Pa.'s richest man, Jeff Yass, is spending millions to elect the Republican AG candidate in November
A political action committee primarily funded by Pennsylvania’s richest man has put its thumb on the scale of the race for the state’s next attorney general, in hopes of electing the Republican candidate.
Almost half of Republicans’ expected ad buys — totaling approximately $6 million — in the state are from the Commonwealth Leaders Fund, a PAC primarily funded by Jeff Yass, to support Republican nominee Dave Sunday, the York County district attorney, against Democrat Eugene DePasquale, a former state auditor general.
As of last week, Republicans were set to more than double Democrats’ spending on TV and streaming advertisements, with GOP political action committees reserving more than $13 million through November to Democrats’ $5 million in reservations.
Yass, of Lower Merion Township, is a billionaire school choice advocate who often gives to Republican candidates. The cofounder of Susquehanna International Group, one of Wall Street’s biggest trading firms, Yass has an estimated net worth of $49.6 billion, according to Forbes.
https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/attorney-general-election-spending-jeff-yass-20240912.html
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