Koch Brothers, Others Spend Nearly $5 Million to Attack Evan Bayh
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The Indiana Senate seat was considered a safe one for the GOP just a few short weeks ago. That’s until Evan Bayh, a former U.S. senator and governor, announced his candidacy. The well-known Indiana Democrat threw Republicans for a loop when he decided to leap back into politics and enter the hoosier state race in July.
Now a handful of super PACs and outside groups are funneling money into the state to fight Mr. Bayh and support lesser-known Republican Rep. Todd Young.
In just two months, nearly $4.6 million worth of Koch Brothers money and cash from other conservative groups has been plowed into Indiana in the hopes of defeating Mr. Bayh. In August, the National Republican Senatorial Committee dropped more than $640,000 on digital and other media buys attacking the senator turned financial industry board member, according to Ad Age’s analysis of recent Federal Election Commission reports.
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