Markowitz: ‘Hardworking, everyday American citizens will be outspent at every...
Editor’s note: Deb Markowitz’s campaign released the following statement on the United States Supreme Court’s decision in the case Citizens United vs. the Federal Election Commission. Markowitz is a...
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Warring words: Issue advertising seeks to sway Vermonters – and lawmakers
Three lightning rod topics this legislative session – death with dignity, wind energy, and a tax on sugary beverages – have dominated the advertising airwaves, in an attempt to sway the minds of...
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Democracy for America, the progressive PAC founded by Howard Dean, to close...
Former Gov. Howard Dean founded Democracy For America following his 2004 presidential campaign. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Democracy For America, a Vermont-based political action committee...
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Vermont’s more than 30 active PACs have raised just over $434,000 and spent...
The loose change department Thirty-six Vermont Political Action Committees that filed campaign finance reports on Monday have already spent more than $267,000 to influence the 2012 elections, raising...
View ArticleGOP official renews demand for independent investigation into Sorrell’s...
Vermont GOP chair Jack Lindley has again renewed his request for Vermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell to appoint a special counsel to investigate whether Sorrell broke campaign finance laws during his...
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood to pay $30,000 in campaign finance case
Rounding out a hat trick of recent settlements with political action committees (PACs), Vermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell announced Tuesday that Planned Parenthood of Northern New England will pay...
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SCOV Law Blog: Ad can be attempting to influence an election even without...
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Sara Puls. Creative Commons photo by walknboston via Flickr State v. Green Mountain Future, 2013 VT 87 It’s like the old Disney Cinderella song...
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Federal appeals court sides with Vermont in campaign finance case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled for Vermont in a case seeking to overturn aspects of the state’s campaign finance laws. The Vermont Right to Life Committee challenged the...
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Scheuermann, Ralston form legislative PAC
Reps. Heidi Scheuermann, R-Stowe, and Paul Ralston, D-Middlebury. Photo by Hilary Niles/VTDigger Two Vermont lawmakers have launched a bipartisan political action committee to support like-minded...
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Gun control group donates to politicians
A group pushing for tighter gun control laws in Vermont last month donated to 91 candidates for state legislature who say they would be open to a law requiring anyone who purchases a firearm to undergo...
View ArticleCourt rules RGA-affiliated PAC accepted too much in contributions
The Republican Governors Association violated Vermont law by accepting campaign contributions that exceeded state limits, the Vermont Superior Court ruled last week. In an earlier ruling, the RGA was...
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House Republicans want to ban legislative PACs from fundraising during session
A Democratic political action committee planned a fundraiser Wednesday night at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Montpelier, a practice two Republican lawmakers hope to stop. The Vermont Democratic House...
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Lobbyist disclosure bill on its way to passage
Reps. Patti Komline, R-Dorset and Kurt Wright, R-Burlington. File photo by Alicia Freese/VTDigger [A] lobbyist disclosure bill that if signed into law would be one of the strictest in the country got a...
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VPIRG forms PAC to support ‘pro-climate’ candidates
VPIRG Executive Director Paul Burns. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDiggerOne of Vermont’s most influential lobbying organizations will now have a political action committee aimed at putting more...
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FEC asks Leahy campaign for clarification on campaign finance report...
U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy speaks during a press conference in Montpelier on Oct. 14. Photo by Glenn Russell/VT DiggerThe Federal Election Commission is seeking clarification from U.S. Sen. Patrick...
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Corporations can’t donate to Molly Gray’s campaign. But their lobbyists host...
Lt. Gov. Molly Gray speaks to a crowd at the Amtrak station in St. Albans in July. File photo by Riley Robinson/VTDiggerThe four Democratic candidates vying to represent Vermont in the U.S. House have...
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Welch pledged to refuse corporate contributions to his Senate campaign. But...
U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., declared that he would no longer accept contributions from corporate political action committees, but that doesn’t mean he’s refusing big-dollar donations from industry...
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LGBTQ+, progressive PACs pour over $600K into congressional race for Balint
Becca Balint in June 2021, left, and Molly Gray in May 2022. File photos by Mike Dougherty and Natalie Williams/VTDiggerLGBTQ+ and progressive political action committees have spent over $600,000...
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In campaign’s final stretch, Molly Gray again cries foul over Becca Balint’s...
Lt. Gov. Molly Gray has accused Sen. Becca Balint, seen here last year, of potentially illegal coordination with an outside group. Balint’s team has argued the lieutenant governor’s campaign is trying...
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A crypto mogul’s hidden hand in Vermont’s congressional race stunned...
Recent financial disclosures make clear that the lion’s share of the outside spending supporting state Sen. Becca Balint’s run came from a single million-dollar donation. File photo by Glenn...
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Balint wins high-profile endorsement of Emily’s List, one of the nation’s...
In her bid for Vermont’s lone seat in the U.S. House, Democratic nominee Becca Balint has the coveted endorsement of Emily’s List, one of the most influential political action committees operating...
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Peter Welch accepts thousands in campaign donations from sugar industry PACs
U.S. Rep Peter Welch’s acceptance of industry PAC donations is not new. File photo by Natalie Williams/VTDiggerDespite his pledge last November not to accept “any corporate PAC money,” Vermont’s...
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Rutland’s mayoral race demonstrates the growing influence of a local PAC
Mike Doenges. Photo courtesy of Mike DoengesWhether critical or complimentary of Rutland Forward, many observers of Rutland city politics agree that the organization played a key role in the election...
View ArticleProgressive group finds race between Pearce and Wilton is neck and neck
Beth Pearce has another political heavyweight in addition to former Gov. Howard Dean pulling for her. Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC)— a progressive D.C.-based PAC — made its second round...
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