K Street Files: Giffords PAC Hires Seasoned Strategists
An A-list of seasoned Democratic strategists will head the Washington office of Americans for Responsible Solutions, the new gun safety group and super PAC set up by ex-Rep.
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An A-list of seasoned Democratic strategists will head the Washington office of Americans for Responsible Solutions, the new gun safety group and super PAC set up by ex-Rep.
He also served as executive director and treasurer at FreedomWorks PAC. He was a research assistant at the Cato Institute. Sean Rushton is communications director.
These include direct campaign contributions totaling $31,600, contributions to Menendez’s leadership PAC totaling $15,000 and donations totaling $50,000 to the New Jersey Democratic State Committee.
Also this week, a new advocacy group and super PAC founded by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and her husband, Mark Kelly, will unveil a TV ad with a gun safety message.
She’s benefited from more than $820,000 in spending from a super PAC run by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Independence USA PAC.
Hoyer’s PAC office. She also served as communications coordinator for Democrats in Illinois’ 10th congressional district.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s PAC has spent more than three-quarters of a million dollars against Halvorson on the gun issue. Kelly, Halvorson, state Sen.
It also reported that Melgen’s company had donated $700,000 to a super PAC that provided $582,500 to Mendendez’s 2012 re-election effort. Menendez won a second full term in November.
It also reported that Melgen’s company had donated $700,000 to a super PAC that provided $582,500 to Mendendez’s 2012 re-election effort.
In the final weeks of the campaign, a super PAC controlled by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg launched the multimillion-dollar campaign targeting Baca’s conservative record on gun control.
But since then, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s super PAC targeted Halvorson with TV ads highlighting her previous support from the National Rifle Association.
In the Schock case, the Ethics Committee will examine whether Shock’s request that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., contribute $25,000 to the anti-incumbent super PAC Campaign for Primary
He said the ad is for “interested parties,” but it clearly targets donors with the message: “With your help, we formed House Majority PAC to fight back.”
The statement came in reaction to a New York Times story that detailed the initiative being formed by American Crossroads, a GOP-aligned super PAC built to help Republicans get elected to office.
Melgen’s company also donated $700,000 in the months leading up to the November elections to a super PAC that dumped $582,500 into Menendez’s re-election bid.
House Majority PAC, the super PAC formed in the 2012 cycle to support Democratic House candidates, has rolled out its first round of Republican incumbent targets for the 2014 cycle.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Independence USA PAC has targeted Halvorson with a major media buy hitting her previous support for gun rights.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Independence USA PAC has started airing TV ads in Illinois’ 2nd district special election targeting the front-runner’s support for the Second Amendment.
He pointed to a Sunlight Foundation analysis showing that the NRA’s PAC spent more than $11 million in the 2012 elections but enjoyed a less than 1 percent return on its investment.
ethics body has commented publicly on either case, the Schock matter is known to be related to whether he asked House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., to contribute $25,000 to the anti-incumbent super PAC