McSally turns to Senate Leadership Fund as she prepares for Senate run
By Brian Schwartz - January 10, 2018
Congresswoman Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) is on the verge of declaring her candidacy for Jeff Flake’s (R-Ariz.) Senate seat, and she won’t be short of support within the donor ranks, which includes the backing of one the most influential super PACs, the Senate Leadership Fund, FOX Business has learned.
Officials within the PAC, dedicated to maintaining a Republican majority in the Senate, have privately informed McSally that she will receive their support when she jumps into the race for Flake’s soon-to-be-vacant seat, according to sources familiar with the matter. The CEO of the fund, Steven Law, has personally spoken with McSally and recently told her, “she's the ideal candidate” and he would “definitely back her,”according to a person close to the PAC.
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During the 2016 election, the PAC spent $83 million on TV ads and $4 million on internet attack ads. The PAC was created in 2015 by supporters of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and is now run by Law, a former chief of staff to the Republican leader. Since its inception the fund has been backed by mega donors such as Blackstone Group CEO Steve Schwarzman, Las Vegas Sands Corporation CEO Sheldon Adelson and Point72 Asset Management Founder Steve Cohen.
In 2016, Schwarzman and Adelson were some of the funds top donors, with the Blackstone executive contributing more than $2 million and Adelson handing out over $17 million, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Cohen is the top donor so far this year, giving $2 million to the PAC.
McConnell has not officially endorsed McSally for Senate, but at his end of the year press conference in December he listed her as a candidate even before an announcement was made.
"We've got some great candidates out there and you're familiar with them. Martha McSally, Josh Hawley and we hope to land a few more in the coming weeks," he said then.
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