UPDATED: Dark Money is Flooding the Kanawha County Commission Race: Part 1

LISTEN TO THE AUDIO FOR EXPLANATION I consider Independent Expenditure Committees (referred to as IEs in the politico world) dark money because you cannot see the donors.

Raise the Bar PAC The following documents were retrieved from: https://cfrs.wvsos.gov/public/committeeProfile?registrantID=1040004038 The legal entity doesn’t show you much but here are the tax filings if you want to review them: https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/365011379 $107,500 in support of Jared Page + $72,500 in opposition of Paul Monroe = $180,000 Fletcher Consultants, LLC FCC Records Showing Media Buys WCHS-TV:

https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/tv-profile/WCHS-TV/political-files/2026/non-candidate-issue-ads/raise-the-bar-pac/03d1fa35-2c11-548e-45ed-bbb76be25728 More to Come Stay Tuned…… Thanks for reading West Virginia Policy and Elections! Subscribe for free to receive new posts.

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