Texas Tribune: “If Texans need to know who’s funding the deluge of adverts within the ultimate stretch of the U.S. Senate primaries, they’ll must hold guessing.”
“The race is awash with darkish cash, or contributions from political nonprofits that aren’t legally obligated to reveal donors, in response to marketing campaign finance experiences that had been due Thursday.”
“A brilliant PAC supporting one of many Democratic candidates, James Talarico, reported $6.1 million in contributions from Jan. 1 by means of Feb. 11. However greater than half that got here from a political motion committee that was fully funded by a darkish cash group on its final month-to-month report.”
“And as Rep. Wesley Hunt of Houston tries to squeeze right into a major runoff on the Republican facet, a gaggle supporting him — and one other opposing him — are additionally being largely funded by nameless sources, in response to the filings with the Federal Election Fee.”
“Taken collectively, the experiences present that big-money pursuits are closely invested within the Texas primaries — however unwilling to disclose their identities at a essential juncture of the race.”
