NEW: Candidates in key midterm races are getting huge cash boosts from wealthy out-of-state donors — funneled through groups that can raise and spend unlimited sums for them. Go deeper ➡️
Candidates in key midterm primaries are getting huge cash boosts from wealthy out-of-state donors — funneled through groups that can raise and spend unlimited sums for them, according to an Axios analysis.The massive out-of-state spending shows the degree to which high-profile congressional races have been nationalized. It precedes major Senate primaries, including Ohio's on May 3 and Pennsylvania's on May 17.
Vance rival Josh Mandel enjoys the backing of the USA Freedom Fund, which got 100% of its nearly $2 million this cycle from out of state.Alabama Patriots PAC, which supports Republican Senate candidate Mike Durant, is also entirely funded by out-of-state donors. Las Vegas casino magnate Steve Wynn is bankrolling Protect and Defend America, a PAC backing Republican Brady Duke's Florida House bid.Some super PAC officials told Axios a national fundraising profile is the only way their candidates can compete with"Our campaign finance system overwhelmingly benefits people who can self-fund campaigns to the tune of many millions of dollars," Luke Thompson, the executive director of pro-Vance group Protect Ohio Values, told Axios.
"To a degree, independent expenditure groups like ours level the playing field and allow us to help candidates who aren’t extremely wealthy to be competitive with those that are," the spokesperson said.At this stage in the cycle, candidates aren't competing for congressional majorities; the fight is over the particular candidates who will make it to the general election as their party's nominee.
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