Campaign Finance

They aren’t up for election this year, but that didn’t stop Texas’ three highest elected officeholders from raking in campaign donations during the last...

This election cycle Texas has been sparing no expense. And while top-of-the-ticket races are taking a lot of the oxygen, Texans seem to also...

State Senator Don Huffines is just another part of the rigged political system in Austin - taking special interest money, voting to relax the rules on himself, and sticking it to everyday Texans.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has raised nearly 50 times more than his opponent Democrat Lupe Valdez in the state’s gubernatorial race, according to the latest campaign filings with the Texas Ethics Commission.

The race to replace John Zerwas just got more interesting. Anna Allred, a candidate in the HD-28 special election, released her fundraising totals early.  Allred...

Sept 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear the Federal Election Commission's bid to restore a campaign finance law...

Insurance companies have been playing the politics game for decades. In order to control the direction insurance regulation moves in, companies will donate large...

As long as the business lobbyists have their deals and willing politicians like Lisa Luby Ryan, public officials won’t vote in favor of their constituents.

Collectively, House members have maintained $33.7 million entering the regular session, led by Speaker Bonnen who maintains $4.5 million in contributions, 83 percent of which came in the weeks following his press conference on Nov. 12 announcing he had secured the votes to become Speaker.

Political campaigns live and die by their fundraising. Often, the candidate with the most money ends up with the highest number of votes, as...