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September 3, 2020
This week in money-in-politics

Biden makes gains on Trump with online ad blitz


Democratic nominee Joe Biden is spending more than ever before on online ads, replicating a strategy that helped propel President Donald Trump to the White House.

Biden’s joint fundraising committee, Biden Victory Fund, spent at least $24 million on Facebook and Google ads in the month of August alone, making it the fifth-highest spending online political advertiser. That’s according to OpenSecrets’ new online ads database that tracks political spending on the two platforms.
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** House GOP leaders and Trump allies clashed in primaries — here’s how they fared

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Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) are rising stars in President Donald Trump’s Republican party as two of his most reliable and vocal defenders. Both have flexed their muscles this cycle, collectively funding nine candidates in congressional primaries facing opponents backed by GOP leaders House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.). Only three of nine candidates funded by Gaetz, Jordan or the House Freedom Fund PAC run by the House Freedom Caucus Jordan chairs, managed to beat those backed by the two GOP leaders.
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** Wisconsin donors backing Trump over Biden as president visits Kenosha
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President Donald Trump is bringing in more campaign cash from Wisconsin than his Democratic rival Joe Biden. He’s also far more popular among donors in Kenosha, the Midwestern city that is the scene of unrest and violence following the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Trump raised $3.3 million from Wisconsin donors to Biden’s $2.2 million through the end of July, according to OpenSecrets’ Get Local database. Trump has a campaign cash advantage in nearly every Wisconsin metro area. Trump raised double that of Biden from Kenosha donors. He also raised $1.2 million in the Milwaukee metro area to Biden’s $664,000.
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** Ernst statistically tied in Iowa as outside groups outspend her on the airwaves
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It was the gritful, feel-good story arc of Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) — a farm girl, who overcame adversity to put herself through school — that helped her win in 2014. Reelection seemed probable in Iowa’s Senate race. But Democrats nominated a farm girl of their own — and outside groups took At one time an employer for her father’s crop-dusting business, Theresa Greenfield — now a real estate developer — has staked her campaign on hallmark New Deal-era policies popular with voters. As a young widow, Greenfield relied on Social Security survivor benefits.
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* ** USPS board Chairman Robert Duncan serving as a director for Mitch McConnell-aligned super PAC (CNBC) ([link removed])
The chairman of the U.S. Postal Service board of governors is a director for a super PAC aligned with Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

* ** 2020 Is The Year Of The Woman Donor: Campaign Contributions Surge (NPR) ([link removed])
This election cycle, the share of women giving money to political campaigns has already risen to 43.5% after never topping 28% in the 1990s — "a pretty significant jump," says Sheila Krumholz of the Center for Responsive Politics.

* ** Chamber of Commerce backs freshmen House Dems, marking shift (The Washington Post) ([link removed])
All of the chamber's $2 million so far in the 2020 campaign on outside spending — money spent without coordinating with candidates — went to helping Republicans, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.

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