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Lieutenant Gov. Gavin Newsom, the top Democrat in the race to succeed soon-to-be termed out Gov. Jerry Brown in 2018, and incumbent Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) are dominating fundraising in the Golden State and are way ahead of their primary rivals.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) reported Monday that it raised $105.4 million last year, providing them with a robust war chest which they will use to try and retake the House in 2018.

Three secretive Washington, D.C. consulting firms founded by former Obama campaign staffers have provided millions of dollars in advertising services, apparently entirely on credit, to Highway 31, a shell independent expenditure organization based in Birmingham, Alabama that supports liberal Democrat Doug Jones and opposes conservative Republican Roy Moore in the 26 days since its formation on November 6.

A woman who flipped off President Trump’s motorcade is laughing all the way to the bank after her supporters raised thousands of dollars for her.

GoFundMe has reportedly removed the account of the Glazov Gang, who were raising funds for an anti-Sharia law tour and their conservative web show.

The Republican National Committee set another fundraising record of $13.4 million in the month of June, bringing their total 2017 fundraising effort to an impressive $75.3 million.

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) is “absolutely” running for president, according to one fundraiser, after Harris raised money among former Hillary Clinton supporters at a fundraiser in the posh Hamptons in New York last weekend.

Actor Martin Sheen ripped President Donald Trump this week in a fundraising email on behalf of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Former Vice President Joe Biden launched a new political action committee Thursday — a move certain to stoke rumors that he has his eyes on a 2020 presidential run.

On Thursday’s edition of MSNBC’s “MTP Daily,” DNC Chairman Tom Perez argued that post-Citizens United, the Democrats won’t be able to match the Republicans in fundraising, and “That’s why we need to overturn Citizens United, all the dark money that goes

The California judge who blocked President Trump’s executive order seeking to withhold federal funds from “sanctuary cities” reportedly raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for former President Barack Obama, donor records show.

U.S. House campaigns on both sides of the political spectrum hit fundraising records in the first quarter of 2017, according to findings from the Federal Election Commission.

President Trump has already raised millions of dollars for his 2020 re-election campaign in the first three months of the year, new Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings show as of Friday evening.

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) just arrived in Washington, and she is already raising money for the California governor’s race — in 2026.

Former President Barack Obama’s presidential library could require a $1.5 billion endowment, according to architects in charge of designing the library.

President Trump started off 2017 with more than $7 million in his campaign coffers, according to new Federal Election Commission filings.

Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is raising campaign funds far outside California this week, reportedly hoping to bring in $100,000 in contributions.

Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has increased fundraising for his run in the wide-open race for governor of California in 2018, but notes that it’s been a trying task.

In a private fundraiser speech made public in today’s release of hacked Wikileaks emails, former president Bill Clinton referred to the country of Lebanon as a positive example in the world. Lebanon, he argued, was “hanging on against all the

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton slammed Republican rival Donald Trump for what she called “sexually predatory” behavior during a fundraising trip to California, which included events in Los Angeles and San Francisco on Thursday, as well as a surprise visit to a San Francisco campaign office, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Donald Trump claims his campaign has raised at least $13 million in the 24 hours since Monday night’s first presidential debate against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

The Clinton Foundation is going ahead with plans for a big fundraiser Friday celebrating former president Bill Clinton’s 70th birthday at Manhattan’s Rainbow Room on Friday, featuring performances by Jon Bon Jovi, Barbara Streisand and other stars.

Republican vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence, governor of Indiana, drew parallels Thursday morning between Donald Trump and Ronald Reagan, casting Trump as the inheritor of Reagan’s political legacy.

Donald Trump raised roughly $90 million in the month of August for his presidential campaign after bringing in $80 million in July.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made two quick stops in California on Tuesday for fundraisers, speaking on issues of particular importance to Californians ahead of a Wednesday meeting in Mexico with the President of Mexico, and Trump’s much-anticipated immigration speech in Arizona.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made a quiet, lightning-fast visit to California’s Central Valley on Tuesday, listening to local concerns about federal water policy, which continues to divert water from farms to an endangered fish.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) — Hillary Clinton mingled with Hall of Fame basketball player Magic Johnson and Apple CEO Tim Cook, vamped in a photo booth with actor Justin Timberlake and dined with some of California’s richest families on what was likely the most lucrative fundraising swing of her presidential campaign.

Hillary Clinton continued her West Coast fundraising trip Tuesday afternoon at the Los Angeles home of pop star Justin Timberlake and his wife, Jessica Biel, where the Democratic presidential candidate sat for lunch with A-list celebrities and Hollywood power players.

Although the Republican nominee spent less than half of what Clinton did last month, the Guardian reports that he has doubled his campaign spending.

The protesters who attempted to disrupt Donald Trump’s speech on Monday at the Detroit Economic Club unintentionally gave the New Yorker an avenue for fundraising.

Trump’s latest fundraising numbers reveal that the New Yorker — along with the Republican National Committee (RNC) — made up major ground from the $1.3 million it had available in May, raising $64 million in donations through mail and digital efforts in July.

“We are extremely proud of our 69% growth in small dollar donations which shows the broad based support of over one million donors across America. Our volunteers and contributors are clearly committed to electing Donald J. Trump as President in November,” the Trump campaign’s finance chairman Steven Mnuchin announced.

Despite Hillary Clinton’s convention outreach to Sen. Bernie Sanders’s supporters over campaign finance reform — “Your cause is our cause,” she said — Apple CEO Tim Cook is hosting a fundraiser for Clinton at up to $50,000 a ticket.

A new report by the Los Angeles Times details how “dead broke” Bill Clinton demanded, and spent, staggering amounts of money when he traveled to California for fundraisers after leaving the White House.

Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump’s campaign stated Wednesday in a press release it raised $51 million from fundraising in the last week of May through the month of June. This comes after the campaign had been widely criticized for being behind presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in fundraising numbers last month.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton raised $68.5 million in June for her own campaign, the Democratic National Committee, and state-level party organizations, according to a statement from Hillary for America.