Lesbian Super PAC Nears Fund-raising Goal for Baldwin
The first super PAC dedicated to increasing lesbian visibility in politics announced that it has nearly reached its goal of raising $100,000 for Tammy Baldwin, the Wisconsin congresswoman who could become the first openly gay person elected to the U.S. Senate and first woman to represent her state in the upper chamber.
LPAC said Tuesday on Facebook that with one day to go before the deadline, it had raised $45,542, more than 90% of the way toward its $50,000 goal, which the PAC plans to match with $50,000 for a total of $100,000. The group made the appeal to supporters last week on behalf of Baldwin, its first endorsed candidate.
Money raised by LPAC is being directed to EMILY’s List’s Women Vote, which last week released its latest advertisement for Baldwin, a seven-term incumbent Democrat, against her newly minted Republican opponent, Tommy Thompson. The $650,000 broadcast and cable TV buy covers Milwaukee, LaCrosse, Wausau, and Green Bay through Sunday.
The ad, “Riding High,” shows Thompson, a former four-term governor and Bush cabinet member, on a motorcycle. It portrays him as an agent of “special interests” in Washington, D.C.
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