Certain local offices now subject to more campaign finance requirements
Some locally elected officials now have to file annual campaign finance reports following a new state law.
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Marion County election board to investigate Morales campaign ad
Secretary of State Diego Morales included footage that blended government resources and property with a partisan campaign in a manner that Indianapolis election officials believe could violate state law.
Ex-Indiana congressional candidate gets prison sentence in campaign finance fraud case
Former Indiana Congressional candidate Gabriel “Gabe” Whitley admittedly falsified campaign finance records and lied about raising hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions ahead of the May 2024 primary.
State Supreme Courts have become an electoral battleground. But some states choose a different path
The race for control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court drew $100 million in campaign spending, attack ads and the attention of President Donald Trump and close ally Elon Musk.
Former Indiana congressional candidate agrees to plead guilty in campaign finance fraud case
Former Indiana congressional candidate Gabriel ‘Gabe’ Whitley is admitting that he falsified campaign finance records, saying he lied about raising hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions ahead of the May 2024 primary.
Weaver: All I want for the New Year is more government disclosure
When it comes to government transparency laws, Indiana often ranks near the bottom in terms of what it requires public officials and political activists to disclose.
Democrat spending on legislative races pales in comparison to Republicans
Republicans are pouring financial resources into a handful of legislative races around the state, recognizing potentially tight margins with an aim to protect the party’s supermajority hold in the General Assembly.
Braun hits McCormick with digitally altered ad that could test new campaign law
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jennifer McCormick’s campaign team called for Republican opponent Mike Braun to immediately pull the ad, saying it “violates the principles of transparency and integrity voters deserve in campaign advertising by changing the text on the signs in voters’ hands.”
7th Circuit vacates ruling, instructs lower court to grant preliminary injunction in campaign finance case
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a lower court’s ruling that denied a preliminary injunction for the Indiana Right to Life Victory Fund and a media company against two provisions of Indiana law dealing with campaign finance restrictions.
Most candidates not returning thousands in political donations by disgraced sheriff Jamey Noel
Multiple Republican campaigns and committees that received political donations from disgraced former Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel said they have no plans to return or donate those dollars elsewhere — while numerous others are keeping mum, distancing themselves from Noel altogether.
Michael Cohen faces more grilling as Trump’s hush money trial enters its final stretch
Donald Trump’s hush money trial is heading into the final stretch, with prosecutors’ last and star witness back on the stand Monday for more grilling before the former president’s lawyers get their chance to put on a case.
Prosecutors in 3 Wisconsin counties decline to pursue charges against Trump committee, lawmaker
The Wisconsin Ethics Commission, which recommended last month that charges be filed, announced the local prosecutors’ decisions in a memo prepared for a Friday meeting. Charges were also forwarded to district attorneys in three additional counties but they had yet to inform the commission of their plans.
Rokita finishes 2023 with $1.1M in campaign dollars, compared to Wells’ $55K
Republican Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita finished 2023 with nearly $1.1 million in his campaign coffers as he mounts his reelection bid this year.
Governor candidates raise $18M in pricey primary run-up
Candidates for statewide office filed their campaign finance reports for the second half of 2023 on Wednesday, offering more insight into just how expensive the competitive GOP primary in the 2024 Indiana governor’s race is becoming.
Rust gives big to his campaign for Indiana’s open U.S. Senate seat, but Banks tops total donations
U.S. Senate candidate John Rust gave big to his own campaign during the third quarter, which he says is a sign that he won’t be propped up by political action committees.
Split IN Supreme Court rules state law limits corporate contributions to super PACs
Indiana election law’s silence on corporate contributions to independent-expenditure political action committees means such contributions are prohibited or otherwise limited, a split Indiana Supreme Court has ruled.
‘Why are we here?’ IN Supreme Court hears arguments in case involving election laws, super PACs
In a case where both sides seemingly have the same position — that limiting corporate contributions to certain political action committees would be unconstitutional — the Indiana Supreme Court is weighing how to interpret state law.
Top GOP gubernatorial contenders haul in donations
Three top GOP candidates for Indiana governor far out-raised their fellow hopefuls in semi-annual campaign finance reports released Monday, with U.S. Sen. Mike Braun recording the largest haul.
Banks keeps strong fundraising lead in Senate race; 3rd and 5th District candidates stay close
Republican frontrunner U.S. Rep. Jim Banks continues to dramatically out-raise other contenders for Indiana’s open Senate seat in the November election, raising more than $1 million in the second quarter.
IN Supreme Court schedules arguments in case on contributions to super PACs
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this fall on the issue of whether state law prohibits or otherwise limits corporate contributions to political action committees or other entities that engage in independent campaign-related expenditures.