Opinion: Trump Needs to Reread ‘The Art of the Comeback’
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.
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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.
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'll benefit from a super PAC called "Ohio First," which filed with the Federal Elections Commission on Monday. Trump won Renacci's seat by 17 points last fall.
The super PAC tied to House GOP leadership is already spending on television ads in both Georgia and Montana to attack Democratic candidates.
The GOP super PAC tied to House Republican leadership is releasing its second attack ad against Democrat Jon Ossoff, part of a previously announced $1.1. million investment in the district.
Jolly also shut down his campaign committee and super PAC and said running for Congress again "is nothing I even will be considering this calendar year."
A Republican super PAC will begin running TV and digital ads on Monday against Montana’s freshly minted Democratic nominee for the at-large House seat — before the GOP even has a nominee of its own.
On Thursday, the Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC tied to House GOP leadership, launched a $1.1 million ad campaign attacking Ossoff as inexperienced and dishonest.
Updated March 2: The Congressional Leadership Fund, the super PAC with ties to House Republican leadership, is launching a million-dollar ad campaign targeting Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff in the 6th District's
A Democratic super PAC is targeting two GOP senators up for re-election in 2018, urging them to back an independent investigation into President Donald Trump's ties to Russia.
The PAC will connect Ossoff's campaign with local volunteers — it has 40,000 members in the Atlanta area — and activate its national donors, ensuring "he has the resources to win," according to a statement
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