“Democratic secretaries of state say they’re at the vanguard of protecting democracy, pushing back against election disinformation and attempts to suppress the vote. But while the party’s base has largely rallied behind them, its biggest donors have not,” Politico reports.
“During the last six months of 2021, just one person, Democratic financier George Soros, gave more than $25,000 to the main association involved in electing the party’s candidates for secretaries of state… Four other individuals gave $25,000 precisely.”
Playbook: “It’s a familiar experience for the Democratic Party: A lack of investment in less flashy down-ticket races also helped doom them in state legislatures throughout the Obama and Trump years.”
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