Sunday, October 28, 2018

Mostly outside groups pour $13.8M into Michigan redistricting proposal

Mostly outside groups pour $13.8M into Michigan redistricting proposal:
"Millions of dollars in outside money — much of it from liberal and left-leaning advocacy groups — is flowing into a ballot campaign to change the way political boundaries are drawn in Michigan.
Image result for money in politics...The Sixteen Thirty Fund — a liberal nonprofit from Washington, D.C., that  is not required to disclose its own donors — contributed $5.5 million to the Michigan ballot campaign in early October. It supports "clean energy and climate solutions," according to the Great Nonprofits website, and is overseen by Eric Kessler, a former Clinton administration environmental policy staffer.
...The fund also was behind Demand Justice, which unsuccessfully battled to block the nomination of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, according to Politico.
...A Houston-based group called Action Now Initiative contributed $5.1 million to the redistricting campaign, according to the filing.
The nonprofit is run by billionaire philanthropists Laura and John Arnold, a former Enron natural gas trader and hedge fund manager..."
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