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Those ads were paid for by a super PAC called Start the Fire, a single-candidate committee that Harris charged was funded almost exclusively by lobbyists.
Julie Conway, executive director of VIEW Pac, which supports Republican women running for office, told CQ Roll Call that the huge class of 2018 midterm winners opened some GOP women up to the idea
The Senate Leadership Fund, a Super-PAC aligned with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, last week joined the fray with a $1.6 million investment in ads TV, radio and digital ads calling Gross a “far-left
“I’m worried about them getting the basic information on how to vote, when to vote and whether Joe Biden is good,” said Chuck Rocha, who founded Nuestro PAC to focus on reaching Latino Democrats
the 2016 elections, labor-affiliated political action committees spent $331.5 million — about 14 percent less than the $385.7 million spent by corporate PACs and a fraction of the $4 billion in total PAC
Case in point: The Congressional Leadership Fund, a House Republican-aligned super PAC, sent cash to the Illinois Conservative PAC, which in turn disclosed spending more than $900,000 against Oberweis
The American Hospital Association’s PAC, meanwhile, invested heavily on behalf of Neal, while progressive groups, such as Justice Democrats, spent to support Morse.
donations from corporate PACs last year, both raised huge piles of cash, and the race attracted more than $6.5 million from outside sources, including super PACs such as the Kennedy-supporting New Leadership PAC
Outside groups have poured more than $6.5 million into the Senate primary, according to federal disclosures, including a Kennedy-supporting super PAC dubbed the New Leadership PAC and a pro-Markey effort
He is the only House Republican to refuse PAC money. “I am hopeful that there will be other Republicans in the 2020 cycle who swear off PAC money,” Gaetz told CQ Roll Call.
Mike Huckabee and Ed Rollins, a leader of the pro-Trump Great America PAC, which has spent $6.2 million this cycle to reelect Trump, sent a letter in late July to the president urging him to maintain the
“We held ourselves to our own standard of no corporate PAC, no corporate lobbyist money across the organization. “We’re using traditional methods in the most progressive way possible,” he said.
even in a pandemic, advocates trying to influence federal policy are working in support of candidates who may someday vote on it, even though the candidates are keeping their distance from corporate PAC
Club for Growth Action and Club for Growth PAC have spent a combined $598,000 so far backing Tuberville. The club also endorsed Jackson after supporting a different candidate in the primary.
Porter’s got a PAC: California Democratic Rep. Katie Porter launched Truth to Power PAC this week to support liberal candidates, including some in competitive races.
As of June 3, McMurtry’s campaign had returned $5,000 to the Republican Jewish Coalition but not the $2,500 donated by Cheney’s Cowboy PAC or the $2,000 each from Illinois Rep.
The Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC launched its first independent expenditure to boost Jones, who is in a crowded field of eight Democrats.
But outside groups largely sat out the Senate primary this year, with the only outside spending — $90,000 from a PAC called Undivided Purpose — going to support Tomlinson.
Most of the outside spending in Tuesday’s races has been concentrated in the Republican primaries The Club for Growth’s super PAC has spent $675,000 on McCormick’s campaign.
Cicilline also co-chairs the Equality PAC with Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., which supports LGBTQ candidates or strong allies.