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Wed Mar 28, 2018, 09:06 PM Mar 2018

Paul Ryan's super PAC moves in to fight for Washingtons 8th Congressional District

A major Republican super PAC has set up shop in Washington’s 8th Congressional District — another sign that the open-seat race to succeed retiring Rep. Dave Reichert this fall will be expensive, hard-fought and blanketed with ominous television ads.

The Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF), the super PAC aligned with House Speaker Paul Ryan, announced Wednesday it was opening a field office in the 8th District as well as in districts in Maine, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The super PAC is now active in 31 competitive congressional districts in an effort protect the Republicans’ House majority.

CLF earlier announced operations in Washington’s 5th Congressional District, where Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the fourth-ranking House Republican, is being challenged by Democrat Lisa Brown, a former state senator.

“We have long known Republicans will face a challenging environment this midterm election cycle, and that’s why CLF has been focused on growing our data-driven national field program since February 2017,” said Corry Bliss, the group’s executive director, in a statement. He said CLF’s “micro-targeted focus on ground game will be a key component to maintaining the Republican majority in 2018.”

As a super PAC, CLF can raise unlimited money from donors and spend it in support of or opposition to candidates, but cannot legally coordinate with candidate campaigns. CLF has raised more than $36 million since 2017, and had $21.7 million in the bank as of February, according to a financial summary filed with the Federal Election Commission.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/big-republican-superpac-moves-in-to-fight-for-washingtons-8th-congressional-district/

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Paul Ryan's super PAC moves in to fight for Washingtons 8th Congressional District (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2018 OP
The 8th is going to be a GP6971 Mar 2018 #1
ohh hellllll nooo! TalenaGor Mar 2018 #2
I'm just glad Dave Thirdreichert is stepping down. Aristus Mar 2018 #3
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