is often referred to as an ATM of politics for the frequency with which candidates of both parties jet in to scoop up campaign cash from well-heeled donors. In the case of. Shanahan, 38, is a Bay Area attorney and entrepreneur who has never held public office. But more to the point, she’s the former wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, and her divorce settlement made her fabulously wealthy.
Since West and Stein are pulling 5% in the former poll and 4% in the latter , it’s reasonable to assume Kennedy is beginning to cut into the MAGA vote to an extent that grabs Trump’s attention. And that has started to happen. Prominent Democratic elected officials also regularly denounce Kennedy and, by extension, Shanahan, who has made almost no campaign appearances since being tapped for the ticket. “When people go to the ballot box, they’re going to see that there are really only two choices. Because it’s throwing away your vote if you’re a Democrat and you vote for someone else on the ballot other than Joe Biden,” Gov. J.B. Pritzker said on CNN on April 21.
Shanahan isn’t the first vice presidential candidate put on a ticket to help fund its campaign. In 1980, David Koch, a second-generation member of the family that founded Koch Industries, was the Libertarian Party’s 1980 vice presidential nominee. As the understudy of presidential candidate Ed Clark, Koch, a political activist, philanthropist, and chemical engineer by training, contributed heavily to the ticket. Of the $3.5 million the campaign raised, $2.
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