Fourteen Years and a Single Ledger from the Autumn Election

I walked to my small metal desk in the back corner and pulled open the bottom drawer.

There, resting beneath a stack of blank subpoena forms, was the yellowed ledger of campaign contributions from the 2012 election, its cracked spine visible under the desk lamp.

I carried the yellowed ledger to the back of the room, where the large cardboard archive continue reading …