The professional-Israel group’s advertisements are booked to start airing tomorrow within the Democratic major race between incumbent Jamaal Bowman and challenger George Latimer.
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s tremendous PAC, the United Democracy Venture (UDP), has booked $1.9 million in TV advertisements to affect voters within the high-profile Democratic major race in New York’s Sixteenth Congressional District, in line with the media-tracking agency AdImpact.
The advertisements will air from tomorrow till subsequent Monday, in line with an AdImpact alert, marking the group’s first spending within the contest between AIPAC-endorsed challenger Westchester County Govt George Latimer and incumbent Rep. Jamaal Bowman. In New York, early voting runs from June 15-23 forward of major Election Day on June 25.
#NYPol: AIPAC-affiliated group United Democracy Venture goes up within the New York market. To date, we have seen $1.9M positioned with advertisements set to start tomorrow.
— AdImpact Politics (@AdImpact_Pol) Could 15, 2024
“This new advert spending in New York reveals as soon as and for all that my opponent, George Latimer, is bankrolled by a right-wing Tremendous PAC that has obtained over $40 million from Republican megadonors who need to defend Republican insurrectionists, overturn voting rights, and ban abortion nationwide,” Bowman mentioned in an announcement responding to UDP’s advert bookings. “Democrats throughout New York deserve higher, and can reject these makes an attempt to purchase our elections and undermine our democracy. New Yorkers know that if George Latimer is keen to promote out to Donald Trump’s largest donors, he’ll promote you out too.”
Most of the high donors to UDP have bestowed giant donations on Republican workplace seekers, in line with Sludge’s evaluation of marketing campaign finance data. The tremendous PAC’s high donor up to now this election cycle is billionaire Jan Koum, a Nikki Haley marketing campaign donor, with $5 million given to UDP. David Zalik, a donor to Ted Cruz’s marketing campaign amongst others, has given $2 million. A pair of Republican megadonors, Dwelling Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus and hedge fund founder Paul Singer, donated $2 million and $1 million to UDP respectively, in line with FEC data.
In its most up-to-date FEC submitting, overlaying donations made in March, UPD raised $1.8 million. Investor Michael Sacks, a board member of the Obama Basis, gave $250,000, as did theatrical producer Linda Rubin, doubling the donation to UDP she made in April 2023.
UDP didn’t reply to a request for remark.
Earlier this yr, sources advised Politico that Bowman could be a high goal of AIPAC to unseat based mostly on the progressive consultant’s criticism of Israel’s warfare in Gaza, together with Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.). The lobbying group AIPAC intends to pour $100 million this yr into races throughout its spending arms, “taking purpose at candidates they deem insufficiently supportive of Israel,” sources advised Politico.
