A little-known Alabama super PAC has poured more than $4.1 million into ads against Democrat Rebecca Bennett in New Jersey's 7th District, and even Trenton insiders called its money hard to trace. FEC records reviewed by The Digital Free Press show where its paperwork leads: to the firm of the Congressional Leadership Fund's own treasurer, to a $4.15 million CLF check, and to a same-day $150,000 from a Louisiana developer at the center of an $83 million Florida land deal.

Greater Empire State, a super PAC backed by the Democratic Governors Association, reported raising $4.34 million to support Gov. Kathy Hochul’s re-election and released its first ads against Republican Bruce Blakeman, the New York Post reported. Here are the biggest donors, what the ads say, and how both camps are responding with 16 days to go.

A $675 cookie order, $1,289 at Total Wine and $2,374 at a Mexican restaurant: TDFP pulled TX-23 Democratic nominee Katy Padilla Stout’s federal filings to see exactly what her campaign reported. Here are the entries, what the law allows, what her opponent is saying and how Stout explains the spending.