(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) As leftist panic over the upcoming red-wave midterm reaches its pitch, big money super-PACs are lining up to dump huge sums of cash into Democrat campaigns, Politico reported.
Specifically—and most recently—the Hudson PAC has lined up major funding to try to save Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chair Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., from a potentially embarrassing loss.
The Hudson PAC quietly dumped $140,000 into TV ads for Maloney last week in an attempt to save his momentum in a district that Biden won by 10 points in 2020.
Partly the Hudson PAC is responding to a super-PAC aligned with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., which dumped $4 million into the campaign of Republican challenger Michael Lawler.
Maloney, a top ally for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was elected to his position in 2012. He is running for his sixth consecutive term this year.
Democrats across the board are now recognizing that Maloney is in a difficult situation, and realize that the seat is a must-win as major midterm losses appear to await them in both the House and the Senate.
Yet support for Maloney by the Left has wavered over the past several years because he has stepped on the toes of fellow Democrats in the midst of Democratic gerrymandering in New York.
After the redistricting by the state’s Supreme Court, Maloney switched districts when the 18th district, which he has been representing, became less favorable to his victory odds.
Recent polling data has indicated that Maloney trails Lawler by a margin of 52% to 46%.
“Voters in New York’s 17th Congressional District remain frustrated with the current state of the country, specifically regarding inflation, the economy and crime,” said pollster Jim McLaughlin. “Maloney and his extreme views on issues such as cashless bail, taxes, spending, inflation and ethics are being exposed and this is making Maloney very unpopular with voters.”
