In Hawley and McCaskill campaigns, big bucks flow in from senators to Spielberg
McCaskill, a Democrat, who had raised more than
ACTBlue alone has funneled more than
McCaskill has listed more than
Hawley, according to his
Commonly called "leadership PACs," they have become a way for politicians who may not be up for election themselves, like Blunt, to aid newcomer candidates, like Hawley, while garnering chits for future legislative and fundraising relationships. Many leadership PAC donations to Hawley came within days of the end of March or June -- right before
The limited-government
MCCASKILL'S BIG-DONOR UNIVERSE
McCaskill was the beneficiary of a
That fundraiser was advertised as being hosted by "the actress
McCaskill's filings show Spielberg, and Katzenberg, the founder and former CEO of Dreamworks, gave the maximum
So did actresses
Actress
The Walt Disney Employees PAC gave McCaskill
Maximum
Their donations came just as
Hawley has made criticism of these platforms a staple of his campaign stump speech. As attorney general he has issued "investigative subpoenas" to look into whether Google's search engine violated
Other contributors to MCCaskill include
Besides an array of corporate, environmental, social and business PACs, ranging from
Former Obama chief of staff
Former Secretary of state
Former Rep.
HAWLEY'S INSIDE BOOST
Besides Blunt's PAC boost, donations of
Donations of
Rep.
Former
So did former Sen.
Big
Rex and
Other maximum
PACs affiliated with Charles and
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