Let's Take A Look— From Plato To Tolstoy To Chomsky Let’s go back to high school for a minute. When we read  War and Peace — in my case—...

As of March 31, freshman Shri Thanedar (D-MI) had spent $3,350,000 of his own on his primary reelection bid in a district (MI-13) that...

Cloobeck Thinking Of Running Again— But Not In Nevada This Time Gavin Newsom is termed out in 2026 and jockeying for the gubernatorial...

Let's Count The Ways So far this cycle, the 4 biggest self-funders trying to buy electoral office failed. No matter the party, I think we...

In some states— including the two biggest ones, California and Texas— Super Tuesday wasn’t just about the presidential primary; it was...

It’s legal to spend any amount of personal wealth— even millions of dollars, as some do— to fund your own campaign in a federal election;...

Here's What's Wrong With Self-Funders Liquor distributor and New Dem waste of a congressional seat, David Trone has, just in the last...

Based on FEC reports for the 3rd quarter, these were the big self-funders for July, August and September in Senate races: Silicon Valley...

Lexi Reese Is About To Waste Many Millions Of Dollars Yesterday, Noah Smith asked if “tech bros” ruined San Francisco. I moved there when...

In 2016 Rep. Chris Van Hollen ran for Senate, successfully, when Barbara Mikulski retired. That opened up Van Hollen’s safe blue House...

I always remember April 16. It’s my sister Michelle’s birthday. It was also the day Abraham Lincoln signed (in 1862) a bill emancipating...

Between October 19 and the end of the election cycle, the 3 House candidates who got the most money in contributions of $1,000 and more...

A new poll released by Pew yesterday shows a great many of our fellow citizens outside the mainstream of historical American thought....

A disgraced, outed gay Republican, driven out of Congress, asked me to have dinner with him after he had gone through some kind of...

Yesterday, I spoke with Wisconsin Senate candidate Gillian Battino about the shocking report about the multimillionaires trying to buy...

Conservative careerist, carpetbagging heiress and self-funder, Sara Jacobs, defeated progressive working class candidate Georgette Gómez...