GOP-aligned groups pour cash into Democratic primaries to tilt key races
TL;DR
Federal Election Commission filings show conservative groups funded liberal-sounding super PACs that spent hundreds of thousands boosting Democratic primary contenders across multiple states to influence general-election matchups; notable moves include Lead Left PAC's more than $750,000 buy in Texas' 35th District that helped Maureen Galindo (who lost the runoff), with Real Change PAC and California Blue PAC active in New Jersey, Maine and California; Democrats condemned the meddling as a tactic in the post-Citizens United campaign-finance era.
- Conservatives spent heavily in key Democratic primaries, filings show CNN
- FEC filings confirm GOP meddling in Dem primaries Politico
- "Extremely dangerous": Republicans spark fury with apparent meddling in Dem primaries Axios
- Republican Super PAC's ‘meddling’ in Democrat primaries? FEC probe reveals shocking details Hindustan Times
- Republican donors funded liberal sounding superPACs, boosting weaker Democratic nominees in key primaries mezha.net
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