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Trusted Leadership PAC
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| Location: | Austin, Texas |
| Type: | Super PAC |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Year founded: | 2016 |
| Website: | Official website |
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Trusted Leadership PAC (TLP) is a super PAC that supported 2016 Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz. The super PAC was formed as the result of a merger of the leadership from the four pro-Cruz super PACs, Keep the Promise PAC, Keep the Promise I, Keep the Promise II and Keep the Promise III.[1] According to CNN, the super PAC was founded to be more inclusive than the donor-specific Keep the Promise super PACs.[2]
On May 4, 2016, after the Indiana primary, in which fellow Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump defeated Ted Cruz, Cruz announced that he was suspending his 2016 campaign.[3]
Mission
As of June 2016, the website for Trusted Leadership PAC, which later became unavailable, listed the following about the group's purpose:[4]
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Just as Republicans are coalescing in greater numbers to support Senator Cruz, the pro-Cruz Super PACs understand that together we can be more effective and efficient in promoting the candidacy of Senator Cruz. Trusted Leadership will provide a more unified effort to help elect Senator Cruz who will be a President who not only stands on the principles of the founding fathers but also has the wisdom, intelligence, tenacity, resolve and temperament to lead our great nation.[5] |
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Background
Trusted Leadership PAC was founded in February 2016, as an additional pro-Ted Cruz super PAC fundraising resource. Paperwork was filed with the FEC.[6]
According to USA Today, Trusted Leadership PAC was the result of the leadership of the four pro-Cruz Keep the Promise Super PACs coming together.[1][7] The four super PACs were "largely private super PACs," while Trusted Leadership PAC was meant to be more inclusive. In March 2016, Kellyanne Conway, former director of Keep the Promise I, noted that Keep the Promise I was "a family-funded, sole source PAC that was never set up to do fundraising."[2] The other three super PACs were similar in their fundraising capabilities, thus the organizers formed Trusted Leadership PAC to increase funding activity and target a broader audience.[2]
Work
In March 2016, CNN reported that the super PAC put out an ad attacking John Kasich entitled "Kasich Won't Play." The $500,000 ad campaign attacked Kasich's continued presence in the presidential race and criticized his policies. The television, radio, and digital ads targeted voters in Wisconsin.[8] This is the super PAC's first anti-Kasich ad.
Leadership
When the group was founded, Kate Doner was appointed as the director. Doner had been the fundraiser for the pro-Cruz Stand for Truth PAC and was a former longtime fundraiser for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R).[9]
Finances
According to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission, Trusted Leadership PAC raised $8,433,319 in contributions and spent $8,192,343 in expenditures in 2016.[10]
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 USA Today, "First look: Ted Cruz allies launch new super PAC," March 4, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 CNN, "Cruz Super PAC network gets new, high-dollar fundraising arm," March 4, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Ted Cruz drops out of presidential race," May 3, 2016
- ↑ Trusted Leadership PAC, "About," archived June 19, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ FEC, "Statement of Organization, Trusted Leadership PAC," accessed March 8, 2016
- ↑ Houston Chronicle, "Pro-Cruz Super PACs unite for big money push," March 4, 2016
- ↑ CNN, "First on CNN: Cruz forces unload on Kasich in Wisconsin," March 29, 2016
- ↑ CNN, "For Ted Cruz, it's still all about Rubio -- and cash," February 11, 2016
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Trusted Leadership PAC Year-End Report, 2016," January 17, 2017
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