The bipartisan group contracted with a Republican firm for its work to qualify for the ballot in Colorado.
As part of its push for a unity ticket presidential bid, the bipartisan group No Labels quietly employed a firm with ties to GOP candidates including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.by No Labels’ affiliated nonprofit entity, Insurance Policy for America, to help it gather signatures in Colorado, the first state where No Labels, which has floated the idea of an independent presidential unity ticket in 2024, qualified as a minor political party.
Tim Pollard, a partner at Blitz Canvassing, confirmed No Labels was a client last year but said the firm, which usually works with Republican candidates as well as on ballot initiatives, had declined opportunities to work with them going forward. “Colorado, like the country, is moving in the wrong direction. We’re eager for the election ahead,” he said.
Still, the expenditures are likely to provide fodder to the group’s critics, who have accused it of having too many ties to Republicans and who fear a well-funded third party candidateThough No Labels has floated Sen. Joe Manchin as a possible presidential candidate, its affiliated nonprofitBlitz Canvassing, which is based in Colorado, has worked for Republican candidates in several states. DeSantis’ campaign paid it more than $8 million in 2022, according to Florida campaign finance records.
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