Sheldon Adelson doubles contribution to Boteach to $1 million

The Wall Street Journal is quoting sources close to Sheldon Adelson as saying that the casino billionaire and Birthright Israel philanthropist has given an additional $500,000 to a political action committee supporting Rabbi Shmuley Boteach’s race for Congress from New Jersey’s Ninth District.

That brings Adelson’s contribution to the independent Patriot Prosperity PAC to $1 million. He also contributed $10,000 directly to the campaign.

Independent political action committees cannot coordinate with the candidates they support.

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According to Opensecrets.org, which collates reports made to the Federal Election Committee, the PAC has spent more than $14,000 on “media production” with longtime Republican ad man Chris Mottola, and more than $450,000 on “media purchase” with Target Enterprises, a Republican-focused Los Angeles-based “strategic media placement company” specializing in political advertising.

The Patriot Prosperity PAC also has spent more than a quarter million dollars on behalf of Joe Kyrillos, New Jersey’s Republican candidate for Senate.