
Sanders accelerates midterm agenda with increased money for candidates
Bernie Sanders is opening his war chest.
For months, the Vermont senator crisscrossed the country riding progressives to a string of primary victories. Now, he told POLITICO, he’s dipping into his sizable campaign coffers as part of a broader effort to propel battleground Democrats to the finish line in November.
His campaign had nearly $23 million on hand as of July 1 and is currently contributing hundreds of thousands of dollars to support the lieutenant governor. Peggy Flanagan in the Minnesota Senate race, according to Sanders’s campaign and a second person was granted anonymity to share details of the transfer. He also plans to financially support other candidates he supports, including Angie Nixon Florida senatorial campaign and Minnesota attorney general That of Keith Ellison candidacy for re-election, according to Sanders’s campaign.
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