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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat's funny is that Cantor spent $1 Million on his campaign, including cash from the Kochs...
And he was taken out by a Teabagger.
Cantor Spends $1 Million, Koch Contributes
By Kent Cooper
Posted at 11:15 a.m. on May 30
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., reported spending over $1 million during April and three weeks in May, prior to his upcoming primary on June 10th. National donors, such as David Koch, and interest groups helped fund his campaign.
Cantor for Congress, the campaign committee of Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., reported it had receipts of $449,300 and disbursements of $1,002,774 from April 1st through May 21st, leaving $1,500,911 cash on hand.
The committee received $19,594 from donors giving $200 or less, and $235,756 from donors giving more than $200. Contributions included $5,200 from David Koch, executive vice president, Koch Industries (NY); a total of $25,600 from nine executives of Comcast, including $5,000 from Kyle McSlarrow, head of their lobbying and government affairs office (UT); $5,200 from former Rep. Jim McCrery, R-La., consultant at Capitol Counsel (DC); $10,400 from Charlotte and Curtis Bradbury, CEO of Stephens Inc. (AR); and $41,500 from two dozen individuals working in the pain management business.
The committee received $193,950 from PACs and other committees, including $4,500 from KochPAC; $10,000 from the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians PAC; $5,000 from the Comcast Corporation PAC; $2,500 from the NRA Political Victory Fund; $5,000 from WellPoint Inc. WellPAC; among others. The committee has received $2.1 million from PACs and other committees this cycle.
http://blogs.rollcall.com/moneyline/cantor-spends-1-million-koch-contributes/
By Kent Cooper
Posted at 11:15 a.m. on May 30
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., reported spending over $1 million during April and three weeks in May, prior to his upcoming primary on June 10th. National donors, such as David Koch, and interest groups helped fund his campaign.
Cantor for Congress, the campaign committee of Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., reported it had receipts of $449,300 and disbursements of $1,002,774 from April 1st through May 21st, leaving $1,500,911 cash on hand.
The committee received $19,594 from donors giving $200 or less, and $235,756 from donors giving more than $200. Contributions included $5,200 from David Koch, executive vice president, Koch Industries (NY); a total of $25,600 from nine executives of Comcast, including $5,000 from Kyle McSlarrow, head of their lobbying and government affairs office (UT); $5,200 from former Rep. Jim McCrery, R-La., consultant at Capitol Counsel (DC); $10,400 from Charlotte and Curtis Bradbury, CEO of Stephens Inc. (AR); and $41,500 from two dozen individuals working in the pain management business.
The committee received $193,950 from PACs and other committees, including $4,500 from KochPAC; $10,000 from the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians PAC; $5,000 from the Comcast Corporation PAC; $2,500 from the NRA Political Victory Fund; $5,000 from WellPoint Inc. WellPAC; among others. The committee has received $2.1 million from PACs and other committees this cycle.
http://blogs.rollcall.com/moneyline/cantor-spends-1-million-koch-contributes/
No idea where Brat got his money:
http://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary.php?cycle=2014&id=VA07&spec=N
Newsmeat is down right now, so I can't find anything else.
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What's funny is that Cantor spent $1 Million on his campaign, including cash from the Kochs... (Original Post)
MrScorpio
Jun 2014
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Cha
(295,899 posts)1. Oh, kochs wanted cantor..
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)2. See, they did create a job! nt
tomm2thumbs
(13,297 posts)3. I'm sure he's blaming it on something other than himself
"I don't HEAR YOU.....!!"
mucifer
(23,367 posts)4. The kochs will be plenty happy with the teabagger.
BlueEye
(449 posts)6. They'd have been more happy with Cantor though.
He's probably much easier to manipulate. Although we hate to admit it, the Tea Party can be populist, albeit populist in the worst ways, such as their racist and anti-immigrant sentiments.
The Kochs hate populism, in any form.
B Calm
(28,762 posts)5. I hate Cantor, so glad he's gone!
BlueEye
(449 posts)7. Cantor was a threat.
He had the dangerous ability of uniting some of the whack-jobs with moderate Repubs. I am extremely happy to see him out, it's a win for the Democrats even if the Teabagger wins the district.
This will accentuate the divide in the GOP significantly.