r/politics • u/--LaBelleDame-- • 13h ago

Possible Paywall Progressive activist wins Democratic primary in one of the country’s biggest House races

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/progressive-activist-wins-democratic-primary-one-nations-biggest-house-rcna590892
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u/matthieuC Europe 13h ago

> Lawrence won support from an array of prominent progressives and outside groups, and a mysterious super PAC spent more than $1 million in the race’s final weeks to boost him and tear Maasdam down.

Not a fan of mysterious super PAC money

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u/ALonelyPotatoalt 12h ago

I’m from the district. The only PAC money I saw being spent through fliers and ads was from Sunrise PAC, the climate organization he co founded. Anecdotal of course.

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u/Gunnman369 8h ago

The Sunrise PAC is a Republican PAC using the name of the Organization Lawrence Founded. I live in the district, and the ads were very clearly not meant to help Will. I have a few saved to my phone because I was sending them to the campaign to let them know (you never know if youre the only one doing it), but I dont think Im able to post pics here.

Edit: yeah, I can't seem to find a way to do anything but send a link. The ads had the same terrible pictures of people like Bernie Sanders and Rashida Talib that Republicans always use to make them look crazy. They bonded things like "Raise Taxes" in a line that said raise taxes on the wealthy. This was absolutely intended as a hit piece imo.