David Brock, donors wade into state fights

By artappraiser on Wed, 02/22/2017 - 10:26pm |

By Kenneth P. Vogel @ Politico.com, Feb. 22

David Brock and some of the biggest donors from across the left are rallying behind an effort to stave off a Republican avalanche in state-level races that could bury Democrats for decades.

The effort, affiliated with a previously low-profile group called the State Innovation Exchange (or SiX for short), aims to offset Republican advantages in state-level campaigns, policy debates and looming redistricting fights.

But SiX’s aggressive play could also set up a clash with other Democratic big-money efforts to boost the party at the state level, including an ambitious redistricting initiative backed by former President Barack Obama and his former attorney general, Eric Holder [....]

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