Unions Fuel Pro-Grimes Super PAC In Bid To Beat Mitch McConnell
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WASHINGTON -- We Are Kentucky, a super PAC formed to support the Senate candidacy of Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes (D), raised $260,500 in its first six months of operation, according to a report filed Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission.
Labor unions provided the majority of the funds for the pro-Grimes super PAC. The United Auto Workers and the United Association, a union of plumbers and pipefitters, each donated $100,000 to the group. Jerome Kohlberg, a co-founder of the private equity powerhouse Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., gave $50,000; a trust in his wife Nancy's name gave another $50,000.
The next largest donation came from Salt Lake City venture capitalist Ryan Smith, an increasingly big donor to Democratic groups and causes. Smith gave $10,000 to We Are Kentucky.
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There are also independent groups backing McConnell and making large advertising buys. A former McConnell political director, Scott Jennings, launched the super PAC Kentuckians for Strong Leadership in 2013 and took the helm of a nonprofit called the Kentucky Opportunity Coalition. Those two groups have already combined to spend more than $2 million to promote McConnell and attack Grimes.
Continued at Link: Worth clicking. 3 More paragraphs breaking down Mitch's donations.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/29/grimes-super-pac_n_4689949.html?ref=topbar
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Still unbalanced in Mitch's favor but I'm glad to see her momentum building.
