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well-known ‘secret’ Here’s the well-known, but little-talked-about, secret: As long as these lawmakers are House members, and not Senate candidates, they often have access to more of that corporate PAC
Evan Jenkins announced his senatorial campaign in early May, supporters of state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey created a super PAC to boost his candidacy for Senate.
The Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC endorsed by House GOP leaders, has spent upward of $2.7 million on the race on Gianforte’s behalf.
The new PAC. Pence’s relative silence — and avoiding the controversies embracing Trump.
Both Democratic campaign committees and Priorities USA Action, a major Democratic super PAC, released digital ads Wednesday that accuse Republicans of stripping coverage for Americans with preexisting
Democrats for Life's political action committee spent $14,000 in the 2010 cycle; EMILY's List's PAC spent $27 million, according to Open Secrets.
Priorities USA, the major Democratic super PAC, blasted Trump's "broken promise" that everyone would have health care if he won and vowed to tie Republicans to any efforts to dismantle the 2010 health
But the conservative lawmaker, who stumbled and never received financial support from the Club for Growth's PAC, was defeated badly by fellow GOP Rep. Todd Young.
He was previously communication director for the Senate Majority PAC. Overheard “I’d imagine you’re having a pretty good time already.” — Sen.
“There’s not necessarily direct correlation between our PAC support and caucus membership,” he said.
According to the same 2014 survey, 95 percent of GOP donors hadn’t heard of Value in Electing Women PAC (VIEW PAC), one of the main groups on the right that works to elect Republican women to Congress
He also benefited from a super PAC largely funded by his father, Indiana Jobs Now, which spent about $1.5 million getting him through the five-person primary in May and the general election.
His email list started receiving messages from him on behalf of Principled PAC, which, as he described it, supported “pro-liberty candidates” running for House and Senate.
It was a “hold year,” said Jennifer Higgins, the chairwoman of congressional outreach for RightNow Women PAC, which supports female Republican candidates.
“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.
Democrats dubbed him “Tennessee Trey,” in reference to his native state, and accused him of trying to buy a congressional seat with help from a super PAC largely funded by his father.
[The House: 10 Most Vulnerable] House Majority PAC, the super PAC that works to elect Democrats to the House, has made this race one of its biggest priorities.
Update: 8:20 p.m.Marco Rubio‘s re-election victory was expected by both parties — Democratic groups like Senate Majority PAC, after all, decided not to spend hardly anything in the race in its final
At the same time, the Senate Majority PAC, which backs Democratic Senate candidates, spent $2 million on an ad on behalf of Johnson’s challenger, former Sen. Russ Feingold.
Senate Majority PAC plans to spend $2 million on behalf of Democratic former Sen. Russ Feingold, who faces incumbent Republican Sen. Ron Johnson. The ads will run on broadcast and cable TV.