Messenger: Senate Majority Fund

Candidate: Faith Winter

Contest: Senate District 24

Affiliation: D

Date delivered: Sept. 15, 2018

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Message type: mailer

Message tone: negative

About the message:

This mailer from super PAC Senate Majority PAC says Democratic state Rep. Faith Winter is running for state Senate "to improve her own political clout." It says she's a former lobbyist who votes with special interests, mentiong transportation and education. In fact, Winter was one of the primary House sponsors of a Republican-backed bill to improve transportation funding in the state. 

Winter lobbied for Conservation Colorado, an environmental group, in from 2011-13. She was paid $1,550 for lobbying in 2011, $8,900 in fiscal year 2012 and $2,100 in FY 2013.

About the messenger: The Senate Majority Fund is a state-level super PAC that supports Republican candidates for Colorado's state Senate and opposes Democratic candidates.

The messenger's money: The group has raised about $2 million since Jan. 1, 2017, including $200,000 from Noble Energy, $77,200 from Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America, $64,000 from the Colorado Apartment Association, $45,000 from The Anschutz Corp. and $35,000 from Encana Oil & Gas,