Mark V. Holden, left, senior vice president and general counsel for Koch Industries, chats with his boss Charles Koch in Wichita, Kansas, in 2015. (Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post)INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — The Koch network plans to spend between $300 million to $400 million on policy and political campaigns during the 2018 election cycle. By comparison, the network of conservative advocacy groups spent about $250 million during the 2016 cycle on policy and political campaigns. The network, which is led by billionaire industrialist Charles Koch, has about 700 donors who give a minimum of $100,000 per year. About 200 of the donors gathered at a desert resort outside of Palm Springs this weekend are first-time attendees.

Source: Washington Post January 29, 2017 00:44 UTC