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A.G. GancarskiSeptember 10, 2018

Liberal PAC End Citizens United on Monday filed a FEC complaint against Governor Rick Scott, his Senate campaign and New Republican PAC. The charge: “illegal coordination resulting in excessive in-kind campaign contributions to Scott’s Senate campaign from New Republican PAC.” “New Republican PAC ran television ads within the 120 day period following Scott’s tenure as […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 11, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott, a newly-minted candidate for Senate, faces his first Federal Elections Commission complaint a day after his campaign launch. In comments Wednesday in Jacksonville, Scott disclaimed responsibility for the issue when we asked him if he had used the New Republican PAC, a federal Super PAC, to skirt campaign finance laws by fundraising without formally […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 10, 2015

Conventional wisdom among some pundits (and Florida Democrats) is that U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy is more viable in a general election Senate contest in Florida in 2016 than his most prominent Democratic opponent, U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson. The fire-breathing Grayson is a hero to progressives in the Sunshine State and nationally for his take-no-prisoners attitude […]

Ryan RayAugust 25, 2015

Liberal public interest group End Citizens United endorsed Democratic U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy’s candidacy for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. The group — founded to fight against “dark money in politics” that it says is corrupting the federal government in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v. FEC — says that Murphy […]

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New elections complaint for Rick Scott ‘New Republican’ PAC

Rick Scott disclaims responsibility for federal elections complaint about ‘New Republican PAC’

American Crossroads takes aim at Patrick Murphy in attack email

Patrick Murphy picks up endorsement from left-leaning group End Citizens United