Campaigns · 116th Congress
Republican women could add to House ranks, but Senate outlook uncertain
Emmer later joined Stefanik when she launched her PAC, saying, “We’re going to align with you to the extent we can.”
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Emmer later joined Stefanik when she launched her PAC, saying, “We’re going to align with you to the extent we can.”
Heitkamp and Donnelly have been working together on the One Country Project, a PAC focused on the rural vote.
King decried super PAC spending against him, saying he didn’t know how powerful they are and worrying about who they would come after next.
, the super PAC associated with EMILY’s List, has spent more than $300,000 and BOLD PAC, the campaign arm of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, has spent more than $400,000 on Leger Fernandez’s behalf.
Potential climate changer: Environmental advocates are preparing to launch a Super PAC to support incumbent Sen. Edward J. Markey in his primary fight against Rep.
Carr, the president and CEO of Higher Heights for America PAC, a national organization that focuses on mobilizing and elevating the voices of black women, said in a statement about the candidate her group
In 2018 Democrats connected that message, frequently conveyed through a pledge to reject corporate PAC money, to other issues, such as opioid addiction, rising prescription drug costs, and climate change
“There are lots of candidates that run in the right year and lose,” said Cecil, the former DSCC executive director, who’s now the chairman of the Democratic super PAC Priorities USA.
money groups are able to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money in campaigns,” said Patrick Burgwinkle, spokesman for End Citizens United, a group that tracks which lawmakers and candidates refuse PAC
The price tag for PAC hosts is $2,500, and $1,000 for individual hosts.
The Club for Growth, which is also usually aligned with candidates supported by the Freedom Caucus’ PAC, backed another woman in the primary, but has not yet made a determination on whether it will
“You want your candidate to be more reflective of the district that they’re running in,” said Julie Conway, the executive director of VIEW PAC, which supports GOP women.
said Dan Conston, president of the Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with House GOP leadership.
The group’s super PAC and PAC are still major players in internecine battles — the club successfully torpedoed a candidate in a Pennsylvania nominating convention over the weekend and is already interviewing
Majority Forward, a Democratic group aligned with Senate Majority PAC, launched a $600,000 television ad campaign last week.
Elise Stefanik launch her rebranded leadership PAC, which will be dedicated to helping women in primaries.
Because leadership PACs are little known outside of the Beltway, with obscure names like the Penguin PAC or the Blue Hen PAC, voters are less likely to be watching.