With No Vote in Congress, D.C. Residents Find Power in Cash
Craig, who is forming the PAC targeting Chaffetz, said it did not bother her that the group might end up supporting candidates who did not share her "classic liberal" beliefs.
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Craig, who is forming the PAC targeting Chaffetz, said it did not bother her that the group might end up supporting candidates who did not share her "classic liberal" beliefs.
"The idea that suddenly there's a big liberal movement there that could take the congressman out is absurd," said Shields, a veteran of the Republican National Committee and, most recently, a super PAC
Now Kander has joined up with Priorities USA, the largest pro-Clinton super PAC.
She lives in Alexandria with her husband (the new executive director of House Majority PAC) and their two young sons. “She’s one of the real talents on our side of the aisle,” Warner added.
The Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC allied with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, made a similar comparison when it attacked Montana Democrat Jon Tester for voting against a waiver to allow
Original Federal Election Commission reports showed Bean donated in excess of the PAC contribution limits. Bean has long been a GOP donor, giving to Pingree’s Republican colleague, Rep.
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
In one of the most brutal ads of the 2016 elections, House Majority PAC suggested Garrett’s views aligned better with Alabama than with New Jersey, where his district includes both rural areas in the West
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee put her on its Red to Blue list for competitive candidates and House Majority PAC — the super PAC dedicated to elected Democrats to the House — spent
“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.”
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.
That drew a counterattack from Justin Barasky, Brown’s 2012 communications director who now holds the same position with progressive PAC Priorities USA.
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Neal’s leadership political action committee raised $382,000 and closed with cash on hand of $847,000 in the 2016 cycle, and Becerra’s leadership PAC raised
It was a “hold year,” said Jennifer Higgins, the chairwoman of congressional outreach for RightNow Women PAC, which supports female Republican candidates.
Democrats made Garrett a top target this year, with the Democratic super PAC House Majority PAC debuting its first general election ad of the year here.
And yet, Priorities USA, the Clinton super PAC that aired its sole House ad in Blum’s district, made Trump the focus of its attack.
Hillary Clinton’s super PAC, Priorities USA, came into the district late last month with its only House ad of the cycle to give Democrats a boost.
“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.