Candidate Super PACs
These PACs are focused on supporting single candidates. All candidate super PACs in 2018 supported Republican candidates.
Connecticut's Bright Future PAC
CT Rising PAC
FixCT PAC
Protect Freedom PAC
Income and targeting information are as of dates above. This information may change from day to day.
Connecticut's Bright Future PAC
- Focus: Support David Stemerman (R) for Governor
- Income, 2018 (through 10/9 filings): $50,200 (PAC was terminated on 10/9)
- Julian Robertson of New York, a hedge fund manager who is Chairman and founder of Tiger Management, $25,000. Robertson is on the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans, with an estimated net worth of $4.3 billion (as of October 8). In the 2016 election cycle, he was one of the largest political contributors in the country, donating $4.6 million, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
- Andrew Balson of Massachusetts, $25,000. He is Managing Partner at Cove Hill Partners, a private equity firm. He previously worked for 17 years at Bain Capital.
CT Rising PAC
- Focus: Support Mark Boughton (R) for Governor
- Income, 2018 (through 10/10 filings): $104,800
- Winter Winters Brothers Waste Systems of Long Island LLC and Three hundred seven White Street Realty LLC (NY), $12,500 each. These two businesses share the same address in New York. A Connecticut affiliate of Winter Brothers purchased a Danbury trash transfer station that was seized by the federal government after trash hauler James Galante was charged with 93 counts of racketeering.
- James Galante, $5,000. Galante was sentenced to sentenced to 87 months in prison, following a sweeping investigation of mob influence in the trash industry. A woman sharing Galante’s address contributed another $5,000.
- Linda McMahon, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, $10,000. McMahon and her husband Vince ranked among the top 20 contributors in the country to outside political spending groups in the 2016 election cycle, spending $10 million, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Linda McMahon spent more than $97 million on her own 2010 and 2012 U.S. Senate campaign. Vince McMahon ranks among the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans, with estimated assets of $3.3 billion.
- J. David Kelsey, co-founder and Managing Principal of Hamilton Point Investments, LLC, a real estate private equity investment company, $10,000.
FixCT PAC
- Focus: Support Steve Obsitnik (R) for Governor
- Income, 2018 (through 10/30 filings): $145,000
- Thomas McInerney of Westport, CEO of Bluff Point Associates, a private equity firm, $100,000. Thomas and Paula McInerney are ranked among the top political contributors in the country by the Center for Responsive Politics. They have given $2.3 million in the 2018 cycle (as of October 28), with nearly half of this going to outside spending groups, including super PACs.
- Alan Masarek of Milford, $25,000. He is CEO of Vonage Holdings, the telecommunications company.
Protect Freedom PAC
- Focus: Support Bob Stefanowski (R) for Governor
- Income, 2018 (through 10/30 filings): $1,216,250
- Reverge Anselmo a writer and film producer in Greenwich, $730,000. Anselmo is the son of Rene Anselmo, founder of PanAmSat, the first private satellite network, and his mother Mary was previously on the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans. Reverge also formerly served on the board of PanAmSat.
- Richard Uihlein of Illinois, CEO of Uline Corporation, a shipping supply company, $100,000. Uihlein and his wife are the third largest political donors to federal campaigns and PACs in the U.S. in the 2018 election cycle (as of Oct 28). Their spending has gone primarily to “outside spending” groups like super PACs. The couple are becoming well-known for their low profile and have been called “the most powerful conservative couple you’ve never heard of” by the New York Times. Politico has called Richard "the biggest Republican megadonor you’ve never heard of."
- Raymond Debbane of Greenwich, $100,000. Debbane is CEO of Invus Group, an equity investment firm, and Board Chair of Weight Watchers.
- Denis Nayden of Stamford, $100,000. Nayden is Chairman of James Alpha Holdings, LLC, an asset management and financial services company; Vice Chairman of Avolon Holdings Limited, an international aircraft leasing company; and the Chairman of Varagon Capital, a direct lending asset manager. He formerly served as Chair and CEO of General Electric Capital.
Income and targeting information are as of dates above. This information may change from day to day.