Tim Sheehy's Chances of Beating Jon Tester in Crucial Montana Senate Race

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19. I've found it explained this way...

"Actually, they don’t say that they will match your donation. They just say that your donation will be matched.

The way it works is that there’s someone willing to donate, let’s say, a million dollars. If he does, the party gets one million dollars. However, if instead of donating a million dollars, he donates 500 thousand dollars and pledges to match other donations up to 500 thousand.

If the matching donations come in, he still donates a million dollars but the party receives an additional 500 thousand dollars in donations for a total of 1.5 million dollars. And even if no one donates a single additional dollars, the original donor is still free to donate the additional 500 thou."

It obviously must go to a supporting PAC or something that's not under the federal limits.