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Group with GOP ties backs Green Party’s Jill Stein with ads, mail

The Badger Values PAC, which is spending in Wisconsin, has not yet disclosed its donors.

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Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein speaks during a rally in Dearborn, Michigan, on Oct. 6. (Rebecca Cook/Reuters)

Updated October 24, 2024 at 5:27 p.m. EDT|Published October 24, 2024 at 2:44 p.m. EDT

A super PAC with Republican Party ties has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in recent days to support the Green Party presidential candidacy of Jill Stein in Wisconsin, in another sign that the supporters of the major parties believe her campaign could affect the election result.

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Badger Values PAC, a new federal PAC founded by a longtime Republican operative with ties to Senate GOP leadership, has reported in recent days matched expenditures opposing Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, and supporting Stein. Other spending has been reported as supporting the campaign of Republican Donald Trump.

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By Michael Scherer

Michael Scherer is a national political reporter at The Washington Post. He was previously the Washington bureau chief for Time magazine, where he also served as the White House correspondent. Before joining Time, he was the Washington correspondent for Salon.com. @michaelscherer

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