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is high, especially during a mid- term election that saw record ex- penditures on scores of competi- tive
races.ManynewHousemem- bers are scrambling to take care of debts from 2010 so they can turn their attention to the next cycle, according to aides and campaign finance experts, just as other new- comershavedone inthepast. “The first step in raisingmoney for the 2012 election cycle is to
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close thedooronthe2010election cycle,” said Paul Lindsay, spokes- man for the National Republican Congressional Committee, which is headed by Sessions. “Chairman Sessions appreciates the hard- fought battles that have left in- comingmembers with debt to re- tire, and he is committed to help- ing them enter the next election cycle ina strongposition.” IncomingGOPlawmakershave
held more than a dozen “debt re- tirement” fundraisers in the past
month, according to a partial tally by the Sunlight Foundation. Ex- amples include Rep.-elect Tim Walberg (R-Mich.), who held a debt-retirement dinner at Car- mine’s last Wednesday night; re- quired donations were $2,500 for guests and $5,000 for sponsors, according to aninvitation. Spokesmen for Walberg and
many other newly elected law- makers did not respond to re- quests for comment about their post-electionfundraising.
Rep.-elect Bill Flores (R-Tex.), a
retired energy executivewho held a debt-retirement reception Nov. 17, received post-election contri- butions frompolitical actioncom- mittees for, among others, Delo- itte,ExxonMobilandtheNational Association of Insurance and Fi- nancial Advisors. Flores, who ousted Democratic veteran Chet Edwards, also forgave himself more than $600,000 in personal loans,FECrecords show. The financial advisers group
also gave $2,500 each to more thanadozenother incominglegis- lators, including Rep.-elect Dan Benishek (R-Mich.), who held a Nov. 18 fundraiser, records show. Benishek took in last-minute do- nations from Johnson Controls, DeltaAirLines andtheK&LGates lobbying firm, records show. Benishekis a surgeonandabor-
tion opponent who won the seat being vacated by centrist Demo- crat Bart Stupak (D-Mich.). He campaigned against “ungodly
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rector at theCampaignLegalCen- ter, said debt-retirement events and other post-election fundrais- ers “are God’s gift to special inter- ests,”allowingcorporatePACsand lobbyists tocurryfavorwithgrate- ful lawmakers. It also allows some donorstopitchinwithacandidate whom they previously had ig- noredor opposed, she said. “If you were on the wrong side
or just AWOL during the election, this is your chance tomake it up,” McGehee said. “It’s a great way to get in goodwithmembers of Con- gress.”
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Staffwriter T.W. Farnamcontributed to this report.
DCCC gets new leader for 2012 races
BY CHRIS CILLIZZA Robby Mook will take over as
the head of the House Demo- crats’ campaign armfor the 2012 election. Considered a rising star with-
in the ranks of the party’s staff, Mook is very familiar with the workings of the Democratic Con- gressional Campaign Commit- tee. During the 2010 election cycle, he served as the commit- tee’s political director and then as the head of the massive inde- pendent expenditure effort that oversaw tens of millions of dol- lars in spending in dozens of districts around the country. Mook’s hiring is the firstmajor
decision for incoming DCCC Chairman Steve Israel (N.Y.). “He has managed successful
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campaigns in states where we are going to compete aggressive- ly: New Hampshire, Ohio and Nevada,” Israel said. Mook rose to prominence dur-
ing the 2008 Democratic presi- dential fight, running the Ohio and Indiana primaries and the Nevada caucuses for then-New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clin- ton. Clinton won each of those contests. After Clinton fell short of the nomination, Mook moved to New Hampshire to run the 2008 Senate campaign of Gov. Jeanne Shaheen, a race she won. He spent the entirety of the 2010 campaign on the DCCC payroll. Mook now faces the unenvi-
able task of picking up the elec- toral pieces forDemocrats after a 63-seat loss in the 2010 election. “It’s an enormous privilege to
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work with Congressman Israel and House Democrats to elect a Democratic majority in 2012,” Mook said. “This cycle is full of opportunity for House Demo- crats, and I couldn’t be more excited to be at the committee.” The National Republican Con-
gressional Committee has yet to announce any of its senior staff, but continuity is likely to be the rule. Chairman Pete Sessions (Texas) will stay on at the helm for a second termin 2012.
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