Brian4Liberty
05-29-2014, 03:56 PM
We all know that the big government, moderate-left, crony establishment likes to stand behind Graham, albeit sometimes in the shadows. And there is also the US Chamber of Cronyism, always ready to help Lindsey.
This article sheds some light on one of the somewhat lesser known SuperPACs, the West Main Street Values PAC:
WASHINGTON — A political action committee supporting Sen. Lindsey Graham’s re-election has significantly increased its budget with a handful of big donations, according to its latest public filing.
The West Main Street Values PAC, which can accept checks of any size, raised $193,000 in the first three months of the year from seven donors. More than half came from a Denver-based home builder.
The super PAC, run by former South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Katon Dawson, is allowed to spend money on Graham’s behalf but not coordinate with the candidate or his campaign.
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Super PACs such as West Main Street Values, by contrast, can accept unlimited amounts of money from donors, including businesses and unions.
While the super PAC will do some traditional campaigning with direct mail and television advertising to support Graham, it also will focus on voter turnout, according to Walter Whetsell, owner and president of Starboard Communications in Lexington and one of the PAC’s founders.
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So far this year, the single biggest donor to West Main Street Values PAC is Larry Mizel, chairman and CEO of MDC Holdings, parent company to Richmond American Homes, who gave $100,000 on March 19.
Mizel is no stranger to political giving...Most of the beneficiaries are Republicans, but he’s also supported Democrats, especially those in the Colorado delegation.
His only other major contribution to a super PAC was $100,000 in 2012 to American Crossroads, a GOP organization founded by former White House political adviser Karl Rove.
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Another big donor to the West Main Street Values PAC is Robert Kargman, owner of the Boston Land Co., a real estate firm in Massachusetts.
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AIPAC’s current chairman, Michael Kassen of Connecticut, gave $10,000 to West Main Street Values PAC on March 27.
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Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2014/04/19/3396066/small-donor-base-behind-graham.html
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This article sheds some light on one of the somewhat lesser known SuperPACs, the West Main Street Values PAC:
WASHINGTON — A political action committee supporting Sen. Lindsey Graham’s re-election has significantly increased its budget with a handful of big donations, according to its latest public filing.
The West Main Street Values PAC, which can accept checks of any size, raised $193,000 in the first three months of the year from seven donors. More than half came from a Denver-based home builder.
The super PAC, run by former South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Katon Dawson, is allowed to spend money on Graham’s behalf but not coordinate with the candidate or his campaign.
...
Super PACs such as West Main Street Values, by contrast, can accept unlimited amounts of money from donors, including businesses and unions.
While the super PAC will do some traditional campaigning with direct mail and television advertising to support Graham, it also will focus on voter turnout, according to Walter Whetsell, owner and president of Starboard Communications in Lexington and one of the PAC’s founders.
...
So far this year, the single biggest donor to West Main Street Values PAC is Larry Mizel, chairman and CEO of MDC Holdings, parent company to Richmond American Homes, who gave $100,000 on March 19.
Mizel is no stranger to political giving...Most of the beneficiaries are Republicans, but he’s also supported Democrats, especially those in the Colorado delegation.
His only other major contribution to a super PAC was $100,000 in 2012 to American Crossroads, a GOP organization founded by former White House political adviser Karl Rove.
...
Another big donor to the West Main Street Values PAC is Robert Kargman, owner of the Boston Land Co., a real estate firm in Massachusetts.
...
AIPAC’s current chairman, Michael Kassen of Connecticut, gave $10,000 to West Main Street Values PAC on March 27.
...
Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2014/04/19/3396066/small-donor-base-behind-graham.html
473583147855015936
473579186884718592