End Citizens United
Established March 1st, 2015, End Citizens United is a Political Action Committee funded by grassroots donors. ECU is dedicated to countering the disastrous effects of Citizens United and reforming our campaign finance system. At End Citizens United, our name and our mission are one and the same. We are dedicated to ending the tidal wave of unlimited and undisclosed money that has reshaped our politics and damaged our democracy. We support Democratic champions of campaign finance reform. By electing Democrats who are committed to leading on this issue, we can implement systematic reforms to our broken democracy.www.endcitizensunited.org
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Oct 27, 2026
Ellen WeintraubGUEST
If you're doing it by mail, please try and do that very soon because the mail can take a while to get delivered.
Anushka AsthanaHOST
Ellen Weintraub, former three times chair and commissioner at the FEC and now a senior fellow at End Citizens United.
Anushka AsthanaHOST
Thank you very much for joining me.
Ellen WeintraubGUEST
Thank you.
Sylvia GoodmanCORRESPONDENT
everybody is.
Sylvia GoodmanCORRESPONDENT
Later that day, Dembo joined End Citizens United, where he called for major reforms to get money out of politics and forced transparency across campaign finance.
Sylvia GoodmanCORRESPONDENT
When I asked about the dark money that has supported his own election, Dembo says he wants an end to all of it.
Zach DemboSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I am the only candidate in the race who has proposed this sort of campaign finance reform.
KenNARRATOR
Derrick Van Orden also has corruption allegations of his own.
KenNARRATOR
In fact, the anti-corruption organization End Citizens United named him to its 2026 Most Corrupt list, citing Van Orden's taking over $142,000 from corporate PACs and then voting for legislation in their favor.
KenNARRATOR
His votes included supporting over $80 billion in tax credits for data center companies, slashing health care access for thousands of Wisconsinites, and blocking life-saving medicine to be part of lower drug pricing negotiations.
KenNARRATOR
All of this in support of his billionaire supporters and the DC elites.
Karen FinneyPANELIST
But also just this whole...
Karen FinneyPANELIST
You know, I serve on the board of End Citizens United, and this whole money in politics has really become such a huge issue this cycle because people are realizing that the dollars that are coming in from people like Elon Musk means you have candidates who, when it's time to make a decision, they're making decisions based on what's good for Elon Musk, not necessarily what's good for them.
Karen FinneyPANELIST
And, uh, obviously you're hearing candidates talk about that, uh, on the campaign trail.
Karen FinneyPANELIST
And frankly, I also think when they see what Trump is doing, when they see Trump talking about an arch, when they see these stories about taxpayer-funded ads, which I know a judge has, has now said he's gotta halt.