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A national Democratic super PAC announced Wednesday that it is launching a $10 million effort to identify and defeat Republican candidates running for elected roles that oversee elections in key battleground states, including Pennsylvania.
American Bridge 21st Century’s “Bridge to Democracy” program comes as allies and supporters of former President Donald Trump continue to spread debunkedclaims and lies about widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election in the leadup to both this year’s midterms and the 2024 presidential election.
American Bridge said it will focus heavily on elected offices that craft election policy and oversee election administration, including secretaries of state, attorneys general, county election boards, state legislatures and state courts, among others.
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The program will begin by zeroing in on 12 battleground states: Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin. The organization has already hired 22 staffers to support the initiative, which will look to lift up Democratic candidates and highlight Republican candidates who have promoted false claims and lies about election results and processes. According to a memo it released about the program, American Bridge plans to use traditional media, social media and earned media to “weaponize” their findings.
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