elections

• New Friends, Old Allies Triumph

  By Heather Anderson  |  November 14, 2012

  A roundup of Nov. 6 results from the credit union industry perspective.

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  CUNA Finds a Campaign Niche in Playing ‘Nice’

  By Heather Anderson  |  November 14, 2012

  CUNA’s political team harnessed the power of nice and the credit union member vote in two key races, spending nearly half a million PAC dollars on positive partisan communications that the trade association’s leaders say is the wave of the future.

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  Credit Unions Stay Nonpartisan to Register Voters

  By Eileen Courter  |  November 14, 2012

  If a credit union offers voter registration and the law doesn’t allow the registrars to hand out literature from a candidate who’s a good friend of credit unions, for example, why bother?

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  Credit Union-Backed House Candidates Win

  By Heather Anderson  |  November 13, 2012

  Credit Union PACs went three for four in the House.

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  Credit Union-Backed Senate Candidates Win

  By Heather Anderson  |  November 12, 2012

  Credit unions and their PACs were winners in the 2012 elections.

• Relief and More Than a Little Anxiety: Editor/Publisher's Column

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  November 8, 2012

  The elections are finally over. So what does it mean to credit unions?

• Election 2012: CU Trade Associations Tout Winning Records

  By Heather Anderson  |  November 7, 2012

  CUNA, NAFCU said nearly all their donation targets were winners in Tuesday's nationwide balloting.

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  Election 2012: Senator-Elect Warren Thanks Credit Unions

  By Heather Anderson  |  November 7, 2012

  “Credit unions … yes … love my credit unions,” Elizabeth Warren said in her Massachusetts victory speech Tuesday night.

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  Dupaco Community Hosts Meet and Greet for Redistricted Congressman

  By Heather Anderson  |  November 1, 2012

  The $1 billion Dupaco Community Credit Union of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, threw a get-to-know-you meeting Oct. 26 for 1st District U.S. Congressman Bruce Braley.

• Trade PACs Play a Waiting Game

  By Claude R. Marx  |  October 3, 2011

  Wait till next year. That’s the motto of fans whose teams have a disappointing season, and it’s also sums up the political strategies of CUNA and NAFCU.