The poll has a 4-percentage-point margin of error. The investment, BOLD PAC said, represented a “doubling down on our commitment to increase diversity in Congress while ensuring that Democrats have the best chance to defend our majorities.”Ī recent poll by the Democratic polling firm Public Policy Polling showed Salinas leading Flynn, 18 percent to 14 percent, with the rest of the field in the single digits. Some campaigns and Democratic strategists questioned the motives behind HMP’s decision to back Flynn since it rarely weighs in on a primary and the new district - which President Joe Biden would have carried by 14 percentage points - is not currently being targeted by Republicans.įollowing the fallout from HMP’s spending, BOLD PAC made its own $1 million ad buy on behalf of Salinas. That move pitted HMP against the Congressional Hispanic Caucus’ campaign arm, BOLD PAC, which endorsed Salinas to represent the newly drawn district that’s more than 20 percent Latino. The super PAC, which is largely funded by the 30-year-old billionaire co-founder and CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has repeatedly said it intends to back Democrats “who take a long term view on policy planning,” especially as it relates to pandemic preparedness and prevention.įlynn has also been the beneficiary of an unexpected intervention by House Majority PAC, the House Democrats’ flagship super PAC which spent $1 million in support of Flynn. Lucy McBath in Georgia and Jasmine Crockett in Texas - but its largest spending has been for Flynn. Protect Our Future has spent millions backing other Democratic congressional candidates - as Rep. The spending against Salinas marks the first time the super PAC has attacked a candidate in any of the races it has gotten involved in this cycle.
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One of the TV ads that aired last week describes Salinas as a drug company lobbyist, saying “We need leaders in Congress who will take on drug companies, not take their money.”
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