Big Money Conservatives Support Republican Atty Genls
Dark money efforts of the Republican Attorneys General Association to elect a.g.'s who will carry the spear for the Kochs in fights against environmental regulation and other government work for the broader public interest.
RAGA has already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars this election cycle in support of Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes (R) and, through its Mountaineers Are Always Free state PAC, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey (R), though the group claims both races are “safe for the incumbent party.”
Thus far in the 2015–2016 cycle, RAGA has disclosed about $19 million in contributions received.
So where did RAGA get its money? More than $2.4 million — about 13 percent — came from Koch Industries, Murray Energy, the American Petroleum Institute, Exxon Mobil, the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, and other fossil fuel interests. Another nearly $1.4 million came from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which receives a significant amount of its funds from fossil fuel companies and Koch-backed nonprofits.
Attorney general elections don’t garner big headlines. Most Americans likely can’t even name their state attorney general. But these people play a major role in enforcing — or fighting — environmental laws.
http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2016/08/14/why-big-money-conservatives-back-gop-candidates-for-attorney-general-like-leslie-rutledge/
and here -
https://thinkprogress.org/the-kochs-big-oil-are-taking-their-war-with-the-epa-to-the-ballot-box-987a7a56b68b#.7xdf4dhax
This is some crazy stuff..is your Atty Genl up for re-election - if they are republican you may want to sit up and take notice...
