Blog tagged as Campaign Finance

The Michigan Democratic Party (MDP) was fined $27,000 by the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) for bringing in $154,401 in excessive contributions in 2020.

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 12/08/22) In a classic case of too little too late, Republican gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon outraised Gov. Gretchen Whitmer 2:1 in the last two weeks of this cycle's campaign.

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 09/01/22) Democrats in 10 unique state Senate races raised an average of more than $85,799 from July 18 to Aug. 22, while the average among their Republican opponents was significantly lower at $14,603.

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 08/17/22) Likely Republican Attorney General nominee Matt DePerno reported having $125,706 in cash on hand heading into the Aug. 27 Michigan Republican Party nominating convention, less than both of his previous two GOP opponents.

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 08/11/22) Renowned movie director Steven Spielberg and his wife, actress Kate Capshaw, are among the couple dozen individual contributors who gave the maximum $7,150 individual donation to both Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Attorney General Dana Nessel.