Conservative PAC Admits Meddling In Democrat Primaries To Boost Radical Candidates

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A conservative outside group has financed millions of dollars in Democrat primary spending aimed at elevating weaker, more radical candidates over their mainstream opponents — all to give Republicans easier general-election matchups in November.

The Conservative Americans PAC participated in primary contests across Nebraska’s 2nd District, Pennsylvania’s 7th, Texas’ 35th, New Jersey’s 7th, and Maine’s 2nd District, working alongside affiliated political action committees Lead Left PAC and Real Change PAC, according to documents obtained by the Daily Caller.

The strategy is simple: boost far-left Democrats on issues like ICE abolition and Medicare for All during primaries, making them less competitive in general elections.

“After over a decade of Democrats meddling in our primaries and with radical politicians ascending in the Democrat Party, Republicans are evening the playing field.”

Conservative Americans PAC spokeswoman Samantha Bullock told the Caller the effort mirrors tactics Democrats have used for years, adding a quote from Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries: “These clowns have been playing checkers, and we’re going to continue to play three-dimensional chess.”

Across the five races examined, Conservative Americans PAC and its affiliated groups collectively spent about $18.1 million, according to the documents. Lead Left PAC and Real Change PAC accounted for roughly $4.3 million of that total.

In Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, Lead Left PAC spent $435,225 opposing Democratic state Sen. John Cavanaugh, framing him as a candidate who would align with President Donald Trump over fellow Democrats. Denise Powell won the primary.

In Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee-backed candidate, state Sen. Joe Baldacci, was defeated in the Democratic primary after ranked-choice tabulation. State Auditor Matt Dunlap secured the nomination. Inside Elections later rated the district “Likely Republican.”

The group’s approach is based on the belief that more radical positions popular with Democrat primary voters make candidates less competitive in general elections. Several affiliated groups run campaign ads with the opposite objective, using a candidate’s proximity to pro-Trump policies to undermine their support in Democratic primaries.

Axios has reported a “nationwide Republican effort to elevate Democratic primary candidates viewed as more beatable in November,” a dynamic it said caused concern among Democrats. Politico recently described how Republican-aligned super PACs were “trying to elevate weaker Democrats against Republicans to ease the GOP’s path in November.”

Democrats, however, have long operated using the same tactics. Democratic-aligned groups have engaged in significant Republican primary spending this cycle.

The New York Times reported that “meddling in Republican primaries has become a regular tactic for Democrats in recent years,” while “Democrats meddling in GOP primaries isn’t hypocritical, it’s necessary,” Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. declared in 2024.

So far this cycle, Democratic-aligned outside groups have spent roughly $44 million across 18 targeted competitive Democrat primaries. The Conservative Americans PAC’s affiliated Lead Left PAC and Real Change PAC account for just over $4 million of the Democrat primary spending, according to the documents reviewed by the Caller.

Republican officials and aligned groups have said Democrat meddling in Republican primaries has received less scrutiny, citing broader spending totals across cycles.

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