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02-21-2014, 07:38 PM
Young Libertarians Aim to Be Players in 2014 Elections
Group looks to harness Ron Paul momentum to back midterm candidates.
By Lauren Fox
Feb. 21, 2014
http://www.usnews.com/dims4/USNEWS/9237cea/2147483647/resize/652x%3E/quality/85/?url=%2Fcmsmedia%2Fe5%2F49%2Ff8cc412c4459827c87c1e 0107f43%2F140221-libertypac-editorial.jpg
Get ready to meet the next generation of conservative political action committees.
Super PACs like Club for Growth Action and Senate Conservatives Action might be the grown-ups dominating the headlines today, giving the GOP establishment a headache and driving Republican Party squabbles. But now, a libertarian youth group is hoping to get in the midterm election game, attract a new generation of donors and contribute to the cause.
Young Americans for Liberty’s political action committee – Liberty Action Fund – bills itself as a youth-driven, grass-roots machine ready to harness enthusiasm for former Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, and leverage it into support for constitutionally focused and libertarian-minded congressional candidates. The PAC is an offshoot of Young Americans for Liberty, a libertarian youth organization with 500 chapters and more than 125,000 participants, according to the YAL website.
The PAC, which claims to be the “voice of a new generation of political donors and activists,” has lofty ambitions. But according to campaign finance reports, they’ve got a long way to go before they can catch up to the big boy super PACs. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Liberty Action Fund has raised just more than $16,000 this election cycle. That's a drop in the bucket compared to groups like Club for Growth, which spent more than $17 million on campaigns in 2012.
“We are just getting started,” says Jeff Frazee, Young Americans for Liberty’s executive director. “Our hope is to raise between $10,000 and $50,000 per candidate.”
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http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/02/21/young-libertarians-aim-to-be-players-in-2014-elections
Group looks to harness Ron Paul momentum to back midterm candidates.
By Lauren Fox
Feb. 21, 2014
http://www.usnews.com/dims4/USNEWS/9237cea/2147483647/resize/652x%3E/quality/85/?url=%2Fcmsmedia%2Fe5%2F49%2Ff8cc412c4459827c87c1e 0107f43%2F140221-libertypac-editorial.jpg
Get ready to meet the next generation of conservative political action committees.
Super PACs like Club for Growth Action and Senate Conservatives Action might be the grown-ups dominating the headlines today, giving the GOP establishment a headache and driving Republican Party squabbles. But now, a libertarian youth group is hoping to get in the midterm election game, attract a new generation of donors and contribute to the cause.
Young Americans for Liberty’s political action committee – Liberty Action Fund – bills itself as a youth-driven, grass-roots machine ready to harness enthusiasm for former Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, and leverage it into support for constitutionally focused and libertarian-minded congressional candidates. The PAC is an offshoot of Young Americans for Liberty, a libertarian youth organization with 500 chapters and more than 125,000 participants, according to the YAL website.
The PAC, which claims to be the “voice of a new generation of political donors and activists,” has lofty ambitions. But according to campaign finance reports, they’ve got a long way to go before they can catch up to the big boy super PACs. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Liberty Action Fund has raised just more than $16,000 this election cycle. That's a drop in the bucket compared to groups like Club for Growth, which spent more than $17 million on campaigns in 2012.
“We are just getting started,” says Jeff Frazee, Young Americans for Liberty’s executive director. “Our hope is to raise between $10,000 and $50,000 per candidate.”
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read more:
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/02/21/young-libertarians-aim-to-be-players-in-2014-elections