Citizens United Political Victory Fund (CUPVF), the affiliated PAC of Citizens United, issued the following statement today about the new candidates in the Republican primary field in Florida: “Lt. Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera and Congressman David Jolly are now official candidates, but that doesn’t change who’s the best candidate to take on and reform a broken […]
Citizens United Political Victory Fund (CUPVF), the affiliated PAC of Citizens United, issued the following statement supporting conservative candidate Dr. Jody Hice in Georgia’s 10th Congressional District Primary Election. CUPVF will also contribute $5,000 to Dr. Hice’s primary campaign. “Dr. Jody Hice is a constitutional conservative who believes Washington is broken and that smart, structural […]
Citizens United Political Victory Fund (CUPVF), the affiliated PAC of Citizens United, issued the following statement supporting conservative candidate Alex Mooney in West Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District Primary Election. CUPVF has also contributed a total of $10,000 to Mooney’s campaign – $5,000 each for the primary and general elections. “Alex Mooney has a proven record […]
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 Political Victory Fund (CUPVF), the affiliated PAC of Citizens United, issued the following statement supporting conservative candidate Bryan Smith in Idaho’s 2nd Congressional District Primary Election against incumbent Congressman Mike Simpson. CUPVF has also contributed a total of $10,000 to Smith’s campaign – $5,000 each for the primary and general elections. “Bryan Smith […]
Citizens United Political Victory Fund (CUPVF), the affiliated PAC of Citizens United, issued the following statement backing 23 candidates and committees totaling $105,000 in the second quarter of the 2014 cycle. CUPVF has contributed a total of $206,000 for the cycle to date. CUPVF made over $925,000 in direct contributions over the course of the […]
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 […]
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 […]
President Obama paid some lip service to the Iranian nuclear threat at the United Nations today, but unbelievably dedicated only 232 words in his speech – out of more than 4,000 – to perhaps the biggest security threat the world faces today. Why would Iran take sanctions seriously when the leader of the free world […]
Citizens United Political Victory Fund (CUPVF), the affiliated PAC of Citizens United, issued the following statement supporting Iraq War veteran Jonathon Paton in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District primary election. CUPVF has also contributed $5,000 to Paton’s primary campaign. “Jonathan Paton is coming to Congress to cut spending and create jobs – something liberal Ann Kirkpatrick […]