Sentences with phrase «pac donors»

Roberston and other super PAC donors are described as «a rarefied group of millionaires and billionaires acting as kingmakers in the GOP contest, often helping to decide, with a simple transfer of money, which candidate might survive another day.»

Not the Republican candidate, but his wealthy super PAC donors.

In a series of blog posts, the National Republican Congressional Committee said «Zephyr Teachout says she is against Super PACs despite taking money from Super PAC donors.»

Has her campaign accepted money from super PAC donors?

«Zephyr Teachout says she is against Super PACs despite taking money from Super PAC donors,» the NRCC wrote in a blog post.

All to keep lining the pockets of Cruz's billionaire super PAC donors — like Robert Mercer, who funded this propaganda machine.»

The NEA was the second - largest Super PAC donor of the 2014 cycle, spending more than $ 22 million to aid Democratic candidates for federal office.

Not exact matches

Nowadays, the top donor to Ryan's leadership PAC is Elliot Management, a hedge fund run by billionaire Paul Singer.

And unlike the donors behind super PACs, the identities of the 200 donors will not be known under the current disclosure system.

To comprehend the scale of the Donors Trust operations, contrast the groups output with super PACs in the 2012 election cycle.

The total is $ 7.4 million including payments from «Make America Number 1,» a Super PAC funded mostly by Trump's largest donor, Mercer, and controlled by his daughter, Rebekah Mercer.

It remains unclear when Mercer's involvement with Cambridge Analytica began, but FEC filings show the company started working with Super Pacs that the secretive conservative donor has backed during the second half of 2014.

Having donated $ 11m to the main pro-Cruz Super Pac, Keep the Promise I, Mercer is Cruz's top financier — and the largest individual donor to Super Pacs or outside groups during the presidential election cycle thus far, according to data compiled by the political transparency website Open Secrets.

Walker's take for the 2010 election: $ 43,000 from the Koch Industries PAC, his second highest intake from any one donor.

There are only two rules: Super PACs must report their donors to the FEC, and they can not coordinate with or give money directly to candidates or political parties.

Like a Super PAC, a 501 (c)(4) can raise unlimited money, but it does not have to disclose its donors, which, unsurprisingly, has resulted in much greater amounts of corporate funds being funneled to these groups first, then to Super PACs.

The rise of Super PACs in this election cycle has caused a lot of buzz and consternation, in part because they allow donors to avoid restrictions like contribution limits and reporting requirements while spending as much as they'd like to support their preferred candidates.

An even simpler way for donors to keep their identities secret is through the creation of a shell corporation — an untraceable structure that can funnel donations to Super PACs while keeping the ultimate source of the money hidden.

The Texas Ethics Commission has approved a Houston - based PAC's proposal to allow committees to solicit text message contributions from state donors.

Records show that the NEA is the super PAC's primary donor.

Case in point: While the 2002 McCain - Feingold law was supposed to put an end to the influence of big money in politics, eager donors turned to independent expenditures financed through Super PACs as a way to conduct unlimited political advertising.

And the responses suggest a growing divide between the nation and its highest court on constitutional questions that have moved to the heart of the American system, as the advent of super PACs and the abandonment of public financing by both parties in presidential elections have enabled wealthy donors, corporations and unions to play a greater role in political fund - raising.

In May, Pence formed a leadership PAC to raise money for Trump's re-election and for other Republican candidates, aiming to capitalize on his deep ties to party activists and donors.

It's hard to say what this Super PAC's motivation is, although it does have a New York connection through one of its donors, Long Island hedge fund magnate Robert Mercer.

Clinton is cementing her support for a super PAC seeking massive contributions to advance her presidential bid, meeting with top donors to the group during her fundraising swing through California this week.

McDonald has benefited from pro-same-sex marriage donors, including the New York Unity PAC, a political action committee of wealthy Republicans and hedge - fund managers who have already invested $ 175,000 in the effort.

