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Lobbyists spent $12.8 million courting Texas lawmakers

According to a report in the Houston Chronicle, lobbyists spent more than $12 million in the last four years wining and dining Texas lawmakers and other state workers, including trips […]
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Illinois gala for Obama supported by lobbyists he banned from donating to campaign

Supporters from Barack Obama's home state held a celebration this week that was paid for, in part, by the same lobbying firms the president-elect banned from donating to his campaign […]
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Obama found support in Oklahoma's urban precincts

Oklahoma voters gave Republican Sen. John McCain one of his largest margins of victory over Democrat Barack Obama in the presidential election earlier this month. But an analysis of precinct […]
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Bundlers land top spots in Obama's transition

"Though they worked behind the scenes in Barack Obama's campaign for president, bundlers who raised millions of dollars for his White House bid are starting to land significant posts on […]
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Surge in Democrats turns Dutchess County, N.Y. blue

In October, Dutchess County went from having a Republican majority among registered voters to a Democratic one for the first time in the county's history. On Nov. 2, the Poughkeepsie […]
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Over 2,000 voters in Allen County, Ind. also registered in Florida

The Journal Gazette in Fort Wayne, Ind. found that 2,172 voters in Indiana's Allen County had names and birthdates identical to those in Florida. The newspaper performed its analysis cross-referencing […]
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Deceased voters cast ballots in Harris County, Tex.

An analysis by TexasWatchdog.com matched information from Harris County, Tex. voter rolls to Social Security death data and found ballots had been cast in the names of dead people more […]
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Mistress paid off by Florida Congressman

West Palm Beach Congressman Tim Mahoney (D-Fla.) has agreed to pay his mistress, Patricia Allen, $121,000 according to an investigative report by ABC News' Emma Schwartz, Rhonda Schwartz and Vic […]
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Six states under fire for blocking voters

Ian Urbina of The New York Times reports that elections officials removed or blocked tens of thousands of eligible voters from voter registration rolls in at least six swing states […]
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Fine reductions greater for labor chief's contributors

Ames Alexander and David Ingram of The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer reported that North Carolina Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry has collected at least half of her campaign contributions from executives and […]
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