“D.C. PAC Shutters, Highlighting Fine Ethical Line For Groups Across The Country”

Patrick Madden for NPR:

Unlike their counterparts on the national level, local superPACs and outside groups like FreshPAC aren’t being funded by wealthy donors with an ideological bent. Instead, the big spending political committees are often funded by interests who do business with the city government. Moreover, large sums of money spent in local races can often tip the scales more than money spent on national races.

It’s something cropping up across the country with similar outside spending groups that have been active this year from Philadelphia and New York City to Chicago andNashville.

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