The conservative group that won the landmark 2010 First Amendment case that ended restrictions on independent political spending by corporations, associations and labor unions has endorsed tea party Republican Bryan Smith over eight-term Congressman Mike Simpson in the 2014 Idaho GOP primary. “Bryan Smith is a constitutional conservative who will come to Washington to take […]
Citizens United is endorsing Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) in the crowded Georgia Senate primary. The nod from the conservative group will give the Tea Party favorite a boost — and establishment Republicans new reason to be concerned about the race. Establishment Republicans have publicly fretted about Broun winning the primary, fearing he might not be […]
Rick Santorum, the Iowa caucuses winner in 2012 who’s made clear he’s considering a 2016 presidential bid, has recorded an ad for a congressional candidate in an Alabama special primary election. The Pennsylvania Republican recorded the radio ad, which was paid for by the Citizens United Political Victory Fund. The ad will run for 10 […]
Josh Mandel is one of the first politicians in the U.S. to get money from Citizens United for the 2014 election cycle — and it was quite a bundle for both parties. Read more at the Columbus Dispatch here.
Citizens United Political Victory Fund contributed $101,000 in the first quarter to 18 candidates running in state and federal races nationwide, an indication it plans to help defend those candidates from primary challenges in 2014. The group maxed out for both the primary and general campaigns of Reps. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kansas), Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) and […]
Conservative Congressman Jeff Landry is a refreshingly different kind of politician. From the first time I met him last year, I could tell right away that he wasn’t comfortable just going along with the broken ways of the Washington establishment like so many others do. Jeff Landry is a citizen politician who lives a long […]
A Republican polling firm has GOP Rep. Todd Akin up by four points over Democratic incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill in their hard-fought Missouri Senate race. Mr. Akin led his opponent 49 percent to 45 percent in a survey conducted for the Citizens United Victory Fund by Wenzel Strategies, one of just two polls to give […]
Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) leads Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) in his bid for the Senate by a slim margin, according to a new poll. Wenzel Strategies, a Republican leaning pollster, found Akin leading McCaskill 49 to 45 percent with 7 percent undecided. Both candidates are underwater, though, on favorability. Forty-five percent of voters rate Akin […]
MISSOURI EXCLUSIVE – Todd Akin leads Claire McCaskill by 4 (49-45) in a poll conducted for the Citizens United Political Victory Fund by the Republican firm Wenzel Strategies. “Akin wins 84% support among Republicans, while McCaskill wins 82% support among Democrats,” Fritz Wenzel writes. “Akin leads among independents by a 50% to 41% margin, which […]
A poll commissioned by Citizens United’s political arm shows Todd Akin leading Sen. Claire McCaskill in Missouri. The poll by the CU political victory fund and conducted by Wenzel Strategies, shows Akin ahead by almost 5 points. Mitt Romney leads President Obama by 20 points. It’s a private poll for group with an interest in […]
Rep. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.) has a 13-point lead over Rep. Ben Quayle (R-Ariz.) in their member-vs.-member primary, according to a poll commissioned by Citizens United, a group backing Schweikert in the race. Read more at The Hill here.
David Bossie, president of the conservative group Citizens United backing underdog Dave Weldon in Florida’s Republican U.S. Senate primary, tore into Connie Mack IV in Politico today: Connie Mack’s antics during the presidential primary and his refusal to even debate his Republican opponents in the U.S. Senate primary shows a hubris that is often rejected […]