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Congrats @OpenSecretsDC and @MoneyInPolitics! My two go-to sources for money in politics data have now combined. Invaluable one-stop shopping!

"According to campaign finance data from the National Institute on Money in Politics, more than two dozen labor groups have donated a total of $321,500 to the Western Pennsylvania lawmakers since they were elected to Congress..." witf.org/2021/01/27/lab…

Are Women Reshaping the Political Donor Class? Money Matters in the Upcoming Races for Governor msmagazine.com/2021/01/25/wom… via @msmagazine

"According to records from the National Institute on Money in Politics, Cerner Corporation donated to a wide range of candidates from both parties in the 2020 election." healthcareitnews.com/news/cerner-pa… via @HealthITNews

Some businesses pausing campaign contributions after riot were Daines donors mtstandard.com/news/state-and… via @MontanaStandard

Glad to join @NewsHour tonight to discuss the businesses suspending donations to GOP objectors et al after Capitol attack youtu.be/LcnMU53Yc0w

Check out CRP's Krumholz PBS interview last night on corporate reaction to recent events.

The spending data in this index comes from the National Institute on Money in Politics' FollowTheMoney.org website and the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.) facingsouth.org/2021/01/instit…

Michael Malbin quoted by CNN: "The fact that major organizations are saying that they are disgusted matters," he said. "This is a public statement about what they believe is right and wrong." bit.ly/2KdVtv0

Facing South compiled a sobering index: Among the 16 senators in all who were part of the effort to overturn the presidential election, rank of lawyers and lobbyists among the top industry contributors to their campaigns: 1 bit.ly/3i9Dtyw

"The industry contributed more money to state legislative races than any other business sector over the past decade, according to the data collected by the nonprofit National Institute on Money in Politics."

Dem. Jon Ossoff has raised $138.5 million so far in his bid to oust incumbent Sen. David Perdue (R), who has raised $87 M. See the donors to each here: bit.ly/3nk9S6r (Final figures will be available 1/31 when the last reports are filed)

Our big end-of-year fundraising deadline is TOMORROW. Will you pitch in right away to help bring transparency to money in politics in 2021? followthemoney.org/connect-with-u…

Inv. reporter @ayewolfe dug into our data to inform this story mississippitoday.org/2020/12/29/who… via @MSTODAYnews

Fueled by Party Money, Independent Spending Matches U.S. House and Senate Candidate Money in Close Races. See more in our just-released report: bit.ly/38puNQc

Great interview about small-donor public financing by our outgoing CFI Division director, Michael Malbin bit.ly/3nII8tk

Our analysis on gender and elections couldn’t have been done without the support of our friends @CAWP_RU and we are so excited about our collaboration with them and with @OpenSecretsDC Again, you can read the full report here: followthemoney.org/research/insti…

In 2020 Congressional races, women candidates outraised men on average, while also nearly closing the gap in state-level contests.

In 2020, way more women ran as Democratic candidates than as Republican candidates, regardless of their incumbency status.