{"id":25377,"date":"2023-06-14T06:32:11","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T06:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=25377"},"modified":"2023-06-14T06:32:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T06:32:12","slug":"pac-linked-to-george-soros-extra-races-give-virginia-democrats-fundraising-edge-in-crucial-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=25377","title":{"rendered":"PAC linked to George Soros, extra races give Virginia Democrats fundraising edge in crucial primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Democratic legislative candidates in Virginia have a fundraising advantage due in part to donations from a George Soros-linked political action committee and having more nomination contests than their Republican counterparts, it found a non-profit organization.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The fundraising lead comes as the historically red state, which has leaned blue in recent years, just elected a Republican governor for the first time since 2009 and the state&#8217;s political parties see new opportunities to win additional seats in the legislature.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia Senate and House candidates collectively raised more than $20 million from April 1 to June 8, with Democratic candidates contributing about $14 million, according to the Virginia Public Access Project, a nonpartisan tracker of money in politics.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia&#8217;s primary election is next week, Tuesday, June 20, 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GEORGE SOROS HAS SPENT TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INFLUENCING OUR POLITICS: MATT PALUMBO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Virginia legislative candidates raised more than $20 million in cash and other donations in just over two months before the Tuesday, June 20, 2023, primary election. <\/span> <span>(Bob Brown\/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some of the other biggest fundraising totals have come from Northern Virginia, where a political action committee funded by liberal donor George Soros has shelled out big bucks for prosecutorial races.<\/p>\n<p>The races include support for incumbents in Arlington, Fairfax and Loudoun counties, many of whom won four years ago with a focus on criminal justice reform agendas, who are seeking re-election.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SOROS-BACKED GROUP RAISES SPENDING IN VIRGINIA PROSECUTOR&#8217;S RACES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arlington Commonwealth&#8217;s Attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafti has raised $437,775, most of it from the Soros-linked Justice and Public Safety PAC.<\/p>\n<p>Fairfax County Commonwealth&#8217;s Attorney Steve Descano has raised $208,468, including a contribution from the Soros-linked PAC.<\/p>\n<p>Loudoun County Commonwealth&#8217;s Attorney Buta Biberaj raised $163,838, even though she received no money from Soros.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1195517958.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Billionaire George Soros\" title=\"\"> <\/p>\n<p><span>George Soros, billionaire and founder of Soros Fund Management LLC, has remained one of the most prominent financial contributors to political races across the country.<\/span> <span>(Simon Dawson\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Democrats also led fundraising efforts in the state legislature.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic legislative candidates ended up with more money on hand, according to the nonprofit group&#8217;s analysis of campaign finance disclosures, with a collective lead of about $2 million in the Senate and a cash advantage of about $400,000 for House races.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GEORGE SOROS RETURNS TO VIRGINIA TO HELP FAR-LEFT PROSECUTORS FACE US DEM CHALLENGERS, FILES SHOW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The top 10 legislative fundraisers were Democratic candidates, the nonprofit found.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have more than twice as many Senate nomination contests to decide next week as Republicans, which also contributes to the discrepancy.<\/p>\n<p>Monday&#8217;s report did not include fundraisers for committees like Gov. Glenn Youngkin&#8217;s Spirit of Virginia, only candidates seeking office that is on the ballot on Election Day in November.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1342073432.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Glenn Youngkin\" title=\"\"> <\/p>\n<p><span>Contributions collected by committees such as Gov. Glenn Youngkin&#8217;s Spirit of Virginia were not included in Monday&#8217;s report.<\/span> <span>(Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The fundraiser isn&#8217;t all good news for state Democrats, showing some political infighting as lucrative candidates try to unseat seasoned incumbents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Virginia campaign finance law allows unlimited contributions, including from individuals, corporations and special interest groups.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/george-soros-linked-pac-extra-races-give-virginia-democrats-fundraising-edge-crucial-primary-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic legislative candidates in Virginia have a fundraising advantage due in part to donations from a George Soros-linked political action committee and having more nomination contests than their Republican counterparts, it found a non-profit organization. The fundraising lead comes as the historically red state, which has leaned blue in recent years, just elected a Republican governor for the first time since 2009 and the state&#8217;s political parties see new opportunities to win additional seats in the legislature. Virginia Senate and House candidates collectively raised more than $20 million from April 1 to June 8, with Democratic candidates contributing about $14&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":25378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25379,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25377\/revisions\/25379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}