bliss, corry

<div>=</div><div>wikifluff  brochure BS</div><div>Corwin Albert "Corry" Bliss (born 1981) is an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_consultant" class="mw-redirect" title="Political consultant" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">political consultant</a> and campaign manager to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Republican Party</a> (GOP) campaigns. Bliss managed four Senate campaigns in four years, with two of them among the most unexpectedly large victories of the period for Republicans. In December 2016, he was named Executive Director of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Action_Network" title="American Action Network" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">American Action Network</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Leadership_Fund" title="Congressional Leadership Fund" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Congressional Leadership Fund</a>, one of the leading independent political organizations and SuperPACs in the U.S. On his appointment, the New York Times referred to Bliss as "one of his party's most closely watched young strategists."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corry_Bliss#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[1]</a><h2 style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;">Career</h2>Bliss was raised on a horse farm in Westchester County, New York (where he became an accomplished handicapper).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corry_Bliss#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[2]</a> He received his undergraduate degree from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_University" title="Boston University" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Boston University</a> and his J.D. from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUNY_School_of_Law" title="CUNY School of Law" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">CUNY School of Law</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corry_Bliss#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[3]</a> In 2010, Bliss was helming the campaign of Lt. Gov. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Dubie" title="Brian Dubie" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Brian Dubie</a> for Governor of Vermont in 2010—a Republican year, but in a state that had become solidly Democratic at most levels. Dubie lost, 47.7% to 49.5%, to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Shumlin" title="Peter Shumlin" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Peter Shumlin</a>, who was later selected by the Legislature (under the state Constitution's provision when no candidate receives an absolute majority).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corry_Bliss#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[4]</a>In 2012, Bliss was named manager for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_McMahon" title="Linda McMahon" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Linda McMahon</a>'s second campaign for U.S. Senate in Connecticut, as the businesswoman and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" title="WWE" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">WWF</a> executive completely overhauled her political team from her previous bid two years earlier. Bliss worked with national strategist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_LaCivita" title="Chris LaCivita" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Chris LaCivita</a> to give McMahon a more aggressive operation, and they helped McMahon to victory in a GOP primary contested by former longtime Congressman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Shays" class="mw-redirect" title="Christopher Shays" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Christopher Shays</a>. The fall race tightened—from August thru mid-October, most statewide polls showed the race even or within the margin of error.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corry_Bliss#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[5]</a> but the state's increasing liberalism and the presidential-year downdraft from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Mitt Romney</a>'s loss to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Barack Obama</a> proved too much, and though she ran 7 percentage points ahead of Romney, she was defeated, 43.3% to 55.1% for Congressman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Murphy(Connecticut_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris Murphy (Connecticut politician)" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Chris Murphy</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corry_Bliss#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[6]</a>Georgia Secretary of State <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Handel" title="Karen Handel" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Karen Handel</a> hired Bliss in 2013 to manage her campaign in the hotly contested primary for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxby_Chambliss" title="Saxby Chambliss" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Saxby Chambliss</a>. Handel, financially outgunned by wealthy businessman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Perdue" title="David Perdue" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">David Perdue</a> and House Appropriations Chair <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kingston" title="Jack Kingston" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Jack Kingston</a>, nevertheless ran a strong third in the May 2014 primary.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corry_Bliss#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[7]</a> She polled 22% to Kingston's 25.8% and Perdue's 30.6%.