Zinke's former PAC gets new treasurer amid direct-mail push

摘要

A political action committee created by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has a new treasurer, as it continues to invest heavily in direct-mail fundraising. Dubbed SEAL PAC, the committee that Zinke established when he was in the House but that is now independent of him reported raising $1.9 million and spending $1.8 million last year, according to the most recent Federal Election Commission filing. Republican candidates received some $30,000 of the total spent by the entity formally called the Supporting Electing American Leaders PAC, the year-end report filed Jan. 31 shows. Fundraising costs, particularly direct-mail operations, accounted for the vast majority of expenditures.