Nevada Senate Race: Joe Heck And The Kochtopus
If you strain just a little you can read the fine print at the end of the ads being run by the Heck Campaign against Catherine Cortez Masto. The ads telling you she hates old people, etc… are from “Freedom Partners.”
A word about that outfit. First we’ll return to a September 2013 article in Politico —
“An Arlington, Va.-based conservative group, whose existence until now was unknown to almost everyone in politics, raised and spent $250 million in 2012 to shape political and policy debate nationwide.The group, Freedom Partners, and its president, Marc Short, serve as an outlet for the ideas and funds of the mysterious Koch brothers, cutting checks as large as $63 million to groups promoting conservative causes, according to an IRS document to be filed shortly.” (emphasis added)
Now, let’s bring this back home to Nevada – as of June 2016 the Koch Brothers had some hefty plans for the Silver State:
“The group announced last week that it plans to spend $1.2 million on advertising in Nevada, where Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto is running against Republican Rep. Joe Heck to replace Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid.” [Roll Call]