With little fanfare, union-backed group spends big on Senate, congressional races

A left-leaning political nonprofit with ties to organized labor has reported spending more than six figures in campaign expenses this month boosting two Nevada Democrats.

A recently created organization called “Working People Rising” has spent more than $223,000 in support of Senate candidate Jacky Rosen and congressional candidate Steven Horsford through the month of September alone, according to data from the Federal Election Commission collected by ProPublica. It also has reported spending nearly $11,000 on flyers and canvassing services opposing Rosen’s opponent, Republican Sen. Dean Heller.

So far, more than $183,000 of the organization’s spending has gone towards canvassing services to the UNITE HERE TIP Campaign Committee, a political arm of the parent union of the state’s powerful Culinary Workers Local 226 union. It’s also spent more than $25,000 on flyers.

Because it is registered as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, the organization is not required to disclose its donors — but a spokeswoman for the state’s AFL-CIO said it was formed as part of the national union’s planned election spending in Nevada.

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