Billionaire's spending backs Jordan
An independent expenditure committee funded by billionaire Ronald Lauder has spent $28,500 on digital ads promoting state Sen. Daphne Jordan of Halfmoon, according to recently filed election records.
Lauder, an heir to the Estee Lauder fortune, has spent more than $4 million seeking to elect state Senate Republicans across New York this year, but this is his first expenditure supporting Jordan, a freshman lawmaker who has nonetheless been strongly favored to retain her Capital Region seat.
Jordan’s opponent, Democrat Patrick Nelson, put out a press release on Friday about the spending by Lauder’s group, Safe Together New York.
Nelson noted that Jordan recently sent out a campaign mailer accusing New York City liberals of trying to “steal” Jordan’s seat – but that Lauder, a New York City billionaire, is now backing Jordan’s campaign.
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