GOP leader throws $23M into House races

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Washington Examiner:

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is earning his keep as a top Republican in Congress. The California lawmaker has raised or given $23 million to his fellow GOP candidates and campaign committees this election cycle.

 

McCarthy has raised $30 million total, only second to House Speaker Paul Ryan. McCarthy has raised $12.5 million specifically for incumbents and first-time candidates, transferred or raised an additional $7.5 million to the National Republican Congressional Committee, and donated $2.8 million directly to the candidates.

 

The Republican leader has raised funds through various channels, including his congressional reelection committee, his leadership PAC, and joint fundraising committees.

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Ryan pouring money into Wisconsin races despite distancing from Trump

 

Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan is taking flak for distancing himself from party presidential nominee Donald Trump but continues to put money into home state Wisconsin that purportedly is available for any GOP candidate on the state ballot in November.

 

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Ryan’s re-election committee, Ryan for Congress, this week transferred $250,000 to the Wisconsin Republican Party, bringing the total he’s given this year to the group to $1 million, a source told Fox News on Thursday.

 

His primary focus in Wisconsin has been trying to help his party keep the House seat of retiring Rep. Reid Ribble and get GOP Sen. Ron Johnson reelected -- in one of a handful of down-to-the-wire races that will determine whether Republicans keep control of the Senate.

 

But the money -- intended to help with voter outreach and other ground-game efforts -- is for all GOP candidates running in Wisconsin, which means the Trump campaign will have access. It appears to try to make clear that Ryan, despite an earlier suggestion to the contrary, in fact has not conceded the White House race will go to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/10/21/ryan-pouring-money-into-wisconsin-races-despite-distancing-from-trump.html