kate ackley joins us today, there is a lot -- host: kate ackley joins us today, there's a lot of ways to promote an outside candidate, can you explain the tour -- the terms we will be using, super pac's, party committees, even 501(c)(3) organizations. it's great to be on with you. we will start with super pac's. that is one that has gotten a lot of attention, since they were created about eight years ago. these are independent expenditure funds, if you could give any amount of money you want to a super pac, that is why they're called super. one of my mentors can up with that phrase, thank you eliza for that term. if you are a wealthy individual, a company, you can give any amount of money you want to a super pac. super pac's are running as right now for or against -- ads for or against candidates. the rob is that you cannot, you're not supposed court may, it is illegal to coordinate with the candidate. these are independent outside voices trying to influence the outcome of an election or policy issue. another type of pac that has gotten a lot of attention are known as corporate packs.

kate ackley covers lobbying and finance issues. is the number if you are a democrat. (202) 748-8001 four republicans. for independents. one chart i want to show to help viewers understand why we are focusing on super pacs. this is the total by type of spending in the 2018 election. 127 super pac's have spent well over $260 million so far this election. for compares to $48 million (4) groups. is it safe to say this will be the most spending by super pacs by any midterm election since they have been created? guest: it is tough to say. it is tough to compare to a nonpresidential election year. what we are finding in terms of congressional races and outside spending toward the midterms, every cycle seems to outdo the previous one. are on track to see more spending from these big-money groups aimed at influencing congressional elections. host: let's talk about the big-money groups. they have names that don't necessarily explain where they are spending the money. the top is the congressional leadership fund having spent $52 million so fa

kate ackley covers lobbying and finance issues. is the number if you are a democrat. (202) 748-8001 four republicans. for independents. one chart i want to show to help viewers understand why we are focusing on super pacs. this is the total by type of spending in the 2018 election. 127 super pac's have spent well over $260 million so far this election. for compares to $48 million (4) groups. is it safe to say this will be the most spending by super pacs by any midterm election since they have been created? guest: it is tough to say. it is tough to compare to a nonpresidential election year. what we are finding in terms of congressional races and outside spending toward the midterms, every cycle seems to outdo the previous one. are on track to see more spending from these big-money groups aimed at influencing congressional elections. host: let's talk about the big-money groups. they have names that don't necessarily explain where they are spending the money. the top is the congressional leadership fund having spent $52 million so fa

kate ackley covers lobbying finance issues. if you are democrat, (202)748-8000, independent 202-748-8002. you've been talking a lot about disclosure. a good place to go on these issues is open secret.org. a lot of information about outside spending. one chart i want to show to explain how we are focused on them right nowr it is on the tye of spending in the 2,018th election. some 2,127 super pacs have spent well over $268 million just so pardon the 2,018th election and that is compared to some of these groups. 48 million, 17 million further -- groups and party committees spent from $81 million so far. a lot of money there but short of the 268 million for the super pacs. is it safe to say this will be the most spending by any midterm election. if you want to pull up a slide by comparison what we are finding in terms of congressional races and outside spending towards the midterms seems to do the. previous point so we are on track from these big-money groups aimed at influencing congressional elections. >> let's talk about the sp

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