U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger has raised $5.5 million for this fall’s midterm campaign. While some of the money comes indirectly from corporate PACs, none of it comes directly from them.
Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., says she doesn't accept corporate political action committee money.
Spanberger, who is seeking a third term in Congress this fall, is running against Republican Yesli Vega, a Prince William County supervisor. They’re competing in the newly redrawn 7th Congressional District that hasSince her first campaign in 2018, Spanberger has pledged to reject corporate money, and Republicans have accused her of accepting backdoor contributions from big businesses.with the Federal Election Commission, Spanberger raised $5.6 million in contributions from Jan.
We don’t know the exact amount of corporate money that has seeped into Spanberger’s campaign coffer through leadership PACs, but it’s relatively small. "She has absolutely kept her pledge not to take corporate PAC money," said Adam Bozzi, the group’s vice president for communications.
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