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Recount on the way in Florida Senate race

Rick Scott and Bill Nelson have filed lawsuits as the drama over their Senate race continue to heat up. At a hastily convened press conference Thursday night at the governor's mansion, Gov. Scott, a Republican, said he had asked the state's top law enforcement agency on Thursday to investigate election operations in Broward and Palm Beach counties and filed lawsuits demanding access to ballots narrowing his lead against Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson. Meanwhile, Nelson has filed a lawsuit asking that the deadline for local election officials to file preliminary unofficial vote totals to the state to be extended past noon Saturday. The margin in three statewide races — the Senate, the governor and commissioner of agriculture — are now slim enough to trigger mandatory recounts. The first unofficial totals, which are due at noon Saturday, will determine which races proceed to recounts. Scott accused election officials in Broward and Palm Beach, two Democratic stronghol...

Mississippi Senate race heads to runoff

If none of these candidates receives more than 50% of the vote, the top two finishers will advance to a runoff on Nov. 27. None of the candidates' party affiliations will be listed on the ballot. When seven-term Sen. Thad Cochran stepped down in March for health reasons, it set up Mississippi to have two Senate elections this year. Sen. Roger Wicker (R) is expected to win his first re-election campaign against state legislator David Baria (D). Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R), who was appointed to replace Cochran, will face two Democrats and one Republican in a jungle election to serve until the term ends in 2020. Former Rep. and Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy is the leading Democratic candidate, while conservative state Sen. Chris McDaniel, who almost defeated Cochran in a 2014 GOP primary, is challenging Hyde-Smith from her right.

Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema: Senate Hopeful

Kyrsten Lea Sinema (Sinema) was born on July 12, 1976, in Tucson, Arizona, US. Sinema knows firsthand the challenges everyday Arizonans face. Born in Tucson, Sinema went through some tough times growing up. Her family struggled to make ends meet, and for a while, they were even homeless. But they got by thanks to family, church, and hard work. Sinema graduated as valedictorian from Walton High School at age 16 and went on to earn her B.A. from Brigham Young University in 1995 at age 18. Sinema received her Master of Social Work degree from Arizona State University in 1999. In 2004, she earned a J.D. degree from Arizona State University College of Law. In 2012, she earned a PhD degree in Justice Studies, also from Arizona State. Sinema first ran for the Arizona House of Representatives in 2002, as an independent affiliated with the Arizona Green Party. She finished in the last place in a five-candidate field, receiving 8% of the vote. In 2004, Sinema won the Democratic...

US Election Largest Individual Contributors 2018

Contributor name Recipient State Amount Sheldon Adelson Congressional Leadership Fund NV $15,000,000.00 Miriam Adelson Congressional Leadership Fund NV $15,000,000.00 Thomas F. Steyer Nextgen Climate Action Committee CA $13,504,144.00 Sheldon G. Adelson Senate Leadership Fund NV $12,500,000.00 Miriam Adelson Senate Leadership Fund NV $12,500,000.00 Sheldon G. Adelson Senate Leadership Fund NV $12,500,000.00 Miriam Adelson Senate Leadership Fund NV $12,500,000.00 Thomas F. Steyer Nextgen Climate Action Committee CA $12,078,850.00 Jeff Bezos With Honor Fund, Inc. WA $10,129,170.26 Sheldon Adelson Congressional Leadership Fund NV $10,000,000.00 Miriam Adelson Congressional Leadership Fund NV $10,000,000.00 Timothy Mellon Congressional Leadership Fund WY $10,000,000.00 National Association Of Realto National Association Of Realtors Congressional Fund IL $9,401,487.00 Thomas F. Steyer Need To Impeach CA $8,100,000.00 One Nation Senate Leadership Fund VA $6,800,000.00 Inc....

US Election: Lobbyist bundled contributions

The list of PACs that are established or controlled by lobbyists or others registered with Congress for lobby disclosure. Campaigns, parties and leadership PACs who received bundled contributions from these PACs may be required to disclose that bundling activity to the FEC. Data for 2018 only Committee_Name SUM of Quarterly_Contribution DSCC 2,737,351 DCCC 1,675,773 FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWN 277,995 GREEN SENATE IMPACT 2018 247,650 ROSEN FOR NEVADA 175,474 BETO FOR TEXAS 146,770 HEIDI FOR SENATE 124,774 TAMMY BALDWIN FOR SENATE 124,386 RICK SCOTT FOR FLORIDA 97,200 ANGUS KING FOR US SENATE CAMPAIGN 90,287 MCCASKILL FOR MISSOURI 86,631 COLIN ALLRED FOR CONGRESS 46,073 WHITEHOUSE FOR SENATE 40,200 WALDEN FOR CONGRESS 30,012 SINEMA FOR ARIZONA 28,893 TOM MALINOWSKI FOR CONGRESS 27,969 ELIZABETH FOR MA INC 27,149 CISNEROS FOR CONGRESS 26,030 AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICA 24,400 THE COLORADO WAY 23,800 MIKE LEVIN FOR CONGRESS 21,511 TJ COX FOR CONGRESS ...

US Midterm Election 2018: Costliest Midterm Election in US History

From January 1, 2018, to October 31, 2018, the total fund raised by all the candidates in all type of election is $$4,769,634,886 ($4.7 Billion). It is one of the costliest election in US history. Cumulative amount raised by committees 01/01/2017 – 12/31/2017 01/01/2017 – 10/31/2018 01/01/2018 – 10/31/2018 Candidates $733,284,888 $2,140,059,434 $1,406,774,546 PACs $1,459,195,714 $4,036,180,698 $2,576,984,984 Party committees $610,521,502 $1,396,396,858 $785,875,356 All committees $2,803,002,104 $7,572,636,990 $4,769,634,886

US Midterm Election 2018: Top House Candidate Fundraiser

Thomas Jonathan Ossoff (Jon Ossoff) Democratic House candidate from Georgia's 6th congressional district has raised $31,552,052 in 2018. Here is a list of the top fundraisers in 2018 midterm election. Candidate Name State SUM of Fund_receipts OSSOFF, T. JONATHAN GA 31,552,052 TRONE, DAVID MD 16,527,890 WALLACE, HENRY SCOTT PA 13,930,719 RYAN, PAUL D. WI 12,106,442 NUNES, DEVIN GERALD CA 11,718,392 CISNEROS, GILBERT CA 11,147,211 SCALISE, STEVE MR LA 9,592,807 GIANFORTE, GREG MT 9,426,248 LAMB, CONOR PA 8,888,155 HANDEL, KAREN CHRISTINE GA 8,466,377 JANZ, ANDREW CA 8,327,380 DELGADO, ANTONIO NY 7,926,995 BRYCE, RANDY WI 7,904,007 MCGRATH, AMY KY 7,806,265 MCCARTHY, KEVIN CA 7,748,223 SHERRILL, REBECCA MICHELLE NJ 7,654,107 O'CONNOR, DANIEL JAY OH 7,567,425 ROUDA, HARLEY E JR CA 7,368,715 HILL, KATHERINE LAUREN CA 7,310,759 HARDER, JOSH CA 7,051,817 SCHRIER, KIM DR. WA 6,937,043 QUIST, ROBERT E. MT 6,710,493 GOTTHEIMER, JOSH NJ 6,536,860 ROSKAM, PET...