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Blue Dog Coalition Elects 3 New Co-Chairs to Lead Them in Next Congress
Kurt Schrader will continue serving as chair of the coalition’s political arm, the Blue Dog PAC.
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Kurt Schrader will continue serving as chair of the coalition’s political arm, the Blue Dog PAC.
In August, when announcing where their PAC, the LCV Victory Fund, would be spending for the midterms, the group targeted targeted two House Republicans with low LCV scores in districts on the border: Will
Brad Ashford of Nebraska, who got the Blue Dog PAC endorsement in his race to reclaim a seat he lost in 2016 to GOP Rep.
The NRA’s PAC spent $14.5 million supporting 44 candidates who won their races, per OpenSecrets.org. But it spent more than double that — $34.5 million — against 19 candidates who lost.
In one of the most brutal ads of the 2016 elections, House Majority PAC suggested Garrett’s views aligned better with Alabama than with New Jersey, where his district includes both rural areas in the West