See our media citations from outlets around the nation this week:
After the Capitol Attack, Companies Pledged to Rethink Political Giving. Did They? (The New York Times)
Hundreds of business and trade association PACs contributed over $108 million to campaigns and committees linked to members of Congress who insisted that the election had been stolen from Trump, according an analysis of Federal Election Commission data from Jan. 6, 2021, through September by Open Secrets, a campaign finance research nonprofit. “Companies pledged to pull back, but we have not seen that play out,” Open Secrets’ investigations manager, Anna Massoglia, told DealBook.
State Democrats break off-year fundraising record as they look to make inroads in red states in 2024 (CNN)
While the DLCC is excited about its growth in fundraising and the strides the party has made in prioritizing these races, there’s more to be done. “There’s still a healthy gap between the investments that we’re seeing in state legislative races and in the DLCC compared to, you know, our federal counterparts,” Williams said.
To put their budget in perspective, even a losing Democratic Senate campaign in Florida in 2022 spent nearly $80 million, according to tallies from OpenSecrets.
Revealed: Congress backers of Gaza war received most from pro-Israel donors (The Guardian)
Spending can be “defensive” or “shore up support” in Congress for allies who already share pro-Israel groups’ views, said Sarah Bryner, a spokesperson for OpenSecrets, which tracks campaign finance spending and collected the contributions data used in the Guardian’s analysis. Spending can also be “offensive”, or intended to persuade a lawmaker to take a pro-Israel position, campaign finance observers and political strategists who reviewed the data said.