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corry_Bliss#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[8]</a>In September 2014, Senate Republicans tapped Bliss and his ally LaCivita to rescue the faltering campaign of incumbent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Roberts" title="Pat Roberts" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Pat Roberts</a> in Kansas, facing a serious challenge from Independent candidate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Orman" title="Greg Orman" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Greg Orman</a>(following the withdrawal of the Democratic nominee, in what was heretofore a three-way general-election contest).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corry_Bliss#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[9]</a> Bliss took over day-to-day command of the Kansan's campaign for the final two months. Roberts, behind or even with Orman in nearly all opinion polls that fall, won re-election with a surprisingly strong 53.1% to Orman's 42.5%.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corry_Bliss#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[10]</a>Bliss's next challenge was the 2016 campaign to re-elect <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Portman" title="Rob Portman" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Rob Portman</a> to the U.S. Senate from heavily targeted Ohio, in a presidential year when Democratic turnout was expected to peak, and both parties would bombard Buckeye State voters with tens of millions of dollars in TV, cable and digital ads. Bliss chose to run what Time magazine called "a hyperlocal campaign without betting on the nominee's coattails."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corry_Bliss#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[11]</a>As Real Clear Politics noted, Portman and Bliss had "the thorny challenge of keeping distance from Trump in a state Trump [was] poised to win. Portman, in the year of the outsider, [was] even more of an insider than Clinton . . . Yet he [ran] a local campaign focused on issues like human trafficking and opioid addiction, and secured the endorsement of the Teamsters as well as other unions" (despite being a mostly conservative Republican).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corry_Bliss#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[12]</a>Polls showed the race even (or Portman slightly behind) as of June 2016; afterwards, Portman led Democratic ex-Gov. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Strickland" title="Ted Strickland" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Ted Strickland</a> in every public survey through Election Day. The final result was 58.0% to 37.2%, nearly a 21-point margin for Portman.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cillizza" title="Chris Cillizza" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Chris Cillizza</a> of the Washington Post argued that the context of Ohio's result had wider implications. "There are a lot of reasons Republicans held the Senate this fall. But Portman's candidacy in Ohio is the most important one. Portman took a seemingly competitive race in a swing state and put it out of reach by Labor Day, allowing money that was ticketed for his state to be in other races, such as North Carolina and Missouri . . ." <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corry_Bliss#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[13]</a>The Washington Post said "Portman took the crown for best campaign",<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corry_Bliss#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[14]</a> while Real Clear Politics said, "Sen. Rob Portman ran the campaign of the year.".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corry_Bliss#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[15]</a> Time magazine called Bliss the "National Republicans’ favorite political fixer" <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corry_Bliss#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[16]</a>Portman himself said, ""With an emphasis on utilizing data, grassroots, and technology, Corry led our campaign from behind in the polls to a 21-point victory. He's one of the best strategists in the country."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corry_Bliss#cite_note-17" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[17]</a>In naming Bliss to head <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Action_Network" title="American Action Network" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">American Action Network</a>, Chairman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm_Coleman" title="Norm Coleman" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Norm Coleman</a> said, "Corry is one of the best young operatives in the country and just managed one of the best campaigns of the 2016 cycle . . .I look forward to working with him to build on our success, and I know we will continue to impact our nation's policies and leaders under his watch." AAN/CLF "promotes limited government policies with the goal of helping House Republicans retain their majority in 2018."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corry_Bliss#cite_note-18" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[18]</a> Together, AAN and CLF spent $48 million across more than 30 House races in 2016, losing only three of them.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corry_Bliss#cite_note-19" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">[19]</a>Bliss, his wife (the former Kim Fanok) and their son live in Northern Virginia.</div><div></div><div>2/18</div><div>
