New Study Finds Nonpartisan Primaries Reduce the Influence of Wealthy Donors

 

As more and more states look into and pursue nonpartisan open primary initiatives and legislation, partisan insiders are finding more creative ways to attack including claiming that nonpartisan primaries are more susceptible to dark money expenditures. But in a new piece in RealClearPolitics, Researcher and Democracy Fellow at Unite America, Rich Barton points out this couldn’t be further from the truth: “Nonpartisan primaries significantly reduce the influence of wealthy donors in elections.”

Using data from the Federal Election Commission he analyzed all campaign contributions from Political Action Committees (PACs) and independent expenditures from Super PACs and found that:

“Ideological PACs like Club for Growth Action on the right and Protect our Future on the left, bankrolled by millionaires, have much less influence in states with nonpartisan primaries. In fact, nonpartisan primaries curb the power of ideological PACs by about two-thirds relative to partisan primaries.”

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Tell Gov. Walz: Stand up for justice!

From DropSite News:

Two months ago, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison completed a comprehensive review that exonerated a Native American man named Brian Pippitt who is currently serving a life sentence for a first-degree murder that took place decades ago.

But the rural county prosecutor whose office imprisoned Pippitt in the first place is refusing to abide by the state’s exoneration and continues holding Pippitt behind bars to this day. AG Ellison’s investigation found substantial issues with the prosecution, including unreliable witness testimony. To read more about this case, read Drop Site News’ full coverage here.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has a chance to stand up for justice and stop this prosecutor’s obstruction!

Unlike many other states, Minnesota allows its governor to step in and reassign jurisdiction in instances like this.

Sign the petition asking Governor Tim Walz to remove the case from the county prosecutor and hand it over to the attorney general’s office.