South Carolina senator’s PAC makes fundraising push
Republican South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint’s political action committee, which is trying to elect like-minded conservatives to the Senate, made a fundraising push Friday as it neared its $5-million goal.
The committee already has invested $4.9 million in 11 Senate campaigns, including those of Christine O’Donnell in Delaware, Rand Paul in Kentucky and others.
On Friday, DeMint highlighted Joe Miller in Alaska, who beat Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the primary but now faces a write-in challenge from the incumbent, as well as the campaigns of Ken Buck in Colorado, Dino Rossi in Washington and Sharron Angle in Nevada.
DeMint has made no secret of his desire to replace his Senate colleagues with more conservative ones, earning him few friends in Washington but making him a hero of the right.
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