There was $16.7 billion spent on the [[2022 midterm elections|2022 midterm election]] campaigns, but the [[Koch network]] reportedly spent only $80 million nationwide, which is less than one-half of one percent of the total.
There was $16.7 billion spent on the [[2022 midterm elections|2022 midterm election]] campaigns, but the [[Koch network]] reportedly spent only $80 million nationwide, which is less than one-half of one percent of the total.
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== Speakers at anti-Trump Club for Growth 2023 ==
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The following spoke at the Never-Trump, [[globalist]] [[Club for Growth]] convention at the posh ''The Breakers'' hotel in West Palm Beach, Florida, the first week of March 2023, rather than at the pro-[[Trump]] [[CPAC]]:
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*former VP Mike Pence
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*Gov. Ron DeSantis
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*Sen. Tim Scott
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*Gov. Chris Sununu
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*Gov. Kristi Noem
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*former Gov. Nikki Haley, who also spoke at CPAC but was heckled there
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Club for Growth donated $2M to DeSantis the last cycle. Our column can criticize how they (and other dark money groups like them) are not really that significant as that was merely 2% of DeSantis's fundraising, and nothing compared with the 16B raised and spent overall nationwide in the last elections.