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A billionaire former hedge fund manager is trying to bail out Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) in his tightly contested Senate race in New Jersey against Republican nominee Bob Hugin.

The lawyer who represented Hillary Clinton’s doomed presidential election recount efforts has reportedly joined the board of a progressive super PAC financed by billionaire George Soros and focused in part on issues of voting rights.

A leftist group that targeted Ivanka Trump’s fashion line in the fall is now targeting the L.L. Bean clothing and equipment company because one of its 50 co-owners dared to donate $60,000 to a pro-Donald Trump political action committee (PAC).

A man who once ran a Bernie Sanders political action committee until he was brought under investigation for fraud by the feds is nowlobbying for Micronesian interests, according to a new report.

Left-wing billionaire and environmental activist Tom Steyer announced on Monday — the last day to register to vote for the November 8 election — that his NextGen Climate Action Committee super PAC has registered 1 million voters, including 743,000 new voters in California and 294,000 in battleground states.

“Without the media, Clinton wouldn’t have a chance,” states the ad. “End the media’s corrupt collusion with extremist liberals who silence dissent and persecute religious believers.”

John Podesta, Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, helped set up a super PAC for Clinton before her campaign was legally launched.

James O’Keefe of Project Veritas appeared on Tuesday morning’s Breitbart News Daily to talk about his latest undercover videos, including one that exposes efforts by Democrat activists to incite violence at Republican political events, and another in which a New York City elections commissioner admits to widespread voter fraud.

Emails belonging to Clinton campaign chair John Podesta released by Wikileaks this week reveals a close, working relationship with a super PAC despite promises of outlawing such arrangements within the first month of her potential presidency.

A pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC has enlisted a group of documentary filmmakers to spearhead an advertising campaign targeting her opponent in the 2016 presidential race, Donald Trump.

The Ted Cruz Super PAC “Keep the Promise” has now become the “Defeat Crooked Hillary PAC,” with pollster Kellyanne Conway handing the reins over to David Bossie.

“I’m worried that we don’t have four or eight more years to wait to change direction,” Castellanos stated, explaining why he decided to join the Super PAC after having opposed Trump, according to the New York Times.

Rebuilding America Now, a super PAC supporting presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, released its first ad against likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton on Sunday.

SANTA CRUZ, California — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) held two rallies on the Central Coast on Tuesday, vowing to tackle the political “oligarchy” of “superdelegates” in the Democratic Party.

The leader of a major union is accusing Richard Trumka, the president of the AFL-CIO, of betraying union members’ economic interests to please a major environmentalist donor.

Tom Steyer, America’s biggest individual political contributor, just formed a $50 million Super Pac with public employee unions and the AFL-CIO to elect a Democrat President and to build a permanent liberal spending infrastructure.

In the continuing wife battle between top two 2016 Republican presidential contenders Sen. Ted Cruz and Donald Trump, Cruz is slamming Trump for a late night tweet aimed at Heidi Cruz.

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry will stump for 2016 presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) in Arizona on Thursday, ahead of the state’s March 22 primary.

Wall Street’s Marco Rubio and establishment-supporting Republican power elite are preparing to wage a full-on war on Donald Trump in an attempt to dethrone the billionaire Republican presidential frontrunner from securing the party’s nomination. And money will reportedly not be an issue.

A new poll from a super PAC allied with the Bush campaign shows Donald Trump leading the GOP field with 29 percent of the vote in New Hampshire. John Kasich is second with 14 percent, followed by Jeb Bush with 12 percent.

The bipartisan Open Secrets blog reported that a small number of Americans, led by George Soros, donated $100 million to Presidential Super PACs in the second half of 2015. Federal Election Commission filings of 21 different Super PACs supporting the top

Jeb Bush’s Super PAC, Right to Rise USA, raised a total of $118 million during 2015, but only $15.1 million in the second half of the year, according to campaign finance reports.

A new San Francisco-based super PAC known as CounterPAC is preparing to spend money on elections–to fight money in elections.

The pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC Priorities USA officially responded to Sarah Palin’s endorsement of Donald Trump by releasing a graphic of a smiley face pointing and laughing.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie ridiculed Marco Rubio after a Super PAC supporting the Florida Senator began running ads challenging Christie’s conservative credentials.

Shortly before midnight, Sen. Marco Rubio’s campaign manager sent an email to supporters after the New York Times revealed that Jeb Bush’s “Right to Rise” SuperPAC was preparing to launch new attacks on Marco Rubio.

The actor who plays a character that is generally on the right side of the ruse might have been deceived out of a large sum of money. Two months ago, James Bond actor Daniel Craig gave nearly $50 thousand to a super

America Leads — a Super PAC supporting Gov. Chris Christie’s (R-NJ) presidential campaign — was trolling fellow GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina’s event in New Hampshire, attempting to get personal information from her supporters, according to a Breitbart source.

Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign and supportive PACs made headlines for raking in a combined total of about $120 million — more than double that of any of his Republican competitors — and the Bush name was incredibly helpful in raising those funds. A new analysis of Federal Elections Commission (FEC) records shows that more than half of Bush’s campaign war chest comes from donors who have previously donated to Bush’s father, former President George H.W. Bush, or his brother, former President George W. Bush.

As Rick Perry’s presidential campaign suspended paying staff, Breitbart News has learned that “over ninety percent” of the staff were staying on.

GOP presidential candidate Gov. Scott Walker is getting a bump from donors.

In a statement provided to Breitbart News, Perry campaign manager Jeff Miller touted the collective fundraising efforts. “Americans are looking for a tested leader with an optimistic vision for the future, and we are pleased with the broad support Gov. Perry is receiving across the country,” said Miller. “Governor Perry is well positioned and between the campaign and independent sources, the necessary funds will be in place to run a competitive, successful campaign.”

Rubio’s official campaign has not released its fundraising totals yet. Sources close to the campaign told Breitbart News that they would release numbers soon and expressed confidence that the campaign would have the resources needed to be competitive.

Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign has raised more than $14 million since the Texas senator launched his bid for the Republican presidential nomination just over three months ago, his campaign said Sunday.

“I have to tell you, I’ve looked at this thing that Jeb Bush has created, I don’t know how in the world that’s legal,” campaign finance lawyer Cleta Mitchell tells Breitbart News, referring to his formation of a leadership PAC and Super PAC, but no known “testing the waters” account.

From the Wall Street Journal: The super PAC supporting Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid is struggling to raise money and now expects to collect only about $15 million through the end of June, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The