June 21, 2008 -- Awash in campaign cash, Barack Obama this week announced that he's opting out of the public-financing system for presidential campaigns. He'll be the first general-election candidate to do that since the system was set up. This gives ...

BY BOB LEWIS The Associated Press Democrat Mark R. Warner raised more than five times the campaign cash for his US Senate bid the first three months of this year than both of his Republican rivals combined. Warner raised nearly $2.5 ...

Campaign cash from banks and securities firms has flooded Washington ahead of a regulatory revamp of the financial industry.

Sen. Barack Obama, second to none in the race for campaign cash, raised more than $40 million in March and boosted his vast network ...