Tea Partyer Finds Scorn for Transit Projects Irks Donors
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The Tea Party-backed candidate challenging House transportation leader Bill Shuster has spent months portraying the Pennsylvania Republican as a big spender behind some of Congress’s priciest infrastructure measures.
The strategy is backfiring. Donors are ignoring commercial real estate businessman Art Halvorson, who campaign finance reports show raised $8,700 in the three months ending Dec. 31 for the state’s May 20 primary contest. Shuster’s $558,000 intake included a check from the political action committee of Koch Industries Inc., owned by two brothers who have bankrolled the Tea Party movement.