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“They’re trying to find workarounds,” said Kristin Brackemyre, director of PAC and government relations for the Public Affairs Council.
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“They’re trying to find workarounds,” said Kristin Brackemyre, director of PAC and government relations for the Public Affairs Council.
Ho’s wife, Allyson Ho, has made contributions to four current Senate Judiciary members: about $7,200 to Cornyn and $10,000 to Cruz; $1,000 to Grassley and $500 to a PAC that names Cruz and Lee as
Women Vote, a super PAC connected with Emily’s List, put about $1 million into the race.
Women Vote, a super PAC connected with Emily’s List, has put about $1 million into the race. “Emily’s List did get involved very early on this cycle,” group spokesman Benjamin Ray said.
Over that time frame, the Connecticut Democrat spent $46,630 at the Sonnenalp Hotel and $30,246 at the Four Seasons Hotel, using money from his Jobs and Innovation Matter PAC (JIM PAC).
Cunningham didn’t start airing his TV ads until late January (after the survey), and a Republican PAC didn’t start airing ads to help Cunningham’s more liberal opponent until late February.
A lobbyist for the company that markets Newport cigarettes sits on the board of the CBC’s PAC. Former Rep.
Wasserman Schultz’s PAC has brought in more than $600,000 each cycle since 2010, peaking at $2.2 million in 2014.
In 2018 and 2019, Moolenaar spent a total of $21,587 — from his leadership PAC, Together United for Liberty, Integrity and Prosperity PAC — at the Four Seasons Hotel in Vail.
On Monday, Majority Forward, the nonprofit arm of the Democratic super PAC Senate Majority PAC, launched a “six-figure” digital ad buy targeting five vulnerable GOP senators: Martha McSally of Arizona,
All told, the super PAC has spent more than $6 million since the 2014 cycle on independent expenditures supporting Republican House and Senate candidates or opposing their Democratic opponents.
member “take reasonable steps to ensure that any outside organization over which he or she exercises control — including the individual’s own authorized campaign committee or, for example, a ‘leadership PAC
Jay Inslee also had super PAC support.
“President Putin and the Russian security services operate like a super PAC,” Hill said. “They deploy millions of dollars to weaponize our own political opposition research and false narratives.”
It’s a reality she is working to change with E-PAC, a political action committee dedicated to electing Republican women to Congress.
Susan Collins, has taken the no-corporate PAC pledge, as has Democrat Cal Cunningham of North Carolina, who is running to face off against Sen. Thom Tillis, a Republican.
In 2013, they gave $100,000 to a PAC for Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, when he was running for the White House, and $61,600 to the Republican National Committee.
Those include $1,000 from an almond growers PAC, $1,000 from the Friant Water PAC and $5,000 from the South Valley Water PAC.
“We’re working it out with what kind of expenses we’re going to need to wind down and whether it needs to be converted or when it needs to be converted into a multi-candidate PAC,” she said.
Prosperity Action, the Wisconsin Republican’s leadership PAC, transferred $1.6 million to the new group in installments in March, April and June of this year, federal election disclosures show.