What brought them together was a sudden deluge of undisclosed spending to benefit one of their opponents, state Rep. Maxine Dexter, who by that point had been trailing in both fundraising and name recognition.
But now millions of dollars were coming seemingly out of nowhere to lift her up, and the two candidates — Susheela Jayapal and Eddy Morales — were urging the press corps to find out who was cutting the checks.
Random state representatives don’t generally find themselves on the winning end of multimillion-dollar super PAC spending for no reason.
After a few days of reporting, I found two sources who had knowledge of how specifically AIPAC had begun playing in the race without disclosing its role: It was routing money through a “pro-science” super PAC called 314 Action Fund.
Jayapal is now staring down the barrel of millions in spending against her, yet progressive groups and aligned politicians haven’t come to the rescue, as they have in some previous races.
My colleague Akela Lacy, who helped me report that story, also has a good one out today on the very weird Maryland congressional race, where AIPAC is backing local legislator Sarah Elfreth in a race whose most high-profile candidate is Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, a Democratic hero for his defense of the Capitol on January 6 and subsequent public testimony against Donald Trump.
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What brought them together was a sudden deluge of undisclosed spending to benefit one of their opponents, state Rep. Maxine Dexter, who by that point had been trailing in both fundraising and name recognition.
But now millions of dollars were coming seemingly out of nowhere to lift her up, and the two candidates — Susheela Jayapal and Eddy Morales — were urging the press corps to find out who was cutting the checks.
Random state representatives don’t generally find themselves on the winning end of multimillion-dollar super PAC spending for no reason.
After a few days of reporting, I found two sources who had knowledge of how specifically AIPAC had begun playing in the race without disclosing its role: It was routing money through a “pro-science” super PAC called 314 Action Fund.
Jayapal is now staring down the barrel of millions in spending against her, yet progressive groups and aligned politicians haven’t come to the rescue, as they have in some previous races.
My colleague Akela Lacy, who helped me report that story, also has a good one out today on the very weird Maryland congressional race, where AIPAC is backing local legislator Sarah Elfreth in a race whose most high-profile candidate is Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, a Democratic hero for his defense of the Capitol on January 6 and subsequent public testimony against Donald Trump.
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