[EL] "How to waste 10 million dollars"

Sun Nov 9 06:14:40 PST 2014

Mayday supported Reuben Gallego in Az. CD 7, who had no Republican opponent (he did have minor party opposition), and won with 75% of the vote. Mayday supported Gallego in the primary, however. He won that primary 49% to 36% (with two other candidates each drawing 7% and change). So he is really their one true success story. Whether the $150,000 in primary spending made a difference in a race he won by 13 points, well... . Their other primary candidate, Jim Rubens in New Hampshire Senate, lost badley despite over $1.6 million in Mayday spending.

By the way, they also dumped $100K into supporting Republican incumbent Walter Jones in North Carolina, a surefire winner all the way. Presumably that was just a $100 K kiss to support the only Republican in Congress whom they could find met their test.

I suspect that Gallego will be their prototype if they have another go-around - that is, they'll support Democrats in Democratic primaries.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR0lWICH3rY

Bradley A. Smith

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CCP said that MayDay PAC actually spent money supporting an unopposed candidate.  Is that right?  If if is, I guess it is one way to increase their winning percentage.  Jim Bopp

In a message dated 11/7/2014 4:19:29 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, stephen.klein.esq at gmail.com writes:
I suspect that non-binding local resolutions aren't going to draw the discussion of elections that actually matter, of which there were quite a few on Tuesday. Perhaps that's the idea behind Move to Amend's strategy?

The Lowell, Mass. referendum <http://www.lowellsun.com/breakingnews/ci_26874800/referendum-corporate-political-spending-passes-mass> asked legislators to:

"vote for a resolution calling up Congress to propose an amendment affirming that 1.) rights protected under the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only and 2.) both Congress and the states may place limits on political contributions and political spending"

... I further suspect that with no counter to this, like, say, "Congress could then go back to banning documentary films," the average Jane and Joe are easily swayed by these platitudes.

On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Tyler Creighton <tyler at rethinkmedia.org<mailto:tyler at rethinkmedia.org>> wrote:
How do you explain away all of the voters that expressly voted for campaign finance reform? To name a few, Arkansas voters<http://www.governing.com/topics/elections/gov-arkansas-voters-term-limits-ballot.html> pass ban on lobbyists gifts and direct corporate & union contributions to candidates. Voters in Tallahassee<http://daily.represent.us/anti-corruption-movement-scores-major-victory-polls> passed an anti-corruption measure limiting campaign contributions and establishing public financing. Voters in Massachusetts, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Florida<https://movetoamend.org/press-release/election-shows-americans-ready-amend-constitution> overwhelmingly pass ballot questions calling for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United. More on Massachusetts<http://www.lowellsun.com/breakingnews/ci_26874800/referendum-corporate-political-spending-passes-mass> and Wisconsin<http://scwmta.org/?p=2139> ballot questions.

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On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 1:00 PM, Joe Trotter <jtrotter at campaignfreedom.org<mailto:jtrotter at campaignfreedom.org>> wrote:
Just a heads up, if you are interested in seeing how candidates supported by groups primarily concerned with money in politics this election cycle, Byron Tau and Ken Vogel wrote a great piece, "How to waste 10 million dollars<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/11/2014-elections-mayday-pac-larry-lessig-112617.html>."  Additionally, if you haven't seen it, CCP released an analysis of candidates supported by MayDay PAC, which is available here<http://www.campaignfreedom.org/2014/11/05/mayday-pacs-candidates-sink/>.

It is always great to see new people and groups exposing voters to their ideas and always interesting to see how well received those ideas are by the electorate.

Joe Trotter
Center for Competitive Politics
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