Fundraising

Comedy Central star Stephen Colbert is shutting down his super-PAC.

Election Day has come and gone, but the super-PAC era is just beginning.

Campaign committees salivate at millions of dollars in idle money and have prodded former legislators to donate some of it.

The Chevron donation appears to be the largest by a publicly traded company since the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision.

Priorities USA, the super-PAC supporting President Obama, outraised GOP challenger Mitt Romney’s super-PAC in September, Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings show.

The pro-Obama group raised $15.3 million for the month. It’s the second straight month that Priorities USA topped Restore Our Future and their largest fundraising month to date.

Campaign finance reports filed Saturday show Obama raised more than $48 million more his challenger last month.

Restore Our Future, created to support Mitt Romney, pulled in as much in September as it did in July and August combined.

That brings the Democratic leader's haul to more than $72 million for the 2012 cycle

The New York City mayor plans to spend at least $10 million helping centrist candidates across the country.

The 4-million individual donor figure comes on the heels of $181 million record haul in September.