From one of the more entertaining White House pool reports in recent memory, comes this dispatch about President Obama's $35,800-per-plate ($5k to the campaign; the rest to the DNC) fundraiser in San Francisco this morning:
Mr. Obama was in the middle of his remarks when a woman in a white suit stood up and said, Mr. Read More
A reader passed along the following invitation for Andrew Cuomo's first major fundraiser since getting inaugurated at the start of the year.
The fundraiser is tied together with a performance of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, and according to our reader, specifically targets members of the LGBT community. (The show is about two drag queens and Read More
A reader passed along the following email from Democratic fundraiser Sally Minard inviting supporters to a a "Campaign Inaugural Gala Dinner" for President Barack Obama at the Starlight Roof at the Waldorf-Astoria on April 27.
"The battle lines have been drawn," writes Minard. "The campaign for the presidency is joined...The revolutionary agenda proposed by the Republicans Read More
A reader passed along the following invitation from FriendFactor, a new gay rights group which will be making a big splash in New York next month with Chelsea Clinton headlining its first fundraiser.
Besides Ms. Clinton, the host committee includes a number of the leading lights from the local LGBT world, including former Republican National Committee Read More
A reader passed along the following invitation from Council Speaker Christine Quinn for a fundraiser hosted by the New York Building Congress and construction magnate Frank Sciame.
The Building Congress is made up of all the players in the real estate development industry--unions, contractors, constuction firms and the like-- and is one of the most powerful Read More
President Barack Obama will be returning to New York City on April 27 for another fundraiser as he officially embarks on his 2012 re-election bid, according to two major Democratic donors who have been informed of the president's plan.
Obama came to New York City last week for a Harlem dinner that netted $1.5 million for Read More
This morning, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand emailed supporters to celebrate her record-breaking first-quarter, in which she raised more than $3 million dollars.
"I couldn't wait to thank you," wrote Gillibrand, who is up for re-election again in 2012, before she resumes the usual six-year schedule. "Our campaign just closed its books for the FEC filing period and Read More
A reader passes along the following invite from Upper West Side Congressman Jerrold Nadler for a fundraiser in June with state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
Nadler was an early endorser of Schneiderman's attorney general campaign last year, and the two both hail from the Upper West Side. I haven't heard any rumblings about Nadler running for Read More
Barack Obama is heading up to Harlem tonight to dine at the Red Rooster, the hot new eatery by Marcus Samuelsson, in order to raise funds by for the Democratic National Committee.
The evening comes with a $30,800 ticket to entry, and Fortune has a rundown of some of the folks willing to hand Read More
Earlier this week we took note of a Roll Call report which said that Republican Randy Altschuler is exploring a re-match against incumbent Tim Bishop for a Suffolk County congressional seat.
This morning we received a fundraising solicitation from Bishop with the subject line "Deja Vu All Over Again," which uses the prospect of an Read More
Central Brooklyn seems to be where the political action is these days.
This morning Deirdra Towns confirmed that she would in fact run for the Assembly seat being vacated by her brother Darryl, setting off a pitched battle.
And now a reader passes along a flyer for a fundraiser for Olanike Alabi, that will feature State Read More
A reader passes along the following invitation to a fundraiser for Brooklyn assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries tied to the tip-off of the NCAA basketball tournament.
Jeffries name has been buzzing around political circles for a few weeks now after it was announced that Darryl Towns was leaving the Assembly to take a job in the Cuomo Read More
A reader passed along the following invite to a fundraiser this week for Council Speaker Christine Quinn at RDV, a night club in the Meatpacking District.
It is worth noting that the event will be hosted by three of the city's most prominent gay lawmakers--city Councilmembers Danny Dromm and and Jimmy Van Bramer, and West Side Read More
Bill de Blasio is headed to the Waldorf Astoria next month for a high-dollar fundraiser, a clear sign that his ambitions lay beyond the public advocate's office.
The host committee for the event features a lot of names recognizable to political watchers, and shows what kind of coalition de Blasio would be able to pull together Read More
Not very, according to the most recent campaign finance reports.
The original estimation was that the fundraiser--which featured bold-face political names like Chris Christie, George Pataki, Mike Bloomberg and Ed Koch--was that it would bring in $1 to $2 million. The day of, the campaign was speculating that the event at the Midtown Sheraton would net Read More
