On the same day a new conservative “super PAC” launched a two-week advertising campaign backing Republican candidates for statewide office, a liberal counterpart received its first five-figure donation.
Shelburne real estate developer and philanthropist Lisa Steele on Monday donated $25,000 to the liberal advocacy group Vermont Priorities, according to board chairman Bob Stannard.
Of that amount, $10,000 is earmarked for the group’s Vermont-registered super PAC, “Priorities PAC,” which can legally raise and spend unlimited sums to support political candidates, so long as it does not coordinate directly with those candidates’ campaigns. The remaining $15,000 will go to the main, 501c4 branch of the organization, which is limited to spending on “issue advocacy.”
“We’re happy to get her support,” Stannard said Monday.
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