Boddie: Independent expenditure committees effect election outcomes
By CS Boddie | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice
One of the reasons candidates lost in the 2024 election may be that independent expenditure committees (IECs), with millions to spend, negatively affected the races.
Was it mainly Democrat-leaning IECs at work or did Republican-leaning IECs play too?
Pertinent facts are available from TRACER, a ‘campaign financial disclosure website’ to which political candidates and ‘issue committees’ reported for the office of the secretary of state.
Note that the home page shows a big disparity in ‘contributions and loans filed in 2024’ by political parties, with Democrats receiving about $6.8 million in loans and contributions while Republicans received $1.8 million.
Just one IEC existed to support Republicans: New Day Col...