A confidential Senate Ethics Committee investigation targeted Marsha Blackburn's office over allegations it used taxpayer money and staff for her political campaign.
The Wall Street Journal tracked over $781 million flowing to a web of Trump-controlled funds — much of it from companies that want something from his government.
A Texas Tech regent gave $274,300 to a committee backing Ken Paxton's Senate run. The next day, Paxton's office threatened to sue the Big 12 on the school's behalf.
A Tennessee Lookout investigation adds up the money behind Marsha Blackburn's rise: more than $100 million over 20 years, from payday lenders, a private prison company, and billionaires now poised to cash in if she becomes governor.
Weeks after Marsha Blackburn praised data centers as 'good and important' for Tennessee, her campaign reported more than $100,000 from AI and data-center employees — including a top Oracle executive. Her opponents got none of it.
Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers has collected $125,600 from a state pension since 2022 — even though his financial disclosures show he's worth many millions of dollars.
New campaign filings show 72% of Marsha Blackburn's donors live outside Tennessee, and out-of-state PACs are spending millions to make her governor. Her opponent's money is almost all in-state.
A watchdog says the Florida governor front-runner failed to disclose up to $1.6 million in stock trades — after he went on TV demanding other members of Congress be punished for the exact same thing.
A PAC tied to Lisa Demuth's campaign for Minnesota governor has taken about $1.1 million from a group funded by billionaire Richard Uihlein, one of the country's biggest funders of anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ causes.