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![Screenshots of Margarita Wilkinson's personal financial disclosure form](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2024/01/29/Wilkinson_header_image_2.png.800x600_q85_crop.png)
How MuckRock found the backstory of a mystery congressional candidate in Southern California through public records
The congressional campaign of TV executive Margarita Wilkinson in California’s 49th District, despite being a political novice and never having held elected office, is a case study in what major political parties are looking for, above all else, in a hyper-politicized 2024 campaign season, experts say: Wealth and a blank political slate.
![Revolving-door riches: How Obama-Biden officials cashed in during the Trump years](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2022/06/15/shutterstock_674041957.png.800x600_q85_crop.png)
Revolving-door riches: How Obama-Biden officials cashed in during the Trump years
How lucrative is the swamp? A first-of-its-kind analysis shows 77 officials who served under Obama and Biden boosted their assets by an estimated 270% from 2017 to 2021.
![FOIA 101: How to dig up information on federal political appointments](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2019/08/08/SI.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
FOIA 101: How to dig up information on federal political appointments
There may be no complete repository of federal appointees, but FOIA can be your inroad to learning the history of who has been added to an agency.
![This week’s FOIA round-up: Records show gender disparity in Congressional nominees, Chicago Police profiled citizens who spoke at board meetings, and an Oregon judge undercuts state public records law](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2019/07/26/WP.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
This week’s FOIA round-up: Records show gender disparity in Congressional nominees, Chicago Police profiled citizens who spoke at board meetings, and an Oregon judge undercuts state public records law
In this week’s FOIA round-up, analysis shows that men still vastly outnumber women in Congressional nominations to service academies, the Chicago Tribune obtained documents revealing that Chicago Police Department has been compiling profiles on citizens who spoke at their monthly board meetings, and an Oregon judge’s recent ruling could have a disastrous impact on the state’s public records law.
![Senate introduces legislation to clarify presumption of disclosure in FOIA](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2019/07/24/CapCov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Senate introduces legislation to clarify presumption of disclosure in FOIA
A bipartisan team of senior U.S. Senators has introduced legislation to clarify important sections of the Freedom of Information Act and codify a presumption of disclosure for commercial records.
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