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PACs Raising, Spending Big Bucks in Kansas

Political action committees, or PACs, have submitted their last campaign finance reports before the fall election. Two of the wealthiest in Kansas are a PAC connected to a teachers’ union and another affiliated with the Kansas Chamber of Commerce. KPR’s Stephen Koranda has more on the numbers.


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The two PACs both have raised and spent big bucks, but they have very different goals. The Kansas National Education Association’s PAC has more than $400,000 that can be spent in the final days of the election. The group spent nearly $300,000 in recent months, mostly to help Democratic candidates for the Legislature. While the KNEA PAC has a good chunk of change in the bank, the Kansas Chamber of Commerce PAC raised far more in recent months, bringing in nearly $600,000. The Chamber PAC has been working to help conservative Republicans gain greater control in the Kansas Legislature. In Lawrence, I’m sk.

 

Stephen Koranda is KPR's Statehouse reporter.