Hijacking Campaign 2014
National Nurses United for Patient Protection
Posted: September 30, 2014
Updated: May 25, 2017
This Maryland-based Super PAC ,controlled by a group that advocates medical issues ranging from hospital preparedness to Medicare, first registered with the Government Accountability Board in 2014 to make independent expenditures in Wisconsin elections. Historically, the group has made independent expendtures to support Democrats for Congress and the presidency. The corporation filed paperwork with the state indicating it opposed Republican Governor Scott Walker's reelection on November 4, 2014. Walker faced Democrat Mary Burke in the general election.
The PAC and Progressive Kick Wisconsin IE Committee co-sponsored an online ad in October against Walker.
*The committee reported spending about $411,000 to the Government Accountability Board that it reported as going through Progressive Kick, the exact same expenditures as reported by that committee. See Progressive Kick's profile for spending details.
This organization is registered with the Government Accountability Board as an independent disbursement committee following the January 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. FEC.