WASHINGTON – CUNA on Tuesday said it added another $160,000 to its campaign war chest last month, starting the election year with almost $800,000 in available political funding.
“We’re well-positioned to enter the election year,” said Trey Hawkins, campaign finance director for CUNA, which will provide more than $3 million in campaign funding to hundreds of congressional candidates this election cycle, making it one of the most active political committees on Capitol Hill.
CUNA will spend the bulk of its campaign funding on political action committee contributions to individual candidates, but it also is expected to spend significant funds on independent expenditures on behalf of favored candidates as Election Day approaches.
Through the first year of the two-year election cycle, CUNA raised more than $1.8 million and spent about $1.3 million on election activity, according to Hawkins.
