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Money raised is applied for the salaries of non-volunteers in the campaign, transportation, campaign materials, media advertisements and other contingencies. Under United States law, officially declared candidates are required to file campaign finance details with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) at the end of every calendar month or ...
Politicians are sometimes tempted to spend campaign funds for personal purposes instead of their election campaign. One U.S. Representative, Duncan D. Hunter of California, for example, was sentenced to 11 months in prison in 2020 "for spending 2018 campaign donations on family trips to Hawaii and Italy and private school for his children." [133]
Troutt has also become a major Republican donor: He and his spouse contributed $1.7 million to Trump's 2020 presidential campaign, among other major donations to campaigns for Rick Santorum, Rick ...
The BCRA was a mixed bag for those who wanted to remove big money from politics. It eliminated all soft money donations to the national party committees, but it also doubled the contribution limit of hard money, from $1,000 to $2,000 per election cycle, with a built-in increase for inflation. In addition, the bill aimed to curtail ads by non ...
But in every cycle since President George W. Bush disclosed the names of “Pioneers” who had raised at least $100,000 for his 2000 campaign, at least one presidential nominee has disclosed ...
Donations fund campaign operations, including staffers, ads, and research. Presidential campaigns are increasingly expensive, with the 2020 election costing the most on record.
As of March 24, 2020, all major-party presidential candidates had halted in-person campaigning and campaign rallies over COVID-19 concerns. Political analysts speculated at the time that the moratorium on traditional campaigning, coupled with the effects of the pandemic on the nation, could have unpredictable effects on the voting populace and ...
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