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Pa.'s richest person is pumping millions of dollars into the race for attorney general
Spotlight PA link: https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2024/09/attorney-general-campaign-finance-jeff-yass-billionaire-sunday-depasquale/
HARRISBURG — Thanks in large part to Pennsylvania’s richest person, TV ad spending for the Republican candidate for state attorney general is flooding the race.
The wave of spending for Dave Sunday has sparked allegations from his Democratic opponent, Eugene DePasquale, that the Republican is trying to shield those dollars from public view to avoid association with the donor, billionaire Wall Street trader Jeff Yass.
The Sunday campaign, however, says it’s just following the rules as usual. Commonwealth Leaders Fund, a political action committee funded almost exclusively by Yass, booked more than $5.4 million in TV ads supporting Sunday from June through the Nov. 5 election.
It’s not the only big spender. Keystone Prosperity PAC, which is funded by the Republican Attorneys General Association, also spent nearly $5.4 million on ads for Sunday that will begin running in October, for a total of about $10.8 million in pro-Sunday ads from outside supporters. Sunday’s campaign directly funded another $1 million in ads.
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The wave of spending for Dave Sunday has sparked allegations from his Democratic opponent, Eugene DePasquale, that the Republican is trying to shield those dollars from public view to avoid association with the donor, billionaire Wall Street trader Jeff Yass.
The Sunday campaign, however, says it’s just following the rules as usual. Commonwealth Leaders Fund, a political action committee funded almost exclusively by Yass, booked more than $5.4 million in TV ads supporting Sunday from June through the Nov. 5 election.
It’s not the only big spender. Keystone Prosperity PAC, which is funded by the Republican Attorneys General Association, also spent nearly $5.4 million on ads for Sunday that will begin running in October, for a total of about $10.8 million in pro-Sunday ads from outside supporters. Sunday’s campaign directly funded another $1 million in ads.
Thank you Spotlight PA for this timely article, outlining the large donations to the race for Pennsylvania's next Attorney General.
What does Jeff Yass stand to gain by the money he's pouring into Republican Dave Sunday's campaign? In previous elections, Mr. Yass has been active in supporting candidates who favor the issue of "school choice" - in other words, the vouchers issue. Hmmmm ....
Please read the rest on Spotlight PA.
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