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January 27, 2015

Report: Koch Brothers-Linked Groups to Spend $900 Million on 2016 Race 
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In election news, The Washington Post reports a network of conservative
advocacy groups backed by the Koch brothers aims to spend a staggering
nearly $900 million in advance of the 2016 presidential election. The
amount is more than double the $400 million that 17 allied groups in the
network raised during the 2012 campaign. Over the weekend, three
potential Republican presidential candidates — Sen. Marco Rubio,
Sen. Rand Paul and Sen. Ted Cruz — faced off in what some dubbed
the Koch primary, a closed-door gathering organized by the billionaire
brothers.

 

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