Who is Your Landlord Supporting in the May 2023 Primary?

Who Runs PhillyPhilly powerresearchMay 12, 2023campaign finance, Real estate, housing, eviction

Takeaways from the Latest Philly Campaign Finance Filings

Rise of Working Families Party candidates, Libertarian-backing hyper-capitalists, evolving donor bases, and more

Who Runs Philly Part 15: Who are the people behind the PACs?

Major funders of Independent Expenditure PAC spending in Philadelphia politics this year have included Michael Bloomberg, sugary beverage companies, building trades and teacher unions, the National Association of Realtors, local real estate developers, Richard Vague, and Josh Kopelman.

Who Runs Philly Part 14: How Independent Expenditure PACs like Phila. 3.0 make campaign contribution limits irrelevant

Independent Expenditure PACs can raise and spend unlimited sums of money as long as their political spending is not coordinated with candidates’ campaigns.

Who Runs Philly Part 13: Who is Richard Vague and can he buy your vote?

Many West Philadelphia residents have not heard of Richard Vague but they may be familiar with his work.

Who Runs Philly Part 12: The FOP Conundrum

This week, we take a look at the Fraternal Order of Police, a political powerhouse that lobbies on behalf of the city’s bloated and corrupt police force. From private bars to six figure salaries, Lodge 5 of the Fraternal Order of Police has been working to preserve Philadelphia’s history of state violence and white supremacy through its related organizations since its founding in 1939.

Who Runs Philly? Part 11: Head to Head - Candidate Comparison App

Overwhelmed by the number of Democrats running for City Council this spring? Welcome to the Philly 2019 Primary Head-to-Head! Built to solve (some) of your candidate confusion.

Who Runs Philly? Part 10: Leo Addimando, Allan Domb, and Comcast are standing in the way of ending Philly’s ten-year tax abatement

Your guide to the people, trade groups, and corporations fighting to keep the city’s biggest tax break for luxury developers.

Who Runs Philly? Part 9: The local lobbying firm working for Uber and private prisons

The Kinser Group is an influential lobbying firm that has donated to city council people including Derek Green, Curtis Jones Jr., and Darrell Clarke.

Who Runs PhillyPhilly powerresearchApril 23, 2019lobbying, city council, prisons, transportation

Who Runs Philly? Part 8: Where does the money come from?

The contributions map is a geographic map of political donations from Philadelphia neighborhoods and city council districts with a stacked graph of contributions from US counties by employment sector.

Who Runs PhillyPhilly powerresearchApril 16, 2019city hall, geography, campaign finance

Who Runs Philly? Part 7: How do political candidates and committees spend their money?

The Expenditures Explorer allows for searching and visualizing money spent by political candidates or committees as reported to the Philadelphia Board of Ethics electronically between 2014 - present.

Who Runs Philly? Part 6: Venture capitalist Josh Kopelman gets involved with local politics

One of Uber’s first investors steps into local politics.

Follow our blog as we investigate Philly’s most powerful people, organizations, and corporations.