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Troy Jackson Discloses Campaign Donations From Billionaires Two Days After Saying 'There's No Billionaires Funding Me'

Two days after Maine Senate candidate Troy Jackson said, "I know that there's no billionaires funding me," he released a long-awaited campaign finance report showing donations from at least four billionaires. Jackson acknowledged the flip-flop during a Thursday evening debate against his Republican opponent, incumbent senator Susan Collins. The post Troy…

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Washington Free Beacon· Oct 16, 5:20 PMTroy Jackson Discloses Campaign Donations From Billionaires Two Days After Saying 'There's No Billionaires Funding Me'

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Main Trump legal fund $1.9M in debtPresident Trump’s primary legal fund is more than $1.9 million in debt, according to its latest filing with the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Save America PAC, which Trump formed after he lost the 2020 presidential election, spent more than $5.4 million in the third quarter and had spent more than $14 million from the start...

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‘Billionaires Aren’t Compatible With Democracy’: Elon Musk Tries to Boost Ken Paxton With $158 Million DonationThe world's richest man is spending an unprecedented sum of money to help Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton win a crucial US Senate race, according to Federal Election Commission filings disclosed Thursday. As reported by the Texas Tribune , the filings show SpaceX CEO Elon Musk in September gave $158 million to the Senate Leadership Fund (SLF), the…

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Elon Musk Settles Lawsuit Over Rigged Lottery for Trump SupportersElon Musk has settled a class action lawsuit over allegations that his shady super PAC offered President Donald Trump’s supporters a chance to win $1 million—when the winners had already been handpicked. Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, Musk’s America PAC offered to “randomly” give away $1 million each day to registered voters in several…

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GOP's favorite get-out-the-vote guru has a felon problem in a key swing state: reportOne of the Republican Party’s best-known voter-registration activists has reportedly paid at least two people with serious criminal records to run get-out-the-vote operations in Pennsylvania , according to a new investigation. The Bulwark reported Friday that GOP operative Scott Presler paid two convicted felons through his super PAC, Early Vote Action,…

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Elon Musk cash infusion helps GOP Senate super PAC raise record $273 millionElon Musk gave a record $158 million to the GOP’s Senate Leadership Fund, boosting its war chest as Republicans pour money into Texas to defend Ken Paxton.

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Democrats rake in cash, Musk takes center stage for GOP: 5 takeaways from latest fundraising haulsDemocrats running in competitive Senate races are raking in cash as they race to close the financial gap with Republicans, who have been buoyed in part by Elon Musk and his super PAC. Democrat James Talarico’s campaign for Texas Senate alone raised a staggering $60 million between July, August and September, while Sen. Jon Ossoff...

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Musk donates over $150 million to Senate GOP group, assisting PaxtonBillionaire Elon Musk is offering a nine-figure assist to Texas GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton, a decisive return to large-scale political giving for the world's richest man.

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Affordability, Messaging in Focus Ahead of US MidtermsKatie Zacharia will no longer serve as President Donald Trump’s press secretary after spending less than a week on the job, thrusting the White House’s communications operation back into a state of chaos. Trump has previously cited Republicans' messaging as a pain point in recent remarks. Elsewhere, the Texas Senate race has turned into one of the most…

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Elon Musk’s Quiet Role in the Most Expensive Senate Race in HistoryElon Musk is single-handedly funding one of the largest super PACs backing Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate midterm election. Five hundred million dollars has been spent so far, making it the most expensive Senate race in history. According to Federal Election Commission reports filed Thursday, Musk made two multimillion-dollar…

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Cookies, liquor and mocking Nazis fuel final stretch in fiery Texas House raceKaty Padilla Stout's Texas Democratic campaign reported over $4,300 in cookies, beer and wine and Mexican restaurant spending, according to FEC records.

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Troy Jackson Admits Billionaire Backing After Susan Collins Presses Him on Campaign DonationsMaine Democrat Troy Jackson acknowledged accepting campaign donations from billionaires during Thursday’s Senate debate after Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) challenged him over his promises to reject billionaire and corporate PAC money. The post Troy Jackson Admits Billionaire Backing After Susan Collins Presses Him on Campaign Donations appeared first on…

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Susan Collins and Troy Jackson clash over Trump and seniority in Maine’s first Senate debateThe two candidates clashed repeatedly over their records and national politics in the first of four debates in the key battleground race.

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Troy Jackson said he’d detail campaign funding Wednesday morning. He didn’t.As of 1 p.m., the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate had not made good on his pledge to send his opponent his campaign finance information.

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Obama endorses Troy Jackson in Maine Senate raceThe former president told voters he is “proud to be on board” the Democrats’ campaign to oust Republican Sen. Susan Collins.

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An Ad Targeting Susan Collins’s Opponent, Troy Jackson, Airs in the Wrong PortlandAn executive with the Republican super PAC that paid for the ad attacking Troy Jackson, the Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, blamed its vendor for running the ad in Oregon.

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Susan Collins demands apology after Troy Jackson accuses her of 'making money' off Iran war during Maine Senate debateAn outraged Sen. Susan Collins demanded an apology from Troy Jackson at the Maine Senate debate Thursday after the Democratic candidate accused her of profiting off the war in Iran.

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Hot-headed Troy Jackson tells Susan Collins to ‘shut up’ after heckler crashes Maine Senate debateAs the demonstrator was being dealt with by security, Collins quipped: "So this is obviously one of Troy's supporters."

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Maine Debate — Troy Jackson Vows to Defund ICE: ‘Unreformable’Maine Democrat Senate candidate Troy Jackson said Thursday he would cut off funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and move its duties to Customs and Border Protection (CBP), calling the agency unreformable during a WMTW debate against Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME). The post Maine Debate — Troy Jackson Vows to Defund ICE: ‘Unreformable’…

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