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In June 2020, members of the Lincoln Project's leadership were informed in writing and in subsequent phone calls of at least 10 specific allegations of harassment against co-founder John Weaver, including two involving Lincoln Project employees, according to multiple people with direct knowledge of the situation.
As states around the country advance a wave of measures that would make it harder to vote, Democrats in Washington are planning the most sweeping voting rights protections in decades. But to pass those protections, Democrats will have to overcome a huge barrier. Shortly after taking control of the US Senate last month, Democrats made it clear that they wanted to move quickly to advance a version of the massive voting rights bill that passed the.
Maine Democrat Sara Gideon still has nearly $11.6 million in the bank after spending $62.9 million in her unsuccessful Senate bid. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
As congressional candidates raked in record sums of campaign cash in the extraordinarily expensive 2020 election, they experienced a unique problem: too much money and not enough time to spend it.
Several candidates who lost their races are sitting on millions in unspent campaign cash. The losers in the 10 most expensive 2020 Senate races still had a combined $35.3 million in the bank according to the most recent Federal Election Commission filings.
Maine Democrat Sara Gideon still has nearly $11.6 million in the bank after spending $62.9 million in her unsuccessful Senate bid. Former Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.), who injected $23.8 million of her own money into her unsuccessful campaign, had roughly $11.5 million in the bank as of late January.