«The Board of Elections was just ensuring that everyone that spends money on our elections, whether it's a super PAC, a 501 (c) 4 or a wealthy individual, discloses information about its donors to public,» said David Earley of N.Y.U.'s Brennan Center for Justice.

According to a source with knowledge of the PAC, the billionaire GOP donor Paul Singer has also contributed to Faso's PAC, but that could not be confirmed (Singer's representative did not return an email.)

With the PAC supporting Faso having been funded by Mercer and Singer, two major donors who have been outspoken in supporting GOP presidential candidates other than Trump, Heaney's full embrace of the brash developer might make this primary a referendum on whether the party's grassroots have fully coalesced around The Donald.

Super PACs will be subjected to clearer rules governing their relations with candidates, more advocacy groups will need to disclose their donors, and some consultants will need to register with the state.

After the congressional campaign of Democrat Zephyr Teachout this week challenged the top - dollar donors to a super PAC backing Republican John Faso to a debate, Republicans are highlighting her ties to the mega rich, namely the Soros family.

Teachout this month challenged the major donors to the New York Wins PAC, Robert Mercer and Paul Singer, prolific donors in their own right to largely conservative causes.

Daniel Loeb has been a prolific donor not just to Gov. Andrew Cuomo over the years, but has backed a variety of Republican candidates running in battleground state Senate races as well as a GOP - aligned super PAC.

He could appeal to white ethnics in swing states, or rally the social liberals who admire him for having been out ahead of his party (and his president) on same - sex marriage, or perhaps headline a few fund - raisers with the wealthy New York donors who have stocked his own campaign coffers and funded the super PAC - like group dedicated to running pro-Cuomo advertising.

Major donors who give to both the candidate and a related super PAC would be scrutinized, as well as the sharing of office space or public relations consultants.

A number of campaigns have developed large mailing lists of donors and rent out their lists to other like - minded candidates, PACs and political party committees.

Donors driven by a desire to influence legislative elections might simply be waiting to write large checks to super PACs in 2016 that they would have otherwise given to party committees.

GNYHA has been one of the state's largest donors for decades, but it spent through a super PAC for the first time last year.

These linked PACs that represent New York City landlords have been among the state's top donors to Republicans for decades.

In 2016, seven of the donors gave to super PACs.

And their method of giving hasn't changed much during that time — while Neighborhood Preservation gave $ 32,00 to REBNY's independent expenditure efforts, they're among a small handful of donors on this list who didn't primarily spend through super PACs.

In total, 26 donors gave at least half a million to state - level candidates, party committees, and super PACs in 2016.

In 2012, he worked for Friends of Democracy, a Super PAC fueled by Jonathan Soros, scion of the liberal mega donor, when it directed $ 250,000 to television ads boosting Cecilia Tkaczyk.

McLaughlin's largest contribution was $ 1,300 from State & Broadway State PAC, a lobbying firm, however most of the money raised has come from small, individual donors.

Notable donors: Voice of Teachers for Education Committee, a group associated with education union NYSUT; Coalition for Public Charter Schools, a pro-charter school political action committee; Neighborhood Preservation PAC, a fund representing building owners around the state; New York State ALF - CIO, a state trade union; Angela Battaglia, Vito Lopez's longtime girlfriend; Councilman Stephen Levin.

Democratic strategist Guy Cecil, who served as Clinton's political director during her 2008 White House bid, is poised to take on a major role at the super PAC — a move meant to send a strong message that donors who want to help her should give to the group.

Unlike so - called super PACs, which are active chiefly during campaigns, lobbying groups like the Committee to Save New York are not required to disclose their donors.

We cross-checked 16 donors to Teachout's campaign with their donations to super PACs.

It turns out Zinke created an anti-Obama super PAC in 2012 and built a list of small donors there until he resigned in September 2013 — only weeks before he launched his congressional campaign.

It's impossible to say how many of Zinke's small donors came from the super PAC as they are not individually itemized.