Jacob Fenton Posts

In the final weeks of the 2014 campaign, Democrats are increasingly reliant on super PACs and their deep-pocketed donors to underwrite their effort to maintain their Senate majority. Republicans meanwhile, have money left in the party bank and a clear advantage when it comes to dark money – funds that can't be traced to donors.

The managing partner of a Republican research firm says that it was "kind of stupid" to list Josh Eboch, Texas Sen. John Cornyn's political director, as treasurer of five super PACs his firm recently set up, and that Eboch will be removed from that role. The PACs placed at least 500,000 robocalls in four competitive Senate races in September, but has no relationship to the second-ranking Republican Senator, he added.

A TV ad-buying company with close ties to Republican Party leaders reserved a whopping 1,326 spots in the Denver market this fall, but the station receiving the $740,070 contract removed it from public view when a reporter tried to learn who was footing the bill. The deleted ad reservation at Denver’s KMGH Channel 7 came from Target Enterprises, a Los Angeles-based firm whose client list includes top Republican candidates and well-known conservative groups.