Dave Levinthal

Center for Public Integrity

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Senior political reporter at the Center for Public Integrity, which is a nonprofit investigative news group; former money and politics reporter for Politico

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Women had a major impact on the midterm elections. So did $5 billion in campaign spending.

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Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigned as chair of the Democratic National Committee in part because of leaked emails revealing the role of big money in this year's campaign.

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Trump may be rich, but according to recent filings with the Federal Election Commission, he started this month with just a little more than $1 million in his campaign account.

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Trump may be rich, but according to recent filings with the Federal Election Commission, he started this month with just a little more than $1 million in his campaign account.

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