Overturn Citizens United, end dark money, and make Congress work for the people who elect it, not the donors who fund it.
“At the Postal Service I learned that working people only get a fair deal when they have a real voice. Right now in Washington, the only voice that counts is money. I’m going to change that.”
Keith Chaput
5–4the Supreme Court vote in Citizens United that opened the door to unlimited corporate spending
2010the year it happened. Since then, outside spending on federal elections has exploded.
1907the year Congress first banned corporations from giving to federal candidates
Why it matters
In 2010, the Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United v. FEC that corporations and outside groups can spend unlimited money to influence elections. Super PACs and so-called “dark money” groups, which never have to say who funds them, now pour enormous sums into campaigns every cycle.
That money buys access and results. It’s why drug prices stay high, why health insurers keep their profits, and why defense contractors keep getting blank checks. It’s why so many politicians agree with voters at home and then vote with their donors in Washington.
Floridians have seen how ugly it gets. In 2020, dark-money groups ran “ghost candidates” in Florida state Senate races, people who didn’t campaign at all, to siphon votes away from real candidates. Voters were never told who paid for it.
Keith’s plan
Overturn Citizens United
Pass a constitutional amendment that lets Congress and the states set reasonable limits on money in elections and make clear that corporations are not people.
Shine a light on dark money
Require every group that spends on elections to disclose its major donors, and close the loopholes that let shell nonprofits hide them.
Ban stock trading in Congress
Members of Congress and their spouses can’t trade individual stocks. You can’t write the rules for a company you’re invested in.
Close the revolving door
A lifetime ban on former members of Congress becoming lobbyists, and longer cooling-off periods for senior staff.
Power to small donors
Match small donations with public funds so candidates can run on support from regular people instead of big checks.
No corporate PAC money
This campaign doesn’t take it. Keith will keep that pledge in office.
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We’ve done it before
President Theodore Roosevelt, a Republican, signed the Tillman Act, banning corporate contributions to federal candidates. Cleaning up politics used to be something both parties agreed on. It can be again.
Common questions
Straight answers to what voters and reporters ask most.
Isn’t spending money a form of free speech?
Everyone has the right to speak. But when a handful of billionaires and corporations can spend unlimited sums, everyone else gets drowned out. Reasonable limits protect free speech for the rest of us.
How do you overturn a Supreme Court decision?
With a constitutional amendment, which takes two-thirds of Congress and three-quarters of the states. It’s hard, and it has been done before. Keith will also push for disclosure laws Congress can pass right now.
Will you take PAC money?
No corporate PAC money, period. This campaign is funded by individual people.
Isn’t this a partisan issue?
No. Large majorities of Democrats, Republicans and independents support limits on money in politics and banning stock trading by members of Congress.
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