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He also benefited from a super PAC largely funded by his father, Indiana Jobs Now, which spent about $1.5 million getting him through the five-person primary in May and the general election.
“A lot of people don’t see much difference between making a contribution to a super PAC backing one candidate and making a contribution to a candidate directly.”
But for one PAC created this cycle to elect Democrats at the federal level, this year’s election results may actually validate support for their mission: getting big money out of politics.
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Neal’s leadership political action committee raised $382,000 and closed with cash on hand of $847,000 in the 2016 cycle, and Becerra’s leadership PAC raised
Patrick Murphy’s campaign purportedly told one of Grayson’s campaign workers that Murphy’s father, Thomas Murphy Jr., had promised donations from him and friends to the Senate Majority PAC, along with
At the same time, the Senate Majority PAC, which backs Democratic Senate candidates, spent $2 million on an ad on behalf of Johnson’s challenger, former Sen. Russ Feingold.
In the 10th District, for example, the Congressional Leadership Fund, the super PAC tied to House GOP leadership, recently announced a $2 million campaign against Democrat Michael Eggman.
The Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC allied with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, is putting $25 million into six key Senate races in an effort to counter the Democrats focusing their firepower
Conversely, the Senate Majority PAC, which supports Democratic Senate candidates, has spent $1 million to help Murphy, while Immigrant Voters Win PAC has spent $289,000 and the Service Employees
Congressional Leadership Fund, the super PAC tied to House GOP leadership, is reserving time in second-tier races as an insurance policy against a Democratic wave.
GEO’s PAC donated $5,000 to Rubio’s leadership PAC, Reclaim America, in 2014. And in 2016, it gave $50,000 to the Florida First Project, which supports Rubio’s Senate re-election effort.
The Club for Growth Action super PAC announced an ad campaign Wednesday of more than $750,000 that hits Feingold for voting for various tax increases during his time in the Senate.
But in a super PAC era, the candidates themselves are bystanders in their own campaigns.
Patrick Murphy‘s father recently donated $250,000 to the pro-Murphy super PAC Floridians for a Strong Middle Class, bringing his total contributions to the race to $1.75 million.
Still, the Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC tied to House GOP leadership, recently announced it is spending $500,000 in the district, which will include TV advertising in the Albany and
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and House Majority PAC have spent more than $927,000 against Bergman, FEC filings show.
The ad from End Citizens United PAC, shared exclusively with Roll Call, adds a new layer to accusations that the first-term Republican senator is too cozy with lobbyists in Washington.
Ian Prior from Senate Leadership Fund and Shripal Shah from Senate Majority PAC take us behind-the-scenes in the Super PAC world and discuss their ad strategy.
A super PAC is attacking a candidate as “unhinged” and “not fit” for federal office and is going after his business record.
A super PAC is attacking former Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold for his past votes on partial birth abortion.