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On Thursday’s edition of MSNBC’s “MTP Daily,” DNC Chairman Tom Perez argued that post-Citizens United, the Democrats won’t be able to match the Republicans in fundraising, and “That’s why we need to overturn Citizens United, all the dark money that goes

U.S. House campaigns on both sides of the political spectrum hit fundraising records in the first quarter of 2017, according to findings from the Federal Election Commission.

President Trump has already raised millions of dollars for his 2020 re-election campaign in the first three months of the year, new Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings show as of Friday evening.

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) just arrived in Washington, and she is already raising money for the California governor’s race — in 2026.

President Trump started off 2017 with more than $7 million in his campaign coffers, according to new Federal Election Commission filings.

Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is raising campaign funds far outside California this week, reportedly hoping to bring in $100,000 in contributions.

Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has increased fundraising for his run in the wide-open race for governor of California in 2018, but notes that it’s been a trying task.

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton slammed Republican rival Donald Trump for what she called “sexually predatory” behavior during a fundraising trip to California, which included events in Los Angeles and San Francisco on Thursday, as well as a surprise visit to a San Francisco campaign office, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Donald Trump claims his campaign has raised at least $13 million in the 24 hours since Monday night’s first presidential debate against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

The Clinton Foundation is going ahead with plans for a big fundraiser Friday celebrating former president Bill Clinton’s 70th birthday at Manhattan’s Rainbow Room on Friday, featuring performances by Jon Bon Jovi, Barbara Streisand and other stars.

Republican vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence, governor of Indiana, drew parallels Thursday morning between Donald Trump and Ronald Reagan, casting Trump as the inheritor of Reagan’s political legacy.

Donald Trump raised roughly $90 million in the month of August for his presidential campaign after bringing in $80 million in July.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made two quick stops in California on Tuesday for fundraisers, speaking on issues of particular importance to Californians ahead of a Wednesday meeting in Mexico with the President of Mexico, and Trump’s much-anticipated immigration speech in Arizona.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made a quiet, lightning-fast visit to California’s Central Valley on Tuesday, listening to local concerns about federal water policy, which continues to divert water from farms to an endangered fish.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) — Hillary Clinton mingled with Hall of Fame basketball player Magic Johnson and Apple CEO Tim Cook, vamped in a photo booth with actor Justin Timberlake and dined with some of California’s richest families on what was likely the most lucrative fundraising swing of her presidential campaign.

Hillary Clinton continued her West Coast fundraising trip Tuesday afternoon at the Los Angeles home of pop star Justin Timberlake and his wife, Jessica Biel, where the Democratic presidential candidate sat for lunch with A-list celebrities and Hollywood power players.

Although the Republican nominee spent less than half of what Clinton did last month, the Guardian reports that he has doubled his campaign spending.

The protesters who attempted to disrupt Donald Trump’s speech on Monday at the Detroit Economic Club unintentionally gave the New Yorker an avenue for fundraising.

Trump’s latest fundraising numbers reveal that the New Yorker — along with the Republican National Committee (RNC) — made up major ground from the $1.3 million it had available in May, raising $64 million in donations through mail and digital efforts in July.

“We are extremely proud of our 69% growth in small dollar donations which shows the broad based support of over one million donors across America. Our volunteers and contributors are clearly committed to electing Donald J. Trump as President in November,” the Trump campaign’s finance chairman Steven Mnuchin announced.

Despite Hillary Clinton’s convention outreach to Sen. Bernie Sanders’s supporters over campaign finance reform — “Your cause is our cause,” she said — Apple CEO Tim Cook is hosting a fundraiser for Clinton at up to $50,000 a ticket.

A new report by the Los Angeles Times details how “dead broke” Bill Clinton demanded, and spent, staggering amounts of money when he traveled to California for fundraisers after leaving the White House.

Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump’s campaign stated Wednesday in a press release it raised $51 million from fundraising in the last week of May through the month of June. This comes after the campaign had been widely criticized for being behind presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in fundraising numbers last month.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton raised $68.5 million in June for her own campaign, the Democratic National Committee, and state-level party organizations, according to a statement from Hillary for America.

Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump sent out his first fundraising email on Tuesday, where he said he would match the donations dollar for dollar throughout the next 48 hours.

“I was wrong. I was sure that if Trump became the Republican nominee, this team would step up and the support would come pouring in,” Hillary Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook wrote in an fundraising email, declaring that fundraising “has actually slowed down a little bit.”

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) appears to be running short on cash ahead of the expensive June primary in California, having spent much of his money in states where Hillary Clinton has won.

Supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) threw dollar bills at Hillary Clinton’s motorcade as it approached actor George Clooney’s home in Studio City, Los Angeles as she arrived for a $33,400-per-person fundraiser he and his wife Amal were hosting for the former secretary of state on Saturday evening.

On Sunday morning — hours after hosting a $33,400-per-person fundraiser for Hillary Clinton — Hollywood star George Clooney blasted political fundraisers as “obscene” in an interview with Chuck Todd of NBC News’ Meet the Press.

The chairman of the Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare, Rep. Robert Pittenger, is on a week-long trip to South America to investigate first-hand the potential of the region to fund a variety of terrorist groups that could use the money to attack America.

Democrat presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton will return to Hollywood later this month for a series of fundraising events, including at least one “Evening with Hillary” event scheduled for March 24.

In a wide-ranging interview with the Guardian released Monday, top Hollywood editor Janice Min — who heads one of the entertainment industry’s most influential publications, The Hollywood Reporter — confirmed that the traditionally reliable support base for Hillary Clinton among the industry’s biggest high-dollar donors has eroded in the 2016 election cycle.

The Rubio campaign announced that they raised $14.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2015 with $10.4 million cash-on-hand.

Democratic rivals Ro Khanna and Rep. Mike Honda are engaged in a heated battle for the the eight-term incumbent congressman’s seat.

While insurgent Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders is spending Wednesday morning in the Oval Office, meeting with President Obama, his rival Hillary Clinton is kicking it that night with a different celebrity: Jon Bon Jovi.

Dr. Kelli Ward raised more than $660,000 last year to launch her campaign to oust Sen. John McCain, Ward’s campaign tells Breitbart News exclusively.