Mitchell Roland
9/6/24
(Centralia Chronicle) Freshman U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, is following a commitment to refuse financial support from corporate political action committees (PACs), End Citizens United told The Chronicle Friday.
“Congresswoman Gluesenkamp Perez has continued to abide by her pledge to reject corporate PAC contributions — unlike Joe Kent who has taken thousands from corporate PACs, convicted insurrectionists and felons,” Jonas Edwards-Jenks, a spokesperson for End Citizens United, wrote in an email. “It’s clear that while Congresswoman Gluesenkamp Perez is fighting every day to put the needs of working people from Southwest Washington ahead of corporate special interests, extremist fraud Joe Kent cannot be trusted to do the same.”
End Citizens United is a political action committee founded in 2015 that has supported and endorsed Democratic candidates. It has endorsed and contributed to Gluesenkamp Perez’ campaign.
The statement by Edwards-Jenks comes after the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) cast doubt on the claims the Gluesenkamp Perez campaign has made — including in an Aug. 30 article in The Chronicle.
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According to End Citizens United, which created the pledge for congressional candidates to reject corporate PAC money, a corporate PAC is a designation by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). During the 2022 election cycle, corporate PACs contributed more than $150 million to campaigns.
“PACs that are connected to a corporation and engage in federal elections must file a Statement of Organization with the FEC,” the organization states on its website. “If they are operated by a corporation they must disclose that information with the FEC, thus designating them as a corporate PAC.”