The Dallas 2026 Host Committee said it raised $45 million in less than four weeks, though it hasn’t identified the donors.
Earlier this week, political campaigns and PACs had to turn in numbers on spending and fundraising to the Federal Election Commission.
There’s Arizona’s citizen-led initiative in 2022. And voters in Alaska and North Dakota passed similar measures in previous years.
Arizona is one of 21 states where people can submit signatures and petition. But getting something on the ballot is no easy task.
Proposition 211 would make political nonprofits disclose the names of original donors who spend beyond certain thresholds.
The story of the 2014 Arizona Corporation Commission election campaign and the influence of so-called dark money.
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #92
“It’s really everywhere,” said Marketplace’s Kimberly Adams.
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #89
A lot of companies promised to change their political giving following the insurrection.
