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The Trump effect: Koch-linked groups abandon GOP primary for Senate races
Source: The Guardian
The Trump effect: Koch-linked groups abandon GOP primary for Senate races
Conservative groups frustrated by Republican nomination contest,
particularly frontrunner Donald Trump, advised to ignore the ‘cult
of the presidency’
Peter Stone
Friday 8 April 2016 12.30 BST
Key conservative groups backed by the billionaire Koch brothers and their network of rich allies are plowing millions into Senate races after becoming frustrated by the overheated rhetoric and policies of leading Republican presidential candidates – especially frontrunner Donald Trump – and opting to stay out of the primaries.
Three leading groups – Americans for Prosperity, Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, and Concerned Veterans for America – supported by the Koch donor network spent almost $4m on ads in just the last month to boost Republican Senate candidates facing tough races in Nevada, Ohio and Wisconsin.
In Wisconsin, for instance, Americans for Prosperity, the Koch network’s political flagship group, has begun a $1m effort to back the Republican senator Ron Johnson in his battle against Democratic former senator Russ Feingold, who is ahead in the polls.
“We plan to be active in a number of key Senate states this spring,” said James Davis, a spokesman for Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, the fundraising hub for the Koch network, which last month poured $2m into an Ohio ad drive attacking former Democratic governor Ted Strickland, who is attempting to unseat Republican senator Rob Portman.
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Conservative groups frustrated by Republican nomination contest,
particularly frontrunner Donald Trump, advised to ignore the ‘cult
of the presidency’
Peter Stone
Friday 8 April 2016 12.30 BST
Key conservative groups backed by the billionaire Koch brothers and their network of rich allies are plowing millions into Senate races after becoming frustrated by the overheated rhetoric and policies of leading Republican presidential candidates – especially frontrunner Donald Trump – and opting to stay out of the primaries.
Three leading groups – Americans for Prosperity, Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, and Concerned Veterans for America – supported by the Koch donor network spent almost $4m on ads in just the last month to boost Republican Senate candidates facing tough races in Nevada, Ohio and Wisconsin.
In Wisconsin, for instance, Americans for Prosperity, the Koch network’s political flagship group, has begun a $1m effort to back the Republican senator Ron Johnson in his battle against Democratic former senator Russ Feingold, who is ahead in the polls.
“We plan to be active in a number of key Senate states this spring,” said James Davis, a spokesman for Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, the fundraising hub for the Koch network, which last month poured $2m into an Ohio ad drive attacking former Democratic governor Ted Strickland, who is attempting to unseat Republican senator Rob Portman.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/08/koch-linked-republican-donors-abandon-trump-presidential-primary-senate-campaigns
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will be only a memory. Have seen my first rojo advertisement AND IT's ONLY APRIL!!!!! 
tho I live in MN......will contribute to his campaign. 
