Republicans have nominated the most radical slate of candidates that we’ve ever seen in this November’s midterm elections.
Donald Trump acolytes running on the politics of racial resentment and white grievance. January 6 insurrectionists running for secretary of state and other key offices that oversee federal elections. Anti-abortion zealots who have pledged bans without exceptions.
And with the election now less than 100 days away, we’re seeing a flood of dark money pouring into these campaigns to help put as many of these radicals in power as possible.
As November approaches, The Intercept’s team of investigative reporters will be digging deep to expose the ultra-wealthy donors behind these candidates — and the self-serving policies they want enacted in return for their money. But over the last two months, donations to our hard-hitting journalism have taken a hit. If we don’t pull ahead soon, we could end up behind for the rest of the year.
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The dark money started flowing early in the primary season.
As The Intercept’s coverage revealed, a series of shadowy dark-money groups — including the Opportunity for All Action Fund, Voter Education Foundation, and Mainstreet Democrats PAC — spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to defeat progressive challenges to the most conservative Democrats in Congress.
One of their beneficiaries, Henry Cuellar of Texas, is the only anti-abortion Democrat in the House of Representatives and beat back his pro-choice challenger, Jessica Cisneros, with the help of dark money from Democratic Party insiders just days before Roe v. Wade was overturned.
Now, with the general election less than 100 days away, dark money is pouring into races to help elevate radical Trump Republicans who have embraced the Big Lie and advocate total abortion bans.
Voters have a right to know who’s funding our elections and what they expect to get for their money. But thanks to weak campaign finance disclosure rules and an almost toothless Federal Election Commission, it’s up to investigative journalists to follow the money and expose the truth.
The Intercept’s team will be on the beat, but as a nonprofit news outlet, we rely on donations from readers to fund this hard-hitting reporting. And unfortunately, our fundraising for this summer is behind expectations, and we need your help today to catch up.
