LGBT community joining election super PAC fever
LGBT community joining election super PAC fever
By: Andrea Koskey | 04/04/12 7:04 PM
SF Examiner Staff Writer
Super PACs are all the rage this election season, and one — with a particular focus and message — was recently formed in San Francisco with high hopes of helping re-elect President Barack Obama.
The new groups are known as super political action committees. They were created in 2010 and can raise unlimited amounts of campaign funding for their political causes.
Nationally, super PACs have recently garnered attention for negative campaign ads in Republican primaries in South Carolina and Illinois.
But in San Francisco, two residents are hoping to use an untapped community to do positive campaigning.
“We’re going to advocate, not bash anyone,” said Marcus Lovingood, founder of the Pride-LGBT super PAC.
Read more at the San Francisco Examiner: http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2012/04/lgbt-community-joining-election-super-pac-fever#ixzz1rGu0u9ww