NJ-12: Pro-Palestine super PAC plans to spend $2 million supporting Hamawy (D)

The super PAC wars of New Jersey’s 12th congressional district have begun.

American Priorities PAC, a brand-new but deep-pocketed super PAC intended to support progressive, Israel-skeptical candidates around the country, announced this morning that it is kicking off an enormous investment supporting Adam Hamawy, one of the leading Democratic candidates in the open Central Jersey district.

For now, the PAC has announced a $600,000 ad buy that will run for the next two-and-a-half weeks, a sum that’s larger than what any individual candidate (including Hamawy) has reported raising for their own campaigns thus far. The ad, “Heart,” extols Hamawy’s background as a medical doctor and Army veteran, saying that he’s worked to save lives in Iraq, Gaza, and the United States.

With just over a month to go until the June 2 Democratic primary, American Priorities says that it plans to eventually double that ad investment and spend “approximately $2 million” on the 12th district campaign in total. It’s not clear yet whether all of that will go towards pro-Hamawy messaging – as opposed to attacking any of Hamawy’s 11 primary opponents – though a spokesperson for the PAC said the current plan is to stick to positive campaigning.


https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/pro-palestine-super-pac-plans-to-spend-2-million-supporting-hamawy/