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New Leadership PAC
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| New Leadership PAC | |
| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Austin, Texas |
| Type: | PAC |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Year founded: | 2017 |
| Website: | Official website |
New Leadership PAC (NLP) is a political action committee in Texas in October 2017 "to encourage and support new leadership at all levels in the Texas House during the 2018 Primary season and beyond," according to the organization's website.[1] The group was originally formed in opposition to Joe Straus (R) continuing as speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.[2]
Background
NLP was founded in October 2017 as a response to what some conservative members of the Texas House saw as a failure to pass Gov. Greg Abbott's (R) legislative priorities. In a press release announcing the PAC's formation, the organization wrote:[3]
| “ | Conservative leaders in Texas today announced formation of the New Leadership PAC (NLP), a response to failures of the state’s 85th Legislative Session and the subsequent special session that was called by Governor Greg Abbott. Governor Abbott called the special session to address 20 conservative policy initiatives, including property tax reform, limits on state and local spending, and ending forced collection of union dues by local governments, most of which failed to pass the House during the regular session.[4] | ” |
Work
Opposition to Joe Straus, 2017
NLP's initial work involved efforts to oust Straus from his leadership position in the Texas House. In the PAC's initial press release, the group wrote claimed that there was "a lack of will among Republican leadership in the House to advance conservative priorities."[3] On October 25, 2017, Straus announced that he would not run for re-election in 2018.[5]
Don Dyer, NLP's treasurer, explained that the PAC would concentrate on supporting conservative candidates to the Texas House and conservative representatives for leadership positions. In October 2017, he said, "One initiative we’ll be pursuing is campaign support for new candidates in key house districts. Our current plans are to provide a $5,000 contribution to challenger candidates in those districts, with the potential for additional follow on support where it makes sense."[2]
Legal status
New Leadership PAC is a political action committee (PAC). PACs are political committees established and administered by corporations, labor unions, membership organizations or trade associations. The general definition is a group that spends money on elections, but is not run by a party or individual candidate. However, PACs can donate money to parties or candidates they support. These committees raise funds either from individuals associated with the corporation (Separate Segregated Funds) or from any individuals who wish to contribute to the committee (Nonconnected PACs).[6] Nonconnected PACs are financially independent and pay for themselves via the contributions they raise. Separate segregated funds are funded by the organization they are associated with.[7]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ New Leadership PAC, "New Leadership PAC," accessed November 7, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Texas Monitor, "New PAC aims to topple Straus and his lieutenants in ‘corrupt’ House," October 19, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 New Leadership PAC, "Conservative Texas Leaders Announce New Leadership PAC," October 18, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Dallas News, "Texas House Speaker Joe Straus says record five terms 'is enough,' he won't seek re-election," October 25, 2017
- ↑ FEC "Quick Answers," accessed August 9, 2013
- ↑ FEC "SSFs vs Nonconnected," accessed August 9, 2013
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