richard Rubin
covers federal tax policy. He worked at Congressional Quarterly and The Charlotte Observer before joining Bloomberg News in 2010. -
Julie Hirschfeld Davis
is a senior political reporter for the Washington Bureau. She covered the 2012 campaign for Bloomberg News and previously covered the White House for the Baltimore Sun. -
Lisa Lerer
covers the White House and covered the 2012 campaign for Bloomberg News. She covered Congress, lobbying and the 2008 campaign for Politico. -
John McCormick
is a national political reporter looking forward to the 2016 presidential campaign, which will be the fifth he's covered. He's also reported for The Des Moines Register and Chicago Tribune. -
Julianna Goldman
covers the White House for Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Television. -
Hans Nichols
covers the White House for Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Television. -
Margaret Talev
covers the White House for Bloomberg News and covered the White House for McClatchy Newspapers. She has covered California and Florida politics. -
Cary O'Reilly
is Editor at Large at Bloomberg First Word and is Washington Daybook columnist for Bloomberg Government and Bloomberg News.
