Kansas Democrats accuse Yoder, dark money group of meddling in primary [View all]
WASHINGTON -- We dont need more Obama-Sanders progressives.
Thats a line in a new ad branding Democratic congressional candidate Brent Welder as too progressive for Kansas an ad paid for by a dark-money nonprofit tied to billionaire Joe Ricketts, whose group Ending Spending has spent about $2 million this election cycle backing Republicans.
The ad began airing Friday in the Kansas City area, just days before a six-way, too-close-to-call Democratic primary in Kansas 3rd congressional district, where Republican Rep. Kevin Yoder of Kansas is fighting to hang on for a fifth term.
Two of Welders Democratic opponents on Friday accused Yoder and Ricketts of meddling in their partys primary by trying to boost a candidate who would be easier for Yoder to beat in November.
The winner of Tuesdays Democratic primary will battle Yoder in a district where Democrat Hillary Clinton narrowly beat Donald Trump in 2016.
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