The Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee challenged a provision of the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) that restricts the amount of hard money political parties can spend in coordination with their congressional candidates.
In 1999, representing a North Carolina state legislator and a statewide campaign finance coalition, the Center entered as an amicus in two federal lawsuits in defense of the state's campaign finance laws.
The Brennan Center represented five Maine officeholders and candidates to defend the constitutionality of the Maine Clean Elections Act ("MCEA"), Maine's full public funding program for candidates for state legislative and gubernatorial races.