Washington Post Quotes Ken Gross on DeSantis Super PAC

For its article “DeSantis group plans field program, showing the expanding role of super PACs,” The Washington Post quoted Akin senior political law counsel and consultant Ken Gross. The article looks at efforts by the Never Back Down super PAC, independent of any formal campaign organization, to organize students and others in support of Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis’ potential presidential run.

On the topic of DeSantis’ freedom to engage with the super PAC’s leadership while still only a prospective candidate, Ken, who served as a Federal Election Commission Associate General Counsel, said that he would draw a parallel to George W. Bush, whose supporters “raised and spent large sums before his filing for candidacy. There was some hand wringing at the time but there was no successful challenge to the coordination rules. As long as the candidate is still considering whether to run, it is hard to see a successful challenge against a prospective candidate coordinating with a super PAC.”