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VoteVets backs Democratic veterans nationwide
The Democratic-aligned group plans to spend sixty million dollars supporting three hundred thirty-one candidates in two thousand twenty-six, focusing on veterans and military families.
In brief
The Democratic-aligned group plans to spend sixty million dollars supporting three hundred thirty-one candidates in two thousand twenty-six, focusing on veterans and military families. VoteVets, a Democratic political group co-founded by Iraq War veteran Jon Soltz, plans to spend sixty million dollars in twenty…
Who VoteVets is and what it does
VoteVets is a Democratic political group supporting veterans and promoting Democratic policies and candidates. It operates two committees: the VoteVets PAC and the VoteVets Action Fund, a nonprofit social welfare organization.
How VoteVets raises and spends money
The VoteVets PAC is a Carey committee, a hybrid organization that functions as both a PAC and a super PAC.
VoteVets leadership and major donors
Jon Soltz, an Iraq War veteran, co-founded VoteVets.Rick Hegdahl is its treasurer and national veteran organizer.
Sixty million dollars for three hundred thirty-one candidates
VoteVets plans to spend sixty million dollars in twenty twenty-six on three hundred thirty-one Democratic candidates: twenty House and Senate candidates and three hundred eleven down-ballot races.
“one of the most substantial single-issue advocacy groups operating in the midterm cycle”
Major spending on Iowa and Connecticut races
Through August, VoteVets PAC spent more than eighteen point three million dollars on independent expenditures.
In short
VoteVets, a Democratic political group co-founded by Iraq War veteran Jon Soltz, plans to spend sixty million dollars in twenty twenty-six supporting three hundred thirty-one Democratic candidates, making it one of the largest single-issue advocacy groups in the cycle.
