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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
It was a “hold year,” said Jennifer Higgins, the chairwoman of congressional outreach for RightNow Women PAC, which supports female Republican candidates.
And yet, Priorities USA, the Clinton super PAC that aired its sole House ad in Blum’s district, made Trump the focus of its attack.
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
The Koch brothers are moving their money to Wisconsin, where one of the groups affiliated with their super PAC Americans for Prosperity bought a $950,000 ad slot.
House Majority PAC, which backs Democratic House candidates and had previously cut their reservations here, is back on the air with a closing ad tying Paulsen to Trump.
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.
The Senate Majority PAC announced it would transfer at least $1 million to the Murphy-supporting super PAC, Floridians for a Strong Middle Class.
Nolan led 49 to 41 percent in a poll commissioned by a Democratic super PAC in mid-October.
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
The poll was conducted Oct. 22-24 for the Congressional Leadership Fund, the super PAC tied to House GOP leadership. The fund has invested $950,000 on TV and digital in the Omaha-based district.
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.
House Majority PAC, a Democratic super PAC, released an ad last week suggesting that Coffman set the stage for Trump. “Before Donald Trump, there was Mike Coffman,” the narrator says.
The Democratic super PAC, which had previously focused only on the presidential race, decided it could afford to spend on other races because Trump is trailing so far behind Democratic rival Hillary Clinton