Minnesota: PAC Attack

National Journal: The Hotline

Dems on 6/22 “assailed” Rep. Mark Kennedy (R-06) for appearing at 4 DC fundraisers in the past 3 days, “each inviting donations from special interest” PACs. They noted that Kennedy, who “was to appear at an event” 6/22 with Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) pressing “lobbyists to support” GOPers, “is saying that he will be independent and push for change in scandal-torn” DC “even while appearing at fundraisers sponsored by lobbyists.”

DSCC spokesperson Karl Frisch: “If Mark Kennedy really wants voters to believe he’s going to change Washington, he shouldn’t be shaking down big money special interests for campaign cash between votes.”

Kennedy manager Pat Shortridge “contended” that the Dem fundraising salvos were merely an attempt to create a “smokescreen” and “muddy the water” to protect Hennepin Co. Atty. Amy Klobuchar (D), who was a lobbyist herself in the ’80s and ’90s. Shortridge: “People who support Mark share his beliefs. If they think they’re getting anything else [for their donations], they are mistaken” (Gordon, Minneapolis Star Tribune, 6/22). Filing deadline: 7/18; Primary: 9/12

June 23, 2006 | Filed Under DSCC, News Mentions 

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