Liberal Super PAC Targets Key Pa. Legislative Races
Flipping Republican controlled state legislatures is a key focus of various Democratic backed groups heading into the 2020 election prior to redistricting.
American Bridge, a liberal Super PAC that describes itself as “the largest research, video tracking, and rapid response organization in Democratic politics” announced that they are targeting state legislature races in four specific states that includes two state Senate races in Pennsylvania, according to the Huffington Post.
“If Democrats don’t win back state chambers in 2020, another decade of Republican gerrymandering could really hamper our ability to keep our majority in the House,” said Katie Parrish, Gubernatorial & State Legislative Campaigns Communications Director, American Bridge 21st Century in an interview with PoliticsPA. “Plus state legislatures make policies that impact our daily lives.”
As of now, the super PAC is targeting Senate Districts 9 and 49, held by state Sens. Tom Killion (R-Delaware) and Dan Laughlin (R-Erie).
Parrish said that the program, which she described as “kind of the first of its kind, in state legislature research and tracking,” is focusing on “must win states” and they believe they can have a real impact in helping the Democrats flip these two seats.
“We think that our focused research and our candidate tracking can help Democrats win, so that’s why we’re focusing in on Pennsylvania,” Parrish said.
The Democrats need to flip four seats to regain a majority of the chamber. Despite confidence from Democrats in the state and a spokesperson from the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee who said that there is a “very clear path to victory”, the road became more difficult when state Sen. John Yudichak (I-Luzerne) announced last month that he was leaving the Democratic Party to register as an Independent and caucus with Republicans.
https://www.politicspa.com/liberal-super-pac-targets-killion-laughlin-races/93275/