Jason Crow Unveils 20-Day Super PAC Disclosure Bill as $1 Million Pop-Up Spending Surges
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Updated · POLITICO · Jun 14
Jason Crow Unveils 20-Day Super PAC Disclosure Bill as $1 Million Pop-Up Spending Surges
1 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Jun 14
Summary
Rep. Jason Crow last week introduced a bill requiring super PACs to disclose every large donation received in the final 20 days before an election.
The proposal targets pop-up super PACs that increasingly mask their backers by using unknown treasurers, new vendors and sparse filings while flooding primaries with late money.
Nearly $1 million from Republican-linked Lead Left PAC backed Democrat Maureen Galindo in Texas' 35th District, prompting Blue Dog PAC to spend more than $1 million to boost Johnny Garcia, who won by over 20 points.
A similar PAC also spent heavily for Matt Dunlap in Maine's open 2nd District, where strategists said ads copied campaign branding closely enough to mislead voters and the primary remains headed to a ranked-choice count.
Crow said dark-money spending is worsening every cycle, but campaign-finance legislation has made little meaningful progress in Congress in recent years.