Senior Fellow Elaine Kamarck analyzes the Koch brothers’ decision to pull funding from several Republican candidates in the upcoming midterm elections over disagreements on several policy issues. She explains that the rift in the GOP has been growing for much of the last two years and, as a result, the Republican base has been shrinking.
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Authors
Elaine Kamarck
Founding Director
- Center for Effective Public Management,
Senior Fellow
- Governance Studies
@EKamarck
Commentary
PodcastKoch brothers go head to head with Trump
Elaine Kamarck
Elaine Kamarck
Founding Director
- Center for Effective Public Management,
Senior Fellow
- Governance Studies
@EKamarck
August 2, 2018