This is the year of the mega-donor: Just 42 people are responsible for nearly a third of super PAC spending in the 2014 election cycle.

Dem disgust versus vague Team GOP unhappiness: it adds up to nervous scoreboard-watching on the left side of the national ballpark.

Our final roundup of campaign cash before Tuesday's vote.

In America, we don’t just punish people for being poor, in some cases, we punish them for being punished.

His staff helpfully wrote a new voice-over for their feel-good spots.

The only independent member of the US Senate tells Bill big money’s purchase of political power is a grave threat, and shares his plan to put government back in voters' control.

The independent senator from Vermont tells Bill that big money and big media are keeping critical issues from the American public.

We take judicial elections for granted but they're virtually unheard of in the rest of the world.

The independent senator from Vermont urges the citizens of Richmond, California, to stand up to the oil giant and "give hope to people all over America that we can control our destinies."

Democrat spending has kept pace with conservative dollars by and large, but Republicans still dominate at least one facet of the outside money equation: dark money.