The Role of Big Money in Politics

A Virtual Town Hall recorded on 9/29/26, with Senator Liz Krueger and Maria Pino, Counsel, Elections and Government, Brennan Center for Justice. 

Links: 

PowerPoint: http://www.lizkrueger.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/PPT-Money-In-Politics-9_29_26.pdf 

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Slide 3 on Citizens United impacts in 2024: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/fifteen-years-later-citizens-united-defined-2024-election 

Slide 5 on super PAC spending in Texas: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/money-politics-roundup-may-2026 

Slide 8 on coordinated spending and NRSC case: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/supreme-court-continues-dismantle-anticorruption-laws 

Slide 9 on corruption poll: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/poll-voters-want-solutions-government-corruption 

Slide 17 on corruption solutions report: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/policy-solutions/nine-solutions-political-corruption 

Slide 18: New York public financing report: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/new-york-states-public-campaign-financing-program-empowers-constituent 

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Election Hotline Guide | New York State Attorney General: https://ag.ny.gov/election-hotline-guide 

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