Conservatives spent heavily in key Democratic primaries, filings show
That’s allowed groups like Lead Left PAC to mask the source of their funding, and intervene aggressively in primaries without tipping their hands to voters.
In addition to Texas’ 35th, Lead Left PAC spent $1.4 million in Pennsylvania’s 7th District opposing Bob Brooks, a top Democratic recruit who went on to win the primary anyway, and $300,000 in Nebraska’s 2nd District, another key battleground, targeting state Sen. John Cavanaugh, who lost to Denise Powell.
Another super PAC, Real Change PAC, mirrored those tactics. Filings show that it received about $1.2 million from Conservative Americans PAC in May, while it was booking hundreds of thousands of dollars of ad time in Democratic primaries in New Jersey’s 7th District and Maine’s 2nd District – both of which concluded before its disclosure.
The results were mixed. In New Jersey, efforts to boost Tina Shah against eventual Democratic nominee Rebecca Bennett failed, though in Maine, they helped tilt the field against state Sen. Joe Baldacci, who lost the primary to state Auditor Matt Dunlap.
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