Clean Virginia Fund and Dominion Energy each steered big contributions to candidates in the June 20 primary election who support their vision.
The Clean Virginia Fund climate group has poured several hundred thousand dollars into multiple campaigns since May, giving fuel to more-liberal candidates in closely watched contests against establishment Democrats who have held leadership positions, according to an analysis by the nonprofit and nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project of campaign finance disclosures that were due Monday.
“But what you’re seeing is probably the largest and most visible progressive versus center-left challenge that we’ve seen in Virginia,” he said. “Clean Virginia obviously thinks this is the one opportunity they have to make a more dramatic shift in the composition of the Democratic Senate.” Sen. Dave Marsden , who is competing against Heidi Drauschak in the 35th District, did not receive money from either group during the same period. But Dominion contributed $65,000 to Marsden’s campaign when he represented the former 37th District. Clean Virginia Fund and Smith have given Drauschak $360,000 since May, representing two-thirds of her overall total for the period. She received $150,000 from them earlier this year.
“It’s worth noting that our critics donate millions more than we do,” the company said in a statement, pointing to the $7.5 million that Bills has poured into Clean Virginia Fund since last spring. “That’s nearly twice as much as our company and more than any other individual, company or organization in Virginia.”The long-term goal also appears to be to get people into the General Assembly who will fight for their interests on climate and energy issues, political analysts say.
“I would have been happy to have been showered with the amount of money she’s gotten from Clean Virginia,” Barker said of Pekarsky. “We have to work harder than she does because we’re running a broad campaign that has had a comprehensive discussion of the issues.”
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