Pro-Sanders super PAC brought in $2.3 million

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Pro-Sanders super PAC brought in $2.3 million

While the Vermont senator eschews big-money groups, the super PAC affiliated with the nurses union had a record haul.

By Kenneth P. Vogel

01/31/16 12:08 PM EST

Updated 01/31/16 12:29 PM EST


Bernie Sanders rails against super PACs, but the main super PAC supporting his presidential campaign had its biggest off-year fundraising haul ever, bringing in $2.3 million last year, according to a report filed Sunday morning with the Federal Election Commission.

The super PAC, National Nurses United for Patient Protection, is affiliated with the nation’s largest union of registered nurses, National Nurses United, and its members have been a near-constant presence at Sanders’ rallies.

National Nurses United for Patient Protection, spent $1.3 million in the second half of the year, including donations totaling nearly $400,000 to a pair of other unlimited-spending groups supporting Sanders ― the California-based Progressive Kick received $245,000 and the Chicago-based Reclaim Chicago got $150,000. Most of the direct spending by National Nurses United for Patient Protection went towards ads, rallies and other voter outreach associated with a bus tour supporting Sanders, according to the report.

Sanders this month thanked the union’s members “for their support in my campaign” and called National Nurses United “one of the sponsors of my campaign and I appreciate that.”

The PAC ended last year with $1.1 million in the bank, though it has continued to spend heavily in support of Sanders’ campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination against Hillary Clinton.
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