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2020 Democratic candidate Jay Inslee releases tax returns, calls on Trump to ‘come clean’
CNN reports that Washington Governor Jay Inslee, a candidate for the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential nomination, has published his 12 most recent annual income tax returns, challenging President Trump to do the same.
Read MoreKirsten Gillibrand is the first presidential candidate to release her 2018 tax returns
Vox reports that Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a candidate for the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential nomination, has published her personal income tax returns for the past 10 years, 2007 through 2018.
Read MoreTulsi Gabbard says she will run for president in 2020
Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) tells CNN that she’s running for president, with a formal announcement within a week.
Read MoreNew “Testing the Waters” Report Examines How Presidential Candidates Ignore Campaign Finance Laws & Regulators Let Them
Today, Common Cause released a new report on the many ways presidential candidates bend and break campaign finance laws as they barnstorm early primary states, fundraise, evade contributions limits, and build their campaign teams while denying they are running for office. “‘Testing the Waters’ or Diving Right In?” is part of Common Cause’s 2020 Candidate…
Read MoreElizabeth Warren is closing her joint fundraising committee as she urges Democrats to shun big money in the 2020 presidential election
CNBC reports that Senator Elizabeth Warren is winding down her joint fundraising committee, Action Fund, as she ramps up her 2020 presidential campaign. Following the Supreme Court’s 2014 decision in McCutcheon v. FEC, in which the Court struck down as unconstitutional an aggregate limit on how much a single donor could give to all federal political…
Read MoreElizabeth Warren launches exploratory committee ahead of likely 2020 presidential run
CNN reports that on New Year’s Eve 2018, Senator Elizabeth Warren announced her formation of an “exploratory committee” for the 2020 presidential election. “Exploratory committee” is not an actual committee type under federal campaign finance law–Warren actually registered a 2020 presidential campaign committee with the FEC. Regardless of whether Warren has yet made up her…
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