Campaigns · 117th Congress
What happened in House and Senate primaries in five states
Masters’ campaign has been effectively bankrolled through support from a super PAC backed by his former boss, venture capitalist Peter Thiel.
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Masters’ campaign has been effectively bankrolled through support from a super PAC backed by his former boss, venture capitalist Peter Thiel.
Britt, who also has the support of VIEW PAC, which backs female GOP candidates, has proved to be a strong fundraiser.
With “the economy rolling like this, why wouldn’t they give to the super PAC? Why wouldn’t they give to the re-election campaign? Why wouldn’t they keep lending [their] support?”
While outside spending mattered in a limited number of 2018 Senate races like Florida, for the most part, Republican super PAC moneybags such as the Koch Brothers and Sheldon Adelson were matched by Democratic
. | A Democratic Super PAC launched a new television ad Thursday night that seeks to tie Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley to recent scandals in the state.
Billionaire Richard Uihlein has already donated $2 million to Club for Growth Action Missouri, a super PAC backing Hawley.
The Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with McConnell, spent millions in the race on behalf of Strange. The group is not expected to support Moore ahead of the Dec. 12 general election.
The Great America Alliance PAC, which backed Moore in the primary and supports President Donald Trump, spent thousands on get out the vote efforts in the runoff.
Poersch, president and co-founder of the Senate Majority PAC, said in a statement that the group had assembled a “first-rate team” in the face of a “challenging Senate map.”
[Pence’s Battleground Stops, PAC Raise Eyebrows Amid Trump Scandals] “Trump has shown in the business world and in television, as well as in the White House already, that he’s willing to fire
Now Kander has joined up with Priorities USA, the largest pro-Clinton super PAC.
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.
“The worry was that the bottom would fall out at some point,” said Carl Forti, political director for the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC designed to boost GOP Senate candidates.
House Majority PAC, “Dixie” Knocking off New Jersey Republican Scott Garrett has become a cause celebre for Democrats.
In one jarring ad from the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC with ties to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kander’s face is shown literally morphing into Clinton’s.
End Citizens United, a Democratic PAC, is launching its second ad Thursday in a $900,000 TV and digital buy targeting Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt.
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.
But his leadership PAC has donated $5,000 to Grassley’s campaign.
The commercial from End Citizens United PAC will air on broadcast and cable in St. Louis and Kansas City from Wednesday until Sept. 27.