State Rep. Scott Perry, R-Dillsburg, has been endorsed by the Citizens United PAC in the race to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Todd Platts. Citizens United is best known for bringing the lawsuit that led to the Supreme Court ruling that the government can’t limit how much organizations such as corporations and unions spend on political […]
Frank Palombo, the Republican who is challenging incumbent U.S. Rep. Walter Jones Jr., was endorsed this week by a conservative political group. Read more at The Daily Reflector here.
The Citizens United PAC is weighing in on one of the most highly anticipated Republican incumbent-vs.-incumbent primaries, throwing its support to Rep. David Schweikert in Arizona’s 6th Congressional District Monday. Citizens United is formally endorsing Schweikert over Rep. Ben Quayle and is donating $10,000 to his primary and general election campaigns, the group informs POLITICO. […]
Tom Smith is atop the field of Republicans seeking to unseat Sen. Bob Casey, according to a poll released this morning. Smith has 25.7 percent to Sam Rohrer’s 17.9 percent, but a strong 48.2 percent of respondents are still undecided. Read more at Politics PA here.
Citizen’s United — the group that successfully sued the FEC and led to the rise of SuperPACs — endorsed Armstrong County’s Tom Smith in the GOP race for U.S. Senate. “Tom Smith has a truly American story, from starting out on his family’s farm, to owning a small business that eventually employed more than 100 […]
Richard Mourdock has closed within single digits of Sen. Dick Lugar in the Indiana GOP Senate primary race, according to a pair of polls commissioned by groups seeking to oust the six-term incumbent. Both polls — one paid for by Citizens United, the other by Rep. Joe Donnelly’s campaign — produced the same result: Lugar […]
2010 GOP nominee Ilario Pantano leads State Sen. David Rouzer by a 2-to-1 margin according to a new poll of GOP primary voters in North Carolina’s newly drawn 7th Congressional District. The survey, taken by Wenzel Strategies on behalf of Citizens United, shows Pantano capturing 47 percent to Rouzer’s 23 percent. Twenty-eight percent are undecided […]
One of the most interesting battles in the 2012 primaries will take place in Senate District 22, where Republican State Senator Pat Ward faces Waukee pastor Jeff Mullen. Ward is an assistant leader for the Senate Republicans and is widely viewed as a moderate. Mullen is an outspoken opponent of same sex marriage. Following redistricting, […]
One of the big non-Super Tuesday stories in Massachusetts politics today is the endorsement of Sean Bielat by Citizens United. You may recall that Citizens United is the group that led the successful charge to repeal the McCain-Feingold campaign finance laws. Read more at the Boston Globe here.
Attorney General Jon Bruning is inching close to capturing 50 percent of the vote in the Nebraska Senate primary, according to a new poll released early to POLITICO Tuesday. The survey, paid for by Bruning-endorser Citizens United Political Victory Fund, shows the front-running candidate with a nearly 30-point lead over his nearest challenger, state treasurer […]
Republicans favor Jesse Kelly as their candidate for former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ Arizona House seat, according to a poll released first to POLITICO. A Wenzel Strategies survey, paid for by Citizens United Political Victory Fund, shows Kelly is ahead of his nearest GOP primary challenger by close to 25 percentage points in the special election. […]
More evidence of the divide on the right in the Nebraska Senate race: Citizens United is going with Jon Bruning. The group’s political action committee tells POLITICO it will formally endorse the Attorney General Thursday, writing him a $10,000 check for the primary and general elections. In a forthcoming statement, Citizens United president David Bossie […]