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Sen. Roy Moore? What the GOP Can Expect
The Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with the Kentucky Republican, spent $5 million in the runoff to defeat Moore, which enraged the former judge.
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The Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with the Kentucky Republican, spent $5 million in the runoff to defeat Moore, which enraged the former judge.
Groups tied to GOP leadership, such as the Senate Leadership Fund, a McConnell-aligned super PAC, have spent millions of dollars on the race.
A pro-Trump outside group, Great America PAC, is hosting a rally Thursday night featuring Palin, Texas GOP Rep. Louie Gohmert and former Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka.
The Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, has demonstrated in the Alabama Senate race that it will aggressively play in primaries and support incumbents
Its affiliated super PAC will begin an ad campaign for him on Wednesday. Norman faces off against Tommy Pope, the state House speaker pro tempore, in Tuesday’s GOP runoff.
As the more establishment Republican in the race, Pope has benefited from outside spending from a super PAC called Hometown Freedom Action Network.
Its affiliated super PAC doesn't play in primaries but it has already pulled its staff out of Iowa's 3rd District where Republican Rep. David Young, not a caucus member, opposed the legislation.
One wrinkle of the super PAC era is that a president and his party can no longer bludgeon rebellious legislators into submission by cutting off their campaign money.
“There’s not necessarily direct correlation between our PAC support and caucus membership,” he said.
“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.”