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In Montana, strong fundraising by Quist, but more outside help for Gianforte. Also, guns. Shots have been fired in the campaign leading up to Montana’s May 25 special election. Literally.

Nonprofits backing Trump have deep, swampy ties

Todd Ricketts and other Ricketts family members have been key players in dark money groups for years. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Outside groups mobilizing in support of President Trump have already spent tens of millions on his behalf—and may never have to reveal where they got the money.

Trump’s unprecedented move to register as a candidate for the 2020 presidential election on his first…

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Mischaracterization of Judicial Crisis Network’s ads reduces transparency, group says On the eve of the likely confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch by a simple majority of the Senate, the Campaign Legal Center accused a conservative nonprofit of mischaracterizing ads supporting Gorsuch and thereby depriving the public of the ability to know who was behind the ads.

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Wellspring’s dark money crucial to judicial group, helps others in Trump orbit

Moments after President Trump’s January announcement that Neil Gorsuch was his pick to fill the late Justice Antonin Scalia’s Supreme Court seat, a small nonprofit that most Americans have never heard of launched ConfirmGorsuch.com. Complete with a tender video telling how Gorsuch “ran a paper route, shoveled snow, worked the night shift” before becoming a judge, the site provides biographical…

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Women (candidates) under attack (really!) by outside groups. (Men, not so much.)

Democratic women House members appear outside the Capitol to support A Day Without A Woman rallies. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

Happy Women’s History Month! This year has already seen historic large-scale demonstrations celebrating women and demanding equal rights, starting with the day after President Trump’s inauguration, when millions gathered on the National Mall and…

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Outside groups spent more than candidates in 27 races, often by huge amounts

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), pictured above, and her 2016 Republican opponent, Rep. Joe Heck, spent nearly $31 million in their race — but super PACs and other outside groups laid out more than $88 million. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

On her way to winning a Nevada Senate seat in 2016, Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto spent almost $19 million; her Republican opponent, then-Rep. Joe…

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Ann Ravel’s parting shot

FEC Commissioner Ann Ravel resigned Sunday, leaving behind a scathing report as a parting shot. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

In addition to submitting her resignation from the Federal Election Commission this week, Ann Ravel is leaving behind some scathing last words in a report condemning the “dysfunction and deadlock” of the agency she chaired.

“While the FEC’s employees…

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Trump brings Dubke in from the dark Mike Dubke is no stranger to the value of a good communications strategy: He’s provided advice, through his Crossroads Media firm, to House and Senate candidates, the Republican party and some of the biggest conservative outside spending groups.

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