Oklahoma Legislature Passes Resolution Urging Congress to Advance Constitutional Amendment on Election Spending
From American Promise: Oklahoma has become the 24th state to urge Congress to pass a constitutional amendment that would restore the authority of Congress and the states to regulate election spending. The Oklahoma House and Senate both approved the measure unanimously, joining 23 other states in calling for such an amendment. The resolution comes as Oklahoma has seen massive amounts of campaign spending and the 2026 midterms are on track to see record-breaking amounts of campaign spending.
Ads funded by AI industry are flooding the 2026 election. They’re about everything except AI.
From NBC News: Two major Super PACs funded by the AI industry, Leading the Future and Public First, are already spending millions of dollars on the first primary elections. Despite both PACs being primarily focused on shaping AI policy, the ads they are running don’t mention the technology at all. Instead, they are indistinguishable from typical political ads, focusing on common topics such as immigration and health care. Leading The Future has $39 million on hand, and Public First has received $20 million from the AI company Anthropic.
Study examines PAC contributions after school shootings
From the Stanford Report: A new study from Stanford examines how donations to gun policy-related PACs are affected by school shootings. The study found that PACs on both sides of the gun policy debate receive significant increases in donations immediately following shootings, especially close to elections. PACs on both sides end up dropping significant amounts of money into targeted close races where it might be possible to swing the race. Because both sides are receiving and spending massive amounts, however, they end up mostly canceling each other out, spending millions of dollars to not actually affect the election or policy in a meaningful way.
Mississippi online campaign finance push likely to die again in Legislature
From Mississippi Today: A bill in Mississippi that would require candidates to file their campaign finance reports online is likely to fail in the state Legislature. Currently, Mississippi does not require online filing of campaign finance reports, instead allowing for handwritten or photographed reports that are often illegible. Opponents of the bill cited concern about making older candidates or those in more rural areas navigate the internet, although candidates are already required to file an income disclosure online.
