Mountain Families PAC
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| Location: | Arlington, Virginia |
| Type: | Super PAC |
| Year founded: | 2018 |
| Website: | Official website |
The Mountain Families PAC is a super PAC that spent more than $1.3 million on the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in West Virginia in 2018.[1]
Background
Mountain Families PAC was formed on March 29, 2018, and registered by former Republican National Committee official Benjamin Ottenhoff.[1][2] The group contracted production and media buying firms previously used by the Senate Leadership Fund.[3]
Political activity
- See also: Super PAC
Moutain Families PAC is a political committee that can solicit and spend unlimited sums of money. A super PAC cannot contribute directly to a politician or political party, but it can spend independently to campaign for or against political figures. These committees are also called independent expenditure-only committees. A super PAC is not legally considered a political action committee (PAC) and as such is regulated under separate rules.[4][5]
2018 elections
U.S. Senate in West Virginia
Mountain Families PAC spent more than $1.3 million on a negative ad campaign against former coal baron Don Blankenship in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in West Virginia. The ad refers to Blankenship as a convicted criminal, referencing his misdemeanor conviction for conspiring to violate federal mine safety standards. The ad also accused Blankenship's company of contaminating drinking water. The ad's narrator asks, "Isn’t there enough toxic sludge in Washington?"[1][3]
Recent news
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Charleston Gazette-Mail, "Out-of-state super PACs drop nearly $4 million on WV GOP Senate primary," May 1, 2018
- ↑ FEC, "Statement of Organization," accessed May 2, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Politico, "GOP launches secret group to attack West Virginia coal baron," April 15, 2018
- ↑ The Atlantic, "The New York Times' Disingenuous Campaign Against Citizens United," February 24, 2012
- ↑ The New York Times, "Who's Financing the 'Super PACs?" May 7, 2012
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