Palin's SarahPAC Backs Portman, Graham, Hatch

By Jonathan Allen | August 28, 2009 2:51 PM | | Comments (1)

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's SarahPAC has donated money to the campaigns of Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Orrin Hatch of Utah, as well as to Republican Ohio Senate candidate Rob Portman, according to a Friday filing with the Federal Election Commission.

The exact amounts of the contributions were not reported, but Palin had to list the names of candidates she had financially supported to make SarahPAC a bona fide political action committee.

Her contributions to Arizona Sen. John McCain, for whom she served as a running mate in the 2008 presidential campaign, and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski had been reported in a previous filings

Those contributions drew scrutiny earlier this week because SarahPac donated in $5,000 increments, slightly exceeding the limit on giving by individuals for an election cycle. Technically, SarahPAC did not qualify as a "multicandidate" political action committee -- with a $5,000 per candidate, per election limit -- until she had reported contributing to five candidates. The FEC sent the PAC a letter about the discrepancy on Aug. 19.

According to the report SarahPAC filed on Friday, she crossed the five-candidate threshold on Aug. 12 with a donation to Portman. SarahPAC gave to Graham and Hatch on July 14.

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Categories: Election 2010, Fundraising

Tags: Graham, McCain, Palin, Portman, SarahPAC

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  1. As the old saying goes "With friend(s) like this..."

    Posted by: NObama Author Profile Page | August 28, 2009 7:01 PM

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