MORE ON: Mitt Romney

Daily Report: Money and Politics

Bain, Romney's old firm, gives millions to Democrats

September 13, 2012, 12:05 AM
Bain Capital, the private equity firm co-founded by Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney – and portrayed by President Barack Obama’s supporters as a gang of corporate raiders – has pumped nearly $4.5 million into Democratic campaigns and causes, public records show. A... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Calif. money flows to super PACs as state lawmakers seek limits

March 23, 2012, 12:05 AM
Wealthy Californians are keeping the money flowing to super political action committees, even as some state lawmakers want to turn off the faucet. Super PACs on the left and right drew hefty contributions last month from the rich and famous – such as controversial comedian Bill Maher and... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Local GOP unaware of Romney super PAC in Lake County

March 6, 2012, 12:05 AM
In a gated community in Northern California’s Lake County, a new Mitt Romney super political action committee is emerging. But Republican Party leaders in this scenic region 110 miles north of San Francisco say they don’t know anything about it. In interviews, Lake County... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Whitman, former finance chair for Romney, gives little funding this time

February 15, 2012, 12:05 AM
UPDATE, Feb. 20, 2012: In a filing five days after this report was posted, Romney's Restore Our Future PAC reported a $100,000 donation from Whitman. Back in the 1980s at Boston’s Bain & Co. business consulting firm, partner Mitt Romney mentored a promising young executive named... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Californians fund super PAC that hounds GOP

February 13, 2012, 12:05 AM
Everywhere Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney goes, he is followed by "trackers" with video cameras, hoping to catch him making an embarrassing gaffe.  The effort, run by a super political action committee, is funded in part by wealthy Californians. American Bridge... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Pro-Romney super PAC rakes in California cash

February 2, 2012, 12:05 AM
If super political action committee dollars were votes in the Republican presidential primary, California would already have voted resoundingly for Mitt Romney. Restore Our Future, the super PAC supporting the former Massachusetts governor, collected $2.3 million from Californians last year,... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Romney, Perry vie for Calif. campaign cash

October 20, 2011, 12:05 AM
Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney is dominating the money race in California, but Texas Gov. Rick Perry also has mined millions out of the Golden State in just a few months, according to new campaign finance data released this week. According to the Center for... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

GOP hopefuls have strong California fundraising ties

June 30, 2011, 12:05 AM
Mitt Romney already has figured it out. And if the other candidates in the Republican presidential field haven’t already, they will soon. On the must-do list for aspiring presidential contenders, a fundraising swing up the California coast ranks somewhere between door-knocking in New... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

For Romney, state has long been fertile fundraising ground

June 23, 2011, 12:05 AM
When a Republican runs for president, rounding up votes in true-blue California usually isn't a top priority on the to-do list. Rounding up campaign cash, on the other hand, is another matter entirely. And so it was for Mitt Romney, who stopped though Sacramento earlier this week in an... + read more
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