Scoop: Dems quietly guide super PACs to boost spoiler House candidates
Summary
House Democrats’ campaign group is guiding outside political action committees (PACs) to promote minor candidates in some key House races. This strategy helps Democrats reduce Republican votes indirectly without breaking coordination laws.Key Facts
- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) uses public "redboxes" to suggest which voters outside groups should target and what messages to use.
- In five House races, these redboxes promote third-party or independent candidates with conservative views to pull votes away from Republicans.
- Examples include promoting libertarian Christopher Mitchell in Colorado’s 5th District and independent J. Matt Baker in Virginia’s 2nd District.
- The DCCC also instructs PACs to discourage Democratic-leaning voters from backing spoiler candidates who might weaken their own candidates.
- Redboxes are used to share messaging tips with outside PACs without direct coordination, a common practice after the Citizens United ruling.
- Both Democrats and Republicans have used or accused each other of promoting spoiler candidates to influence elections.
- Democrats recently won a lawsuit to remove a Green Party candidate they claimed was a Republican plant in Pennsylvania’s 7th District.
- The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) also uses redboxes but avoids promoting spoiler candidates.
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