With democracy in balance, safe House Democrats hold back $200M+ in campaign cash
Editor’s note: This is the latest installment in our long-running Shame of Our Campaigns series. Also see end of article for two updates...
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Nov. 13, 2022 – Vol. 3, Issue 5
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Jeff Burdick
Oct 6, 2022
Did US Chamber of Commerce ignore its new endorsement policy with Kiley Congressional nod?
Two months after the violent Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol Insurrection that resulted in five deaths and delayed the electoral vote count...
Jeff Burdick
Sep 22, 2022
Did Incumbent Democrat Schaefer give $30K to buy Republican support?
When scandal engulfs a party’s endorsed candidate, questions naturally arise where that party draws the line for stripping an...
Jeff Burdick
Jul 31, 2022
Midterm roundup: Kiley fundraising off concerns about radical associations
Friday night, South Carolina’s capital newspaper The State reported House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) swung by that state GOP’s...
Jeff Burdick
Jul 31, 2022
Obituary for Sacramento Bee election coverage
The Washington Post has the most memorable and consequential motto in journalism: “Democracy dies in darkness.” Adopted in 2017, the...
Jeff Burdick
May 16, 2022
After SactoPolitico probes, US House members change fundraising tactic; donor refunded $1,000
“Accountability journalism” strives to hold individuals – usually the powerful – accountable for activities that, while legal, may...
Jeff Burdick
May 2, 2022
4th Major Sacramento-area GOP Campaign Criticizes Sac Bee Ed Board
The 2022 primary season has quickly turned into a losing referendum on the Sacramento Bee Editorial Board. Two weeks ago, three major GOP...
Jeff Burdick
Apr 26, 2022
Midterm checkup: How healthy is California democracy?
Maintaining a healthy democracy is like maintaining a healthy body. Regular attention and checkups are required. Fortunately, each...
Jeff Burdick
Feb 21, 2022
As Dems criticize Covid misinformation, many take Fox Corp. money
This article is part of SactoPolitico.com’s ongoing “Shame of Our Campaigns” series. For past pieces in the series, click here. Nothing...
Jeff Burdick
Oct 24, 2021
Does California need a statewide debate commission?
Every election provides sort of an MRI snapshot of the health of the democratic process. Take California’s recent recall election. This...
Jeff Burdick
Oct 24, 2021
Q3 fundraising winner: political industrial complex
At the federal level, the term “campaign fundraising” is a partial misnomer. That’s because the majority of such funds does little to run...
Jeff Burdick
Aug 11, 2021
4 House Republicans using deceptive fundraising trick
The standard official portrait poses members of Congress like patriots in front of a U.S. flag. But with four House members from...
Jeff Burdick
Jul 29, 2021
Dizzying by design: Valadao’s complicated fundraising
Last week, The New Republic published the results of my four-month investigation into widespread use of a previously obscure campaign...
Jeff Burdick
Jul 29, 2021
Living ‘DaVita’ loca: Federal charges shame no pols
On July 15, the U.S. Justice Department announced the latest in a long string of indictments against the giant dialysis company DaVita...
Jeff Burdick
Mar 31, 2021
Former FEC Chair Ravel on recall donations, dark money
While sitting on board of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) from 2013 to 2017 – including one stint as chair – native Californian Ann...
Jeff Burdick
Mar 10, 2021
Calif. GOP chair, Asm. Kiley rallied with extremists
Sunday afternoon, the drive to collect 1.5 million verified signatures and trigger a recall election of Gov. Gavin Newsom reached a...
Jeff Burdick
Feb 23, 2021
Matsui, Bera letting public foot opioid settlements
The Wall Street Journal and Washington Post recently reported that four major opioid makers and distributors are close to finalizing a...
Jeff Burdick
Feb 23, 2021
Fine(d) Bedfellows, Part 2: Where we go from here
This is the second of two articles in a series. Click here for part one. Last issue, a Sacto Politico study detailed the tens of millions...
Jeff Burdick
Feb 5, 2021
Fine(d) Bedfellows Pt. 1: Worst corporations donate big
This article is part one of two, and part of Sacto Politico’s ongoing “Shame of Our Campaigns” series. For other articles in the series,...
Jeff Burdick
Dec 15, 2020
S/P OpEd follow-up: Campaign coffers for common good?
This story is part of Sacto Politico’s ongoing “Shame of Our Campaigns” series. Maine’s unsuccessful Senate candidate Sara Gideon made...
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