“We think they should not have single candidate super PACs.” Many Democrats who are potential presidential candidates in 2020 have already promised to stop accepting corporate PAC donations, including Sens. ASSOCIATED PRESS Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren made her first stop of the 2018 campaign in Council Bluffs, Iowa. In December, The New York Times reported that allies of both Gillibrand and Harris were discussing creating super PACs. In 2016, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) made denunciations of super PACs set up to back Hillary Clinton a centerpiece of his campaign. reached an agreement, dubbed “The People’s Pledge,” during her 2012 race that essentially barred super PACs and other outside groups from spending in the contest.

Source: Huffington Post January 12, 2019 13:52 UTC