New donors are flooding the Pa. Supreme Court race with cash

[FakeNoose]

Spotlight PA link: https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2023/10/supreme-court-campaign-finance-pennsylvania-yass-ads-spending/

HARRISBURG — Political spending has kicked into high gear in the final stretch of Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court race. After an election cycle in which political contributions were consistently dominated by a single libertarian billionaire, a Democratic-aligned group has also begun pouring millions into the race. Facing off for a vacant seat on the court are Republican Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas Judge Carolyn Carluccio and Democratic Superior Court Judge Daniel McCaffery.

Pennsylvania is one of a handful of states that elects judges in partisan contests, and these races have attracted big money in recent years as the court has handled weighty issues like election law and redistricting, and as abortion access has become a state issue.

In their expensive messaging to voters, Carluccio has attacked McCaffery over a decade-old scandal in which his brother, former state Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery, resigned after sending lewd emails from his government account. McCaffery’s campaign and his allies have portrayed Carluccio as an idealogue who opposes abortion rights and has cast doubt on the validity of the 2020 presidential election.

Carluccio, who reported bringing in about $3.4 million for the year in her September campaign report, raked in $2.7 million over the past five weeks in the form of donations and in-kind contributions from groups funding ads on her behalf. Most of her financial support throughout the campaign has come in the form of ads paid for by a political group tied to Pennsylvania’s richest man, Jeff Yass. This reporting period was no exception.

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Anyone who lives and votes in Pennsylvania has been bombarded by broadcast commercials and print ads for Carluccio and McCaffery in the past few weeks. It's absurd that over $12 million has been spent on this one race, and it's all about our PA abortion laws. If Carluccio wins the seat, we can bet that the RWNJs will force a case to be decided by the Supreme Court to tear down our fairly pro-choice (liberal) law. That's all the RWNJs care about right now, and we cannot allow Carluccio to win.

Every Dem and independent voter in Pennsylvania must be sure to vote for Dan McCaffery for the Supreme Court.

Further judicial election info can be found here: https://spotlightpa.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=efd97981722dbde9a2ba34455&id=1dacd99707&e=ab3e3c6e3e
"Pa. election 2023: A complete guide to the candidates for state Supreme Court"

[Omaha Steve]

1. You can donate to McCaffery here

It is not a DU link. I don't have time to put one together.

Donate here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mccaffery-for-supreme-court-1

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