Articles about Campaign

‘If something’s broken … you solve it’: Why this startup founder is running for Bellevue City Council

Pradnya Desh is an attorney, a former U.S. diplomat, a college board trustee, and a startup founder and CEO. Now… Read More

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos contributes $10M to With Honor PAC’s effort to elect veterans to Congress

Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie Bezos, are donating $10 million to With Honor, a cross-partisan, veteran-focused super PAC. The donation,… Read More

Facebook stock plunges amid reports of Trump campaign consultants using unauthorized data from 50M users

Facebook shares were down more than 7 percent Monday in the wake of damaging reports that Republican campaign operatives obtained… Read More

Ted Cruz settles suit with music-licensing startup Audiosocket over songs in political ads

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has agreed to pay $55,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by Seattle music-licensing firm Audiosocket, just as some Republican… Read More

Why this Seattle tech worker is leaving her job to work for the Clinton campaign in Wisconsin

Sasha Pasulka has never worked on a political campaign. For the past four years, she’s held product marketing leadership roles… Read More

Hillary Clinton hopes to catch young voters at Pokémon Go campaign event

When it comes to swing states, Hillary Clinton is determined to catch ’em all. The presumptive democratic nominee is hosting… Read More

Startup Spotlight: ActiveGiver wants to ‘level the playing field’ for campaign contributions

Bernie Sanders’ presidential bid — and Barack Obama’s before him — proved the power of grassroots donations. But a wealthy minority… Read More

Seattle’s GiveBIG charitable campaign raises $21M, despite tech troubles

The Seattle Foundation’s GiveBIG campaign for Seattle-area charities recovered from technical setbacks and surpassed its $20 million goal, with the help… Read More

Here’s how Cheezburger executed a kickass kitten delivery viral marketing stunt with Uber

It’s not easy putting together a one-day viral marketing campaign in three cities that involves cute kittens, customized cupcakes and… Read More

Microsoft employees raised $105M for 19K non-profits in 2012

For the second year in a row, Microsoft employees eclipsed the $100 million mark in charitable donations, raising $105 million… Read More

Gas Powered Games cancels Kickstarter for ‘Wildman’

Gas Powered Games unplugged its Kickstarter campaign for ‘WIldman‘ this afternoon with four days left and more than $500,000 to raise. We’ve… Read More

Microsoft milestone: Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer mark $1 billion in giving (Photos)

REDMOND, WASH. — Before he began another exciting week running Microsoft, a young Bill Gates sat down at a Sunday evening… Read More

New Windows ads will battle old nemesis: Yesterday’s PCs

Microsoft’s “I’m a PC” campaign was originally launched as a counterpoint to Apple, embracing the phrase from the Mac maker’s… Read More