“Americans for Prosperity launches $1 million campaign touting U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson”

WaPo:

The conservative advocacy group Americans for Prosperity is rolling out a three-week, $1.1-million campaign in support of U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), part of an early effort by the Koch-backed group to build a firewall around Senate Republicans….

The pro-Johnson effort comes as the Koch brothers’ political network and other big-money players are scrambling to insulate congressional Republicans from potential fallout if Donald Trump is at the top of the GOP ticket. In Ohio, the Freedom Partners Action Fund, a super PAC financed by Charles Koch and other conservative donors, is running a TV spot attacking Democratic candidate and former governor Ted Strickland for tax increases during his administration. Another allied group, Concerned Veterans for America, has taken the lead in running ads praising Sen. Patrick J. Toomey of Pennsylvania and Rep. Joseph J. Heck, a Republican seeking to replace Sen. Harry M. Reid, the chamber’s Democratic leader, in Nevada.

But the activities of the Koch-backed groups could also provide fodder for Democrats, who have sought to cast the candidates they support as beholden to the interests of the billionaire industrialists.

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