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Chamber of Commerce Spends Millions on Independent Expenditures

By Kent Cooper
Posted May 3, 2014 at 12:18pm

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce reported Friday that it had spent $2 million more on independent expenditures this week, in addition to the $1.2 million reported on Wednesday.

The Chamber reported it paid $920,000 to the Revolution Agency (VA) on April 30th for television and digital ads to run from April 30th through May 20th. The ads are independent expenditures supporting Georgia U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga.

The Chamber also paid $500,000 to Craft Media/Digital on April 30th for television and digital ads to run from April 30th through May 13th. The ads are independent expenditures supporting Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Terri Lynn Land, R-Mich.

The Chamber also paid $250,000 to Craft Media/Digital on April 30th for television and digital ads to run from April 30th through May 27th. The ads are independent expenditures supporting Montana U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Steve Daines, R-Mont.

The Chamber also paid $162,500 to the Revolution Agency (VA) on April 30th for television and digital ads to run from April 30th through May 13th. The ads are independent expenditures supporting Alaska U.S. Senate candidate Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska.

The Chamber also paid $162,500 to the Revolution Agency (VA) on April 30th for television and digital ads to run from April 30th through May 13th. The ads are independent expenditures opposing Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska.

View 5/1 posting on $1.2 million in independent expenditures.

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