Data and News Shaping the Political Landscape
When Rep. Troy Nehls announced over Thanksgiving weekend that he would not seek re-election, he didn't just open up a congressional seat. He set the stage...
Mississippi's 1st Congressional District or the Trent Kelly 2026 reelection campaign is shaping up exactly as the political establishment expected — a...
# Follow the Money: Who's Fueling the Race to Replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia's 14th **The Georgia 14th Congressional District special election has d...
Two Democrats, Two Playbooks The first major primary of the 2026 midterm cycle isn’t just a contest between two Democrats. […]
The TX-10 Republican primary is shaping up as one of the more revealing money-in-politics stories of the 2026 cycle — […]
The Texas 18th Congressional District primary on March 3, 2026, is shaping up as one of the most consequential intra-party […]
The Arkansas 4th Congressional District 2026 contest is shaping up to be one of the most lopsided in the country […]
Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11) is facing pressure from both flanks as he seeks a third term representing North Carolina’s 11th […]
The NC-4 Democratic primary is shaping up as one of the most closely watched House races of 2026 — not because the seat is at risk of flipping parties, but...
The NC-4 Democratic primary is shaping up as one of the most closely watched House races of 2026 — not […]
Rep. Don Davis’s 2026 reelection campaign is a stress test of whether money, incumbency, and personal brand can overcome a […]
The North Carolina Senate race 2026 is shaping up to be one of the most expensive contests of the midterm […]
Rep. John Carter, the 84-year-old Republican who has held Texas’s 31st Congressional District since 2003, is facing the most crowded […]
The Arkansas Senate race 2026 is shaping up to be one of the most lopsided financial contests in the country […]
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX-21) is walking away from a safe congressional seat, his chairmanship of the House Judiciary Committee’s Constitution […]
BD spent $550,000 in Q3 2025 on in-house lobbying focused on Medicare coverage pathways, supply chain resilience, and cybersecurity issues affecting medical devices.
PayPal reported $570,000 in in-house lobbying for Q3 2025, part of a broader effort exceeding $11.7M since 2015. The company continues to hire specialized firms to influence digital payments, crypto, BNPL, and regulatory policy.
Land O’Lakes ramps up Q3 2025 lobbying, spending $685,820 internally and prioritizing Farm Bill, dairy policy, labor, trade, and rural infrastructure to influence farm policy outcomes.
Apollo Global Management filed its first federal lobbying registration on June 8, 2024, hiring Nickles Group to lobby on defense procurement as it pursues investment opportunities in the defense sector.
U.S. Pioneer Inc. has hired Nickles Group LLC to expand its defense procurement lobbying after a decade with a smaller firm, positioning the company to benefit from congressional focus on naval procurement reform.