</div><div>ith midterm elections on the horizon and congressional majorities up for grabs, outside groups have jumped at the opportunity to control messaging on tax reform — the one piece of major legislation passed by Congress in 2017.Corry Bliss, executive director of conservative group <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000060058" 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;">American Action Network</a> (AAN), said selling the landmark legislation to voters should be Republicans’ top priority in the coming months.“Every member of the Republican Party should be spending all of their time selling the tax plan,” Bliss told <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/" 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;">The Washington Post</a>. “Everything else is a waste of time and money.”Conservative groups have done their best to corner the market on tax messaging based on pure volume and size of expenditures, but liberal groups too have asserted themselves since the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’s enactment in late December.On Jan. 2, the liberal coalition Tax March released <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtqpxHBrTSjyoYbXHD9mLag/videos" 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;">TV ads</a> in 23 Republican-held congressional districts — 14 of which Hillary Clinton carried in 2016 — admonishing representatives for their support of a bill they claim “raises taxes on 36 million middle class families.” Tax March has promised to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/12/20/democrats-ready-year-long-assault-against-tax-cut-package/?utm_term=.17cb525c530f" 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;">double</a> its spending from last year to $10 million on the issue in 2018 as a part of its Not One Penny campaign.Not to be outdone, AAN launched its own ads the next day in 23 districts, thanking Republican representatives who voted for the bill, which ads published on their <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/AmericanActNet/videos" 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;">YouTube page</a> claim “will save a typical family more than $2,000.” AAN, which pumped millions of dollars into the bill’s passage, plans to spend another <a href="https://americanactionnetwork.org/press/american-action-network-continues-tax-reform-blitz-releases-1-million-digital-campaign/" 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;">$10 million</a> defending it.Republican megadonors Charles and David Koch are promising the financial support of their powerful political machine. Four Koch-funded groups —<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00564765" 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;"> Freedom Partners</a>, <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000024046" 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;">Americans for Prosperity</a>, <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C90016239&cycle=2016" 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;">The Libre Initiative</a>, and General Opportunity — have already announced their intentions.According to a <a href="https://freedompartners.org/latest-news/look-back-2017-look-forward-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;">release</a> on the Freedom Partners website, the four groups “will be participating in a full scale nationwide education campaign” to “demonstrate the tremendous benefits of pro-growth tax reform and show how this plan is directly helping Americans improve their lives.”The Kochs have promised to spend up to $400 million on the looming midterm election, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/27/koch-brothers-network-to-spend-400-million-in-midterm-election-cycle.html" 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;">CNBC reported</a> recently. That’s roughly 60 percent more than they said they dedicated to the 2016 cycle when they focused on down-ballot races instead of throwing their support behind Donald Trump.The brothers, whose organizations spent $20 million in support of the tax bill’s passage last year, announced at a recent donor summit that they will allocate another $20 million to promote its perceived benefits to an electorate that remains skeptical.According to the <a href="http://www.people-press.org/2018/01/24/public-has-mixed-expectations-for-new-tax-law/" 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;">results</a> of a Pew Research survey released last week, just 37 percent of Americans approve of the tax bill compared to 46 percent who disapprove. It also found that 29 percent of adults believe the overhaul will have “mostly positive” effects on themselves and their families in the coming years compared to 27 percent who anticipate “mostly negative” effects.In a number of critical districts, it’s not just middle class voters who are concerned with the implications of the overhaul. Wealthier households in more affluent districts will be hit with the downsizing of key tax breaks such as the mortgage interest and state and local tax deductions (SALT).Graeme Boushey, political science professor at the University of California Irvine in the state’s 45th District, said this poses an interesting dilemma for some Republicans.“For many Republican voters, this has been an objective — something they’ve desired for a very long time,” Boushey said. “But it’s intermingled with the concern that they will be personally injured by the bill.”Republican congresswoman Mimi Waters, who represents the 45th District, voted in favor of the bill. Boushey said that, in defending Waters’s vote, GOP tax messaging in the district will have to appeal to voters’ belief that the overhaul will benefit the country at large.According to the Pew survey, 35 percent of adults expect the overhaul to have “mostly positive” effects on the country at large compared to 40 percent who anticipate “mostly negative” effects.Landmark legislation is oftentimes mired by unfavorable public perceptions. The Affordable Care Act, which passed in 2010, was largely <a href="https://www.kff.org/interactive/kaiser-health-tracking-poll-the-publics-views-on-the-aca/#?response=Favorable--Unfavorable&aRange=all" 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;">unpopular</a> during President Obama’s tenure. It has enjoyed its highest levels of support only since Obama left office, in the wake of Republican attempts to repeal it.Boushey said there are striking political parallels between the passage of the Affordable Care Act  — commonly known as Obamacare — and the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. He cited the pressure placed on both parties to enact landmark legislation on ideological principles when in control of the White House and both chambers of Congress.