Category Archives: Fundraising

Young Council Candidate Raises $0 for Campaign, Gets Fined $600

In a lesson for everyone to file your campaign finance reports on time, 25-year old Overland Park, Kansas City Council Candidate Jim Lundquist was fined $600 (reduced from over $1,000) for two late reports.  Not a totally uncommon occurance, but notable when the two reports included the fact that Lundquist raised zero dollars and spent zeroContinue Reading

California Looks Into Campaign Donations By Cell Phone

The Fair Political Practices Commission in California is looking into something that could be revolutionary for political campaigns–allowing people to send political campaign contributions simply by sending a text message. From George Skelton at the L.A. Times: Citizens already can make political donations through websites by punching in a credit card number. That has beenContinue Reading

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