Media & Communication: Research Guide

A proposed flier from a super PAC supporting Andrew Cuomo’s mayoral bid featured an image of Zohran Mamdani with a thicker beard. Mr. Mamdani called the manipulation Islamophobic.

The money, the largest example of outside spending by a single donor in the New York City mayor’s race, will go toward campaign ads on Andrew M. Cuomo’s behalf.

The Times analyzed the messaging in broadcast spots, on which campaigns and outside groups have spent millions, to identify the major themes in the race.

The penalty for Andrew Cuomo came as his top rival, Zohran Mamdani, received the Working Families Party’s top endorsement in the New York City mayoral race.

Restore Sanity NYC, a nonprofit with ties to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has begun funding campaign mailers that echo many of his talking points as he runs for mayor.

The New York City Campaign Finance Board withheld the funds after concluding that former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo most likely coordinated ad language with a super PAC.

Andrew Cuomo may have run afoul of New York City rules by using his campaign website to instruct a super PAC how to help his mayoral bid. Mr. Cuomo denies wrongdoing.

The “Saturday Night Live” alum on getting political in Studio 8H, playing Elon Musk and why he decided to film a campaign ad for Canada’s Liberal Party.

Zohran Mamdani, who won attention for a series of online campaign videos, is the first candidate to air a broadcast ad in the Democratic primary race.

Closing arguments in the libel case are expected on Tuesday, after which the nine jurors will begin deliberations.

A law student in Florida has a lucrative side gig: fund-raising consultant. His firm earns a 25 percent cut of “profit” from donations, and critics have begun to pile up after two special elections.

The group was one of several initiatives that Mr. Cuomo rolled out after resigning as governor. They helped pave the way for his return from the political wilderness, and now a mayoral bid.

In 2023, Democratic money helped elect a liberal to the state Supreme Court, swinging it to the left. Now, Elon Musk and other wealthy donors have given Republicans a chance to swing it back.

The newspaper told Common Cause, an advocacy group, that it was pulling its special ad, which would have covered the front and back pages of some Tuesday editions.

The once and soon-to-be president takes advantage of the blurry lines between appearance and perception, between reputation and reality.

For Freedoms’ billboards could surprise, comfort or confuse. Now the group is asking, Where do we go from here?

The Trump team had a huge financial disadvantage. It made up for it with a strategy that allowed it to narrow the focus of its ad dollars.

Kamala Harris left Donald J. Trump’s anti-transgender attack ads largely unanswered. Some Democrats call it political malpractice.

Even as Democrats rebuked Representative Seth Moulton of Massachusetts for saying he didn’t want his daughters “getting run over” by “formerly male” athletes, he defended his remarks.

Rather than pushing Americans in a direction they oppose, Democrats should endorse nuanced and humane alternatives.

Donald Trump ganó terreno con los votantes latinos y negros de clase trabajadora, dando al partido la esperanza de una nueva forma de ganar en una nación que se diversifica.

Es difícil separar el trabajo de campaña de Musk de otras influencias que llevaron a Trump a la Casa Blanca. Su papel podría inspirar iniciativas similares y contribuir a transformar las campañas modernas.

Donald J. Trump picked up support among Latino and Black working-class voters, giving the party hope for a new way to win in a diversifying nation.

The candidate largely let the billionaire run his $175 million ground game — a gamble that future candidates could look to emulate.

Proposition 1, which enshrines abortion rights into the State Constitution, was aggressively opposed by Republicans, who tried to cast it as an attack on girls’ sports and a giveaway to migrants.

Advertising is the biggest expense in a race expected to cost $3.5 billion. These are the stories the candidates are using it to tell.

Kamala Harris and her allies have concentrated their spending on addressing the economy. For Donald Trump, one theme dominates: fear.

Ms. Roberts narrated an ad suggesting that women could privately vote for Vice President Kamala Harris without letting their husbands know.

Representative David Schweikert, a vulnerable Republican, is fighting for his political life in suburban Arizona, where the sprint to win over a crucial bloc of voters is coming down to the wire.

Modern technology including doorbell cameras and tiny tracking devices have turned the tables on sign stealers.