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Like any business, revenue drop hurts RNC

by Kimberly Adams
Aug 25, 2016
July was their worst month of fundraising in 16 years.
US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is seen onscreen at the closing of the Republican National Convention at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio on July 21, 2016.
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Major political donors like the Kochs now focusing on local and state races

by Andy Uhler
Aug 3, 2016
The presidential race isn't the only important one to donors.
A view of the House of Representatives Chamber in Washington, D.C. in 2015. A Koch-backed group is spending millions in Ohio, Nevada and Pennsylvania — states that are key to maintaining a Republican-majority Congress. 
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The top Google Trends question about the RNC is 'What is the RNC?'

by Kai Ryssdal
Jul 18, 2016
It happened with Brexit, now it's happening here.
Delegates on the floor listen during the first day of the Republican National Convention.
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The costs and benefits of political conventions

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Apr 22, 2016
Cleveland and Philadelphia are hosting the presidential nominating conventions.
The Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, the site of the 2016 Democratic National Convention, left, and the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, the site of the 2016 Republican National Convention.
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Strains between GOP and business

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Sep 25, 2015
Speaker Boehner's tenure was marked by disagreements with the party's right flank.
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Polling's 'spectacular disasters'

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Sep 2, 2015
It takes a lot of money, and humans dialing phones, to get a quality survey.
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The conventions are coming...

by Marketplace Contributor
Aug 6, 2015
Cleveland and Philadelphia gear up for Republican and Democratic national conventions.
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Congressman resigns over Downton Abbey faux pas

by David Gura
Mar 17, 2015
Aaron Schock outfitted his office with "a gold-colored wall sconce," a "crystal chandelier," and "massive arrangements of pheasant feathers."
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Obama campaign operative's surprising move to Uber

by Krissy Clark
Aug 20, 2014
David Plouffe's new role at the ride-sharing tech company raises some eyebrows.
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Fundraising, with subtlety, at CPAC

by Noel King
Mar 7, 2014
Delivering a memorable speech at CPAC can yield more for campaigns down the line.
Donald Trump, photographed at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, on March 15, 2013.
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