The single biggest spender in Republican politics pumped more than $28 million into the GOP in 2021 — and he’s expected to multiply that number leading into the midterms
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The massive national investment by Griffin, a longtime Republican megadonor who has sharply increased his political donations in recent years, positions him to be one of the biggest forces in the GOP’s drive to retake Congress in 2022. And while he has a nonconformist streak — writing a big check to President Joe Biden’s inaugural fund, for example — Griffin’s early muscle is helping his party outpace Democrats’ super PAC efforts.
“This kind of investment in us pays dividends for cycles, because these [candidates] are the stand-outs who can win and actually do something meaningful in Congress, and that matters,” Conston said. “So it’s not just a significant investment today. It’s a significant down payment in the future of the party and in broadening our appeal.”
Griffin has a long-running feud with Pritzker about how the state has been run. They started butting heads back in 2018, when Pritzker first ran for office and Griffin backed incumbent Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, another wealthy investor. Pritzkerthat year, winning the race despite the $20 million spent against him by Griffin, and the hostility only grew.
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