Close elections mean spend, spend, spend
Democratic Money Pours Into ‘Super PACs’
By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE and JO CRAVEN MCGINTY, NYT
Three leading Democratic "super PACs" raised more money in September than in any other month this election cycle, officials said, underscoring the growing willingness of wealthy Democrats to bankroll groups whose existence they had long opposed.
Priorities USA Action, the group backing President Obama, will report raising $15.2 million in September, thanks in part to aggressive fund-raising by party leaders like former President Bill Clinton and Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago. The group has already reserved millions of dollars in advertising for the closing weeks of the campaign.
Majority PAC, which supports Senate Democrats, raised $10.4 million in September and has brought in an additional $9.7 million through mid-October, officials announced on Friday, a period during which the party's chances of holding a majority in the chamber appeared to be improving. House Majority PAC, the Congressional Democrats' super PAC arm, raised $5.9 million, a figure the group said it was on pace to double this month.
"Democrats know that this race is even closer than we thought it would be, and if we're going to close this deal everybody has to get involved," said Bill Burton, a spokesman for Priorities USA.
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By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE and JO CRAVEN MCGINTY, NYT
Three leading Democratic "super PACs" raised more money in September than in any other month this election cycle, officials said, underscoring the growing willingness of wealthy Democrats to bankroll groups whose existence they had long opposed.
Priorities USA Action, the group backing President Obama, will report raising $15.2 million in September, thanks in part to aggressive fund-raising by party leaders like former President Bill Clinton and Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago. The group has already reserved millions of dollars in advertising for the closing weeks of the campaign.
Majority PAC, which supports Senate Democrats, raised $10.4 million in September and has brought in an additional $9.7 million through mid-October, officials announced on Friday, a period during which the party's chances of holding a majority in the chamber appeared to be improving. House Majority PAC, the Congressional Democrats' super PAC arm, raised $5.9 million, a figure the group said it was on pace to double this month.
"Democrats know that this race is even closer than we thought it would be, and if we're going to close this deal everybody has to get involved," said Bill Burton, a spokesman for Priorities USA.
(More here.)
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