“This is very similar to the Democrats’ ACA vote,” Boushey said. “Once in 40 years, you get a chance with unified government to enact a sacred cow for the party — pass tax reform here. I think for some of these representatives, there’s a consequences-be-damned attitude to it, even if they know it’s going to cost them in their election.”Republicans <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2014/05/20/314366027/study-obamacare-buried-by-avalanche-of-negative-ads" 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;">drastically outspent</a> Democrats on healthcare messaging after the passage of Obamacare — using it as a valuable piece of political propaganda even in 2016 when many congressional leaders were elected on promises of repeal and replace. Sensing the potential for a Democratic wave election this year that could threaten congressional majorities, Republicans cannot afford to let the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act follow the same trajectory.With millions being poured into TV ads, some groups are resorting to more out-of-the-box methods of messaging. The <a href="https://www.jobcreatorsnetwork.com/press_releases/job-creators-network-launches-multi-million-dollar-campaign-supporting-tax-cuts-now/" 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;">Job Creators Network</a> is embarking on a nationwide bus tour to sing the praises of the bill, and Democratic leaders are hosting teach-ins to convey its perceived pitfalls to constituents.</div><div></div><div><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/08/what-is-the-congressional-leadership-fund/" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/08/what-is-the-congressional-leadership-fund/</a></div><div>
</div><div>A Democratic candidate alleged Wednesday that a GOP super PAC got ahold of her C.I.A. security clearance application to use for political purposes, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/us/politics/cia-officer-house-election-super-pac.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage" 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;">according to The New York Times.</a></div>Abigail Spanberger, <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary?cycle=2018&id=VA07" 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;">the Democratic nominee in Virginia’s 7th District</a>, said the Congressional Leadership Fund is using the highly sensitive information found in the application to attack her campaign. Spanberger is challenging <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00036013" 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;">Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.)</a>.A spokeswoman for the super PAC responded to Spanberger’s accusation saying it had lawfully obtained the application through a Freedom of Information Act request.<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00504530&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;">The Congressional Leadership Fund</a> is a powerful and influential GOP super PAC that has already raised nearly $100 million for the 2018 election cycle.The super PAC, which formed in 2011, has rapidly become a major contributor to GOP politicians, closely aligned to House Speaker Paul Ryan.The Congressional Leadership Fund has raised $96.6 million in 2018 year-to-date, a sizable increase from $51.1 million raised during the 2016 election cycle and $12.6 million raised for 2014 elections.At this point in the 2018 election cycle, the super PAC has spent $3.2 million supporting Republican candidates and $24.2 million opposing Democratic candidates.The super PAC’s biggest spend in support of a candidate so far this cycle was $1.2 million supporting Troy Balderson, the Republican who went on to win the hotly contested special election <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/24/politics/troy-balderson-ohio-special-election/index.html" 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;">in Ohio’s 12 District.</a>Congressional Leadership Fund’s biggest spend opposing a candidate was $6.1 million against Jon Ossoff, the Democratic candidate <a href="https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/why-jon-ossoff-isn-making-comeback-georgia-6th/P2FMacaNXWPkeKKstIFltK/" 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;">who lost in Georgia’s 6th District in a 2017 special election.</a>The super PAC’s stated mission is to focus on bringing more Republicans into the U.S. House of Representatives to strengthen the party’s majority, according to <a href="https://congressionalleadershipfund.org/about/" 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;">the Congressional Leadership Fund’s website.</a>Corry Bliss is the executive director for both the Congressional Leadership Fund and the American Action Network, a politically active nonprofit focused on center-right policies that doesn’t have to disclose its donors.  Major Republican donors Sheldon and Miriam Adelson have been the leading contributors to the super PAC since its creation. The Adelsons donated $15 million a piece to the super PAC in 2018 and a total of $20 million in 2016.The Congressional Leadership Fund was also created to oppose Democratic super PACs, like the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and to support former House Speaker John Boehner, according to the super PAC’s website.<div class="related-box" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; width: 760px; padding: 8px 0px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px;">RELATED TOPICS<ul class="related-list" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; margin: 0px -5px; padding: 0px; list-style: none;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; margin: 0px 5px 10px; padding: 0px; list-style-position: inside; float: left;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/tag/abigail-spanberger/" rel="tag" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; 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