The super PAC aligned with House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is hitting the streets this weekend to drum up midterm votes for congressional Republicans.
The “Super Saturday” field program aims to deploy 1,000 volunteers to knock on 300,000 doors in 31 vulnerable, Republican-held House districts across the country. It’s part of Congressional Leadership Fund’s massive voter turnout operation to supplement endangered GOP campaigns.
“Seven months ahead of Election Day, CLF is hosting its second Super Saturday in 31 key congressional districts nationwide,” CLF executive director Corry Bliss said in a statement.
The super PAC backed by tens of millions in donations from contributors loyal to Ryan plans to spend up to $100 million to protect the House GOP’s 23 seat majority in the November elections. The group’s campaign includes an advertising component, but also relies heavily on a homegrown get-out-the-vote operation that includes proprietary data analytics and field elements.
Congressional Leadership Fund has opened 31 field offices in districts the Democrats are targeting this fall; the organization also has been a major presence in special elections, spending millions on field offices and advertising. In that way, CLF is functioning like a secondary National Republican Congressional Committee unburdened by federal fundraising limits.
Each CLF field office consists of a full-time, paid staffer who runs teams of volunteers, usually college students, that regularly knock on doors and man phone banks. The super PAC claims to have made contact with more than 8 million prospective voters so far this election cycle.
The group’s last super Saturday, on Oct. 7 of last year, reached more than 100,000 voters in 17 House districts.
