Republican 'Dark Money' Casts Shadow in Democratic Primaries
State Sen. Perry Thurston Jr., who is slated to become the Senate Democratic leader in 2022 if he gets reelected, is being attacked by a political committee led by Republican consultant William Stafford Jones, who, according to state election records, chairs more than 100 political committees.
July 31, 2020 at 07:10 AM
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Direct-mail pieces thrashing state Sen. Perry Thurston Jr., an incumbent in a crowded Democratic primary in South Florida, are linked to a web of political organizations with ties to a prominent Republican consultant.
The mail accuses Thurston, a likely future Senate Democratic leader, of being a closeted Republican and not a progressive, two claims Thurston said are insulting.
But such attacks could prove damaging in the heavily Democratic Senate District 33 in Broward County, particularly when the knock is peddled by a political committee named Progressives, a title that is generally associated with Democrats.
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