The Big Insight: Extraordinary massive spending in the millions of dollars by the Trump-aligned interest group Club for Growth represents an unprecedented attempt to basically buy a North Carolina Senate seat for a candidate who is patently underqualified.
Club for Growth Action, the political spending arm of the conservative group Club for Growth, has poured millions of dollars into the North Carolina Senate race. Its negative ads attacking former Gov. Pat McCrory, the former frontrunner, have pushed Rep. Ted Budd into the lead in the May 17 primary race. The key questions of why the Club for Growth is doing this and who is funding their efforts both remain unanswered.
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