#campaign-fundraising

#campaign-fundraising

Dressed in witch hats and long green robes, and bathed in spooky red light, six far-left candidates in the Los Angeles municipal elections June 2 played an election-themed Dungeons & Dragons game at the Fonda Theatre before 400 people. The event, starring candidates endorsed by the L.A. chapter of Democratic Socialists of America, raised $30,000 in campaign contributions - small change compared to the millions of dollars hauled in at the star-studded fundraisers Los Angeles is famous for.

No one opened the door when Adam Hamawy rang the bell of a Trenton row house while campaigning for Congress in the city's historic Mill Hill district. Instead, a young man opened a third-floor window and poked his head out. "Have you voted yet? Or are you going to vote soon?" Hamawy shouted up into the May afternoon sunshine. The man replied with a no. "The election is on June 2. And I'm running so that we are funding healthcare, not bombs. We all want healthcare, right?" asked Hamawy, a surgeon by trade. The man agreed. "So will you vote for me?" Hamawy asked. The man said he would look at the pamphlet stuck in his front door.

Los Angeles voters watched as wildfire destroyed thousands of homes. They mourned the loss of entertainment industry jobs and despaired over homeless people living in squalor. Now, a former reality television villain who lost his home in the Palisades fire is using his Hollywood savvy, social media skills and his innate rage to harness those emotions, emerging as an unexpected and polarizing contender in the mayor's race.

Pelosi appeared at a Chan fundraiser in DC. She allowed Chan to use her photo in campaign ads. And we all knew she would never support Saikat Chakrabarti and wasn't at all pleased with Scott Wiener. The only interesting questions: Why this timing-and what will be the impact on the primary, which is only two weeks away?

Judge Kelley Paul is considering whether to remove District Attorney Jeff Rosen from retrying five activists accused of vandalism, due to allegations of campaign fundraising misconduct.

Republican Steve Hilton has opened up a surprise lead in the California governors race, according to a new poll. The Fox News contributor and staunch critic of Gov. Gavin Newsom is leading the crowded field, with 17% support, according to the Emerson College Polling/Inside California Politics survey. Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell and GOP candidate Sheriff Chad Bianco are tied for second at 14%, followed by former Rep. Katie Porter at 10%.

You can volunteer. You can make phone calls. You can knock on doors. But you can give! I've been out-raised twice in the last two quarters. They're killing us money-wise. I would rather have $10 from a million people than one guy giving me $10 million. Please go to lindseygraham.com tonight and give what you can, and do it every month until the election.

“I'm honored to have received support from so many of my neighbors,” Altwer told San José Spotlight.

Pine Tree Results, a super PAC supporting Collins, raised another $5 million in the second half of the year, Axios has learned. The PAC will start the year with $10 million in cash on hand, according to a person familiar with the matter. Zoom in: Democrats view Maine as one of their top pickup opportunities, but the party is deeply divided. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has declared that Mills is the "best candidate" to defeat Collins.

It was the personal touch that won over Jay Luchs when Antonio Villaraigosa a Democrat making his second run for California governor called to talk about real estate. I respect him for picking up the phone and calling me to talk business personally and it made me interested in supporting him, Luchs, executive vice chairman at Newmark in Los Angeles, said via email. Plus there's the former Los Angeles mayor's stance on Measure ULA, a property tax which is criticized by developers in California for increasing the cost of and slowing the pace of development, despite being intended to fund housing solutions.

The county is required by its charter to hold a special election instead of appointing a permanent replacement, and Greg Monteverde, who previously was the assistant assessor, is serving in the interim. The assessor race is one of two countywide elections on the Nov. 4 ballot. Voters will also decide whether to approve a five-eighths-of-a-cent sales tax increase to offset the impact of recent federal cuts on the county's budget, which is known as Measure A.

Bronin brought in $1,184,699 between July 30 - when he launched his campaign - and the Sept. 30 quarterly fundraising deadline, information that was first obtained by Axios. The 46-year-old former Hartford mayor's fundraising since the deadline has brought his total for 2025 to over $1.2 million, his campaign said.

Running a congressional campaign across a district as large as WI-03 takes significant financial resources,

It's not on my schedule. I have a slew of other meetings with a group of various dignitaries. I have really been focusing on the continent of Africa and seeing how we can build better relationships and trade. I have a great job and I want to continue that job. Voters make that decision so those hypotheticals don't exist with me.

I'm thankful for the support of New Yorkers and for the fact that we continue to show that we are the choice of people across the five boroughs,