Main lesson: LESSON_EXPLORE_FEC_EXPENDITURES.md
Main data links
- FEC Data Catalog - the FEC's data offerings are a bit splintered. For now, stick to the Data Catalog and check the left sidebar for things that can be relatively conveniently downloaded.
- Candidate Disbursements - the itemized payments made by candidate-directed campaigns.
- Independent Expenditures - What independent expenditures were made on behalf of a candidate.
Readings about campaign and independent Expenditures
- FEC's brochure on Coordinated Communications and Independent Expenditures
- Wikipedia page on Independent Expenditures -also contains interesting examples of alleged coordination.
News
- 33-Year-Old Veteran Mounts Bid Against Alabama’s 81-Year-Old GOP Senator
- Richard Shelby wins Alabama U.S. Senate primary, avoids runoff
- The top 10 big-money Senate races in 2016 — so far
- How a super PAC plans to coordinate directly with Hillary Clinton’s campaign
- Hillary PAC Spends $1 Million to ‘Correct’ Commenters on Reddit and Facebook