Senate Leadership Fund
Leigh Ann Caldwell reports at NBC:
Republican mega-donors continue to put their money not behind their presidential nominee but into super PACs focused on keeping the Senate and House in Republican hands.
The Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC linked to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the Karl Rove-founded super PAC American Crossroads, raised an impressive $28 million in August, according to new filings to the Federal Election Commission. Most of the large-dollar donors to the super PAC are Republicans uneasy about their party's nominee and worried that he's dragging down the party's chances of keeping control of the Senate.
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Senate Leadership Fund plans to spend $60 million on television advertisements through November 2, a massive sum for one Senate-focused super PAC. The group's counterpart that played the same role in 2012, American Crossroads, raised just $7 million the August before the election - and just $37 million total for the entire cycle.
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Beyond the Adelsons, the Senate Leadership Fund's roster of support is full of mega-donors who don't support Trump.
New York hedge fund manager Paul Singer, who is #NeverTrump, gave $1 million to the Senate-focused super PAC in August. Other #NeverTrump Republican mega-donors who contributed in August include Arkansas' Warren Stephens, who gave $500,000, Illinois' Samuel Zell, who gave $250,000, and William Oberndorf of California, who gave $100,000.
