Following the Money in the Wisconsin, Florida, and Connecticut Primaries
WISCONSIN: While Wisconsin’s biggest news is the selection of native son Rep. Paul Ryan (R) to be the GOP vice presidential nominee, the Senate primary could also have a major impact in Washington. Former Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson defeated businessman Eric Hovde, and Tea Party favorite Mark Neumann in a hotly contested race, winning the right to challenge liberal darling Tammy Baldwin in November. According to Center for Responsive Politics data, each had major money in the race, but from very different sources.
Thompson, a GOP elder statesman who served in President George W. Bush’s cabinet, raised 80 percent of his $2.4 million from large individual contributors. However, outside groups which have played such a major role in other primaries this year, did not side with Thompson. Super PACs including the conservative group Club for Growth Action and the liberal Majority PAC spent over $850,000 total opposing him. Hovde, who bankrolled his campaign out of personal funds to the tune of $5.1 million, was also battered by outside spending. These groups spent $1.6 million opposing his campaign, including $650,000 from Club for Growth Action.
Another group spending big in the primary was Americans for Job Security, a conservative 501(c)(6) business group that does not disclose its donors.The group, founded in 1997 by George H.W. Bush’s political director David Carney and GOP strategist Michael Dubke, spent nearly $650,000 opposing Hovde– the first independent expenditure by that group since the 2010 elections.
Adams was endorsed by Sarah Palin, the Tea Party Express and Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.), among other conservative groups and figures. Mica had some high profile endorsements of his own from former Republican governors Haley Barbour and Mike Huckabee. Unlike the Wisconsin race, virtually all the money in the race came from the campaigns themselves — outside spending groups spent less than $6,000 total.
Both Adams and Mica drew from PACs to fund their primary campaigns. Adams’ biggest sources of PAC money were leadership PACs – committees run by political figures who use their fundraising prowess to help favored candidates. Leadership PACs run by House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), among others, all gave to Adams’ campaign. The air transport industry was Mica’s largest contributor–industry PACs have given him $107,000 so far this election cycle.
Photos: Photos of Tommy Thompson, John Mica and Linda McMahon via Wikimedia Commons
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