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Billionaire-Funded Campaign Ousts West Virginia Lawmaker Over Voucher Limits

Original: He Tried to Set Limits on His State’s School Vouchers. Billionaires Helped Bankroll a Campaign to Unseat Him.

A high-ranking West Virginia Republican who sought only to curb the unchecked growth of the state's school voucher program was voted out of office after a targeted campaign against him. According to ProPublica, three political action committees linked to the Koch family and billionaire Jeffrey Yass