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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Official PAC Name:<br style="" />AWAKE CAROLINA<br style="" />Location: BEVERLY, MA 01915<br style="" />Industry:<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/industry.php?txt=Q01&cycle=2020" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;"><br style="" />Treasurer: GANTT, CHARLES<br style="" />FEC Committee ID: C00701805<br style="" />(Look up </a><a href="http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?C00701805" target="_blank" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">actual documents filed</a> at the FEC)</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">---</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">1</font></div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/expends/vendor.php?year=2020&vendor=New+Day+Media" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">New Day Media</a>$90,0002<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/expends/vendor.php?year=2020&vendor=Big+Dog+Strategies" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Big Dog Strategies</a>$49,3683<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/expends/vendor.php?year=2020&vendor=Strategic+Perception+Inc" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Strategic Perception Inc</a>$14,3504<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/expends/vendor.php?year=2020&vendor=Bulldog+Compliance" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Bulldog Compliance</a>$3,7105<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/expends/vendor.php?year=2020&vendor=Clark+Hill+PLC" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Clark Hill PLC</a>$1,166</font><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">the first election of 2019 was a big one. Not necessarily in national significance but in size, with a whopping 23 candidates — and 17 Republicans — vying for the open North Carolina 3rd Congressional District seat.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">State Rep. Greg Murphy and pediatrician Dr. Joan Perry finished in the top two of the Republican primary but neither received 30 percent or more of the vote. They will advance to a runoff scheduled for June 9. The general election is slated for Sept. 10.</font></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px;">The Republican primary race for the reliably-red seat, vacated by the death of Rep. Walter Jones in February, </span><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2019/04/2019-north-carolina-special-elections-money/" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">drew the attention of several conservative outside groups</a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px;"> looking to support their preferred candidate. Needless to say, some did better than others.</span></font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px;"><b>No outside spending groups threw their support behind Murphy, the top vote-getter at 22.5 percent.</b> But Murphy had plenty of money himself, raising far more than any of his opponents — $317,994 through March 31. While some of his opponents invoked President Donald Trump and </span><a href="https://www.rollcall.com/news/campaigns/north-carolina-republican-makes-first-ad-aoc" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">other national figures</a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px;"> in their campaigns, Murphy stuck with his message of </span><a href="https://www.atr.org/greg-murphy-becomes-first-candidate-make-no-new-taxes-promise-nc-03-race" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">lowering taxes</a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px;">.</span></font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px;">Perry raised $152,245 through March but also received support from several outside groups. Anti-abortion group </span><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000029292" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Susan B. Anthony List</a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px;"> made $86,853 in independent expenditures supporting Perry through its </span><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00530766&cycle=2018" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Women Speak Out PAC</a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px;">. Winning for Women Action Fund made its first appearance, adding another $201,351 in support of Perry.</span></font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The group, which intends to recruit and support Republican women candidates, cheered Perry’s second place finish, saying in a statement it “proves that voters have an appetite for electing qualified Republican women and that critical primary support will help get them there.”</font></span></p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><br style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px;" /></font><p style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Outside groups that bet on Perry can call her second-place finish a success. The rest — not so much.</font></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px;">Influential anti-tax super PAC </span><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/detail.php?cmte=Club%20for%20Growth&cycle=2018" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Club for Growth</a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px;"> shelled out $199,050 to boost public accountant Celeste Cairns’ campaign, but she finished ninth. Another super PAC, an obscure group called </span><a href="https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00701805/?tab=about-committee" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Awake Carolina</a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px;">, spent $104,350 to boost Cairns. The outside support wasn’t enough, as Cairns raised just $75,099 and collected only 1,462 of 68,593 votes cast.</span></font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px;">Phil Shepard, another state representative, raised $70,500 and finished third. He was boosted by an obscure group called </span><a href="https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00702324/" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Conservatives for a Better North Carolina</a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px;">, which reported spending $37,211 to support Shepard, $2,500 against Murphy and $2,500 against Perry.</span></font></p><div id="adContainer" class="u-mt2 u-mb2" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; margin: 20px 0px;" /><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><br style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px;" /></font><p style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px;">In a </span><a href="https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=04/30/2019&county_id=0&office=FED&contest=0" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">low turnout race</a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px;">, 14 candidates drew at least 1 percent of the vote in the Republican primary.</span></font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In the Democratic primary, the top fundraiser, former Greenville, N.C., mayor Allen Thomas won with 50 percent of the vote. He leapfrogged his five Democratic opponents in campaign cash, pulling in $255,370.</font></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Retired U.S. Marine Corps aviator Richard Bew, who raised $123,208 through March, finished second. The Democratic primary didn’t attract outside groups, as the Republican primary winner is favored to win the district that Trump won by nearly 24 points.</b></font></span></p><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">1ok$</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Awake Carolina Summary | OpenSecrets</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00701805&cycle...</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Thumbnail image</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">*Based on data released by the FEC on March 20, 2020 except for independent expenditure and communication cost, contributions to federal candidates, and ...</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Awake Carolina Archives - OpenSecrets News</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">https://www.opensecrets.org/news/tag/awake-carolina/</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Tag: Awake Carolina ... The Republican primary in North Carolina's 3rd district drew the attention of several conservative outside groups looking to support.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Outside groups spending big in crowded North Carolina special ...</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">https://www.opensecrets.org/.../2019-north-carolina-special-elections-money/</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Thumbnail image</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Apr 24, 2019 ... Much of the outside money went towards TV and radio ad buys. Brown herself only raised $38,880, placing her third among the Republicans.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Awake Carolina Summary | OpenSecrets</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?cycle=2018&strID...</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Thumbnail image</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Sign up for our newsletter to track money's influence on U.S. elections and public policy. Please enter a valid email address. Do not fill this out if you are a ...</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Awake Carolina Outside Spending | OpenSecrets</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">https://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/detail.php?cmte...cycle...</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Thumbnail image</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Feb 10, 2020 ... Outside groups spend millions during an election to influence voters' decisions with political advertising. Explore those expenditures here at ...</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Awake Carolina Expenditures | OpenSecrets</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/expenditures.php?cycle=2020&cmte...</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Thumbnail image</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Oct 16, 2019 ... Search our Political Action Committee (PAC) database to learn about the impact they have on our elections.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Awake Carolina Independent Expenditures | OpenSecrets</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/indexpend.php?strID=C00701805...</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Thumbnail image</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Search our Political Action Committee (PAC) database to learn about the impact they have on our elections.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Awake Carolina Contributors, 2020 cycle | OpenSecrets</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgave2.php?cycle=2020&cmte...</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Thumbnail image</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">METHODOLOGY: The numbers on this page are based on contributions from individuals giving $200 or more, as reported to the Federal Election Commission.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Conservative outside groups come up short in first election of 2019</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">https://www.opensecrets.org/.../conservative-outside-groups-come-up-short- in-first-election-of-2019/</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Thumbnail image</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">May 1, 2019 ... The Republican primary in North Carolina's 3rd district drew the ... Another super PAC, an obscure group called Awake Carolina, spent ...</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">North Carolina District 03 Race • OpenSecrets</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">www.opensecrets.org/races/outside-spending?cycle=2020&id=NC03</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Thumbnail image</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Sep 10, 2019 ... This page shows the contributions made to North Carolina District 03 in 2020. For more information ... Awake Carolina, SuperPAC, $153,718.</font></div></div></div></div>