A.G. Gancarski
A notable Super PAC in the Republican race in Florida’s 4th Congressional District supports Hans Tanzler, and its interest in the race is to drive up John Rutherford‘s negatives.
As the election approaches, it’s instructive to note how much interest in the race the “Conservative Outsider” committee has.
$204,509 has been spent thus far, after another eye popping allocation of $73,525 into the race, as of Aug. 16.
The committee has been employed to advance a series of poison memes about “Liberal John Rutherford,” currently painted as a “liberal” by Tanzler for, among other things, not deploying his resource-starved sheriff’s office to round up otherwise law abiding illegal immigrants for deportation.
Among the donors to the committee as of the end of June, the last filing: charter school baron Gary Chartrand, David Hutson, and the Ring Power Corporation.
Why has Tanzler’s operation been compelled to go so negative? Because that’s the only path forward.
Tanzler, who floated the unfailingly ridiculous “clean campaign pledge” early in the campaign (the equivalent of a handshake before a pro wrestling match), has had to try to win by any means necessary.
Despite pouring $200,000 of his own money into the race, and having over $200,000 more from this committee, Tanzler still languishes in polls, down 18 points in the most recent public survey.
It appears that voters in St. Johns, Duval, and Nassau Counties may not be buying his impression of Ted Yoho for whatever reason.
One wonders if the questionable tactics of this shadowy super PAC will be brought up by moderators during Wednesday evening’s debate involving the top four candidates in the CD 4 race — Rutherford, Tanzler, Lake Ray, and Bill McClure.
