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George Soros and other left-wing billionaires have poured millions into a Chuck Schumer-affiliated super PAC in an attempt to maintain a majority in the Senate, federal records show.
Soros diverted $2.5 million from the Democratic PAC to the Senate Majority PAC in July, and hedge fund billionaire James Simmons added the same amount, according to new Federal Election Commission filings. The duo were the largest donors to the committee last month and are now entering the midterm election home with nearly $73 million in cash on hand.
The new Soros cash will bring his total to $10 million for the Senate Majority PAC in the 2022 election, making him one of the biggest contributors behind dark money nonprofits affiliated with the PAC. increase.
Record $105 million raised from anonymous donors
Majority Forward, a nonprofit that does not identify its funders, contributed at least $27 million to the Senate Majority PAC this cycle, according to a previous Fox News Digital review of campaign finance records.
Majority Forward has raised a record $105 million between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021, according to the latest tax forms. The nonprofit maintains close ties with the Senate Majority PAC.
Schumer’s longtime ally JB Posch chairs both the Majority Forward and the Senate Majority PAC. The group also shares office space and personnel. Majority Forward has so far paid the Senate Majority PAC about $615,000 for payroll, insurance, and IT security for the 2022 election.
While the Senate Majority PAC operates primarily by backing Democratic politicians, the group also operates by endorsing at least one Republican nominee it deemed more vulnerable in the general election. , tested new tactics for this election cycle.
Manchin deal with Schumer to boost oil and gas drilling endangered by far-left Democrats
In June’s Republican Colorado Senate primary, an obscure group called Democratic Colorado spent millions of dollars in support of more conservative state legislator Ron Hanks, who faced off against businessman Joe O’Dea. I got
Democratic Colorado donors were unknown as they poured millions into the primary. But after the group’s first campaign finance report was released on July 20, The Colorado Sun found that the Senate Majority PAC was the group’s sole source of his $4 million funding. .
The tactic backfired, and O’Dea won the primary by nearly 10 percent, taking on Democratic Senator Michael Bennet in a pivotal race this November. The Democratic state of Colorado filed a layoff report and closed the store the same day it filed its first financial report.
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This isn’t the first time dark money majority forward Soros has become the top supporter of the Senate Majority PAC. During the 2020 election, Majority Forward gave the committee at least $50 million of her, while Soros added her $11.5 million from the Democracy PAC.
The Senate-majority PAC did not respond to Fox News Digital’s inquiry about the donation by the time of the announcement.