Democrats launch new super PAC to combat GOP gerrymanders
Looking to loosen the GOP’s stranglehold on redistricting, Democrats are launching a new super PAC devoted flipping key state legislatures ahead of the next round after the 2020 elections.
Heading up the Advantage 2020 super PAC will be Mark Schauer, a former Michigan state senate leader and congressman who ran unsuccessfully against Republican Governor Rick Snyder in 2014.
Speaking to msnbc at the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., Schauer said the super PAC would give them the ability “to focus long term” on GOP majorities in states that may take several cycles to overcome.
The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee announced their 2020 redistricting plan last year and pledged to raise $70 million to back it up over that span. According to DLCC executive director Michael Sargeant, their fundraising goals remain “in the same ballpark.”
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