A dozen House Appropriations members are attending a D.C. fundraiser for Cole.
Share on email , the chair of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, is getting a financial assist from his panel's members as he faces a well-funded primary challenge from his right flank.Cole's opponent, insurance executive Paul Bondar, is able to self-fund his campaign and thus give the decades-long congressional veteran a potential run for his money.Cole's campaign is hosting a June 27 "Drinks and Cigars" fundraiser in Washington, D.C.
Among the lawmakers are five Appropriations subcommittee chairs: Reps. Hal Rogers , Mario Diaz-Balart , David Joyce , Mike Simpson and Mark Amodei . The cost of a ticket runs from $750 for an "individual attend" to $2,5000 for a "PAC host," according to the invite.He has served in Congress since 2003 from a firmly Republican seat in South Central Oklahoma, consistently winning reelection by comfortable margins.
A loyal ally of House Republican leadership, Cole has a solidly conservative voting record but is considered a bipartisan dealmaker and "Cole himself had amassed a nearly $2 million war chest as of the end of March, with an outside group pouring another $2 million into opposing Bondar, according to Several other center-right and GOP establishment PACs are also spending significant sums to support Cole, Roll Call reported.Share on linkedin
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