’08 PACs Use Varied Strategies
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Frist, a likely contender for the 2008 GOP presidential nomination, stands to be the single greatest beneficiary of the measure because of his prowess in raising funds for his Volunteer PAC.
RHODE ISLAND PAC Backs Challenger To Langevin in Primary Brown University professor Jennifer Lawless has won the backing of the Women Under 40 Political Action Committee in her bid to unseat
Most recently, Devlin ran the PAC at Dell Inc.
Still, Jackson said they would likely create an actual PAC in the future in order to run ads close to election dates.
Russell, who served as a PAC director for 17 years, said that “you raise a lot of money in golf tournaments. I know a lot of Members of Congress because I play golf with them.”
MoveOn.org’s political action committee recently filed its six-month fundraising report, showing that the PAC raised nearly $4.6 million and spent almost $5.6 million between Jan. 1 and June 30, according
Stockman noted that her group, along with the Republicans for Choice PAC, was “helping [Senators] formulate questions to discern his judicial philosophy.”
Citizens Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes, which has traditionally supported Republicans, is using money provided by Frontier PAC, a Portland, Ore., organization that usually backs Democrats
While Davis’ official role with the PAC is still unclear, McCain’s leading fundraiser, Carla Eudy, is expected to continue in that role for Straight Talk.
The fund’s membership is not public, and the group isn’t publicizing its PAC goals for the 2006 election cycle, either.
Catignani’s client list includes Frist’s leadership committee, Volunteer PAC, and Sen. Bond. The firm also did work last cycle for Progress for America, the leading Republican 527 group.
Biden did receive PAC money for a couple of his re-elections, but then decided he didn’t need to raise PAC money,” said Danny O’Brien, Biden’s chief of staff.
Boehlert’s Science Leadership PAC appears to be dormant, and Duncan does not have a leadership PAC. The money chase is more intense at the International Relations Committee, where Reps.
The PAC spent more than $314,000 on postage alone from January through June, according to an analysis of its report with the Federal Election Commission.
Through June 30, Sessions’ PETE PAC led the way by handing out $115,000 to 23 Republican incumbents and candidates, with $90,000 of that total coming in June.
Although Tanner is not the only Democrat to cast a vote in tune with Wal-Mart’s position, Campaign for America’s Future has focused on Tanner because he has received more than $17,000 from Wal-Mart’s PAC
Even before the GOP takeover of Congress and the White House, MBNA’s PAC and individual employees gave more than 70 percent of their campaign cash to Republicans, based on data collected by the non-partisan
“We’re hoping we’ll see a significant number of new contributors, and that they will feel more comfortable pledging larger dollar amounts,” said Briggs, whose PAC currently brings in about $450,000
Spokeswomen for both Kerry’s Keeping America’s Promise PAC and Edwards’ One America PAC insisted that their efforts were part of broader campaigns bolstering the Democratic Party from the bottom