“Candidates, super-PACs pushing the boundaries?”

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

As Senate candidate Katie McGinty pulled ahead of Pennsylvania Republican incumbent Pat Toomey in several recent polls, a right-leaning watchdog group filed a complaint alleging she broke federal election law by using her campaign website to cue super-PACs on what political messages to send.

McGinty aides shot back that Mr. Toomey’s campaign — which they claim is behind the allegation — does the same thing.

The complaint from the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust alleges that “through obscure postings on her website, McGinty is instructing organizations, with which she is not permitted to coordinate, to run advertisements beneficial to her campaign.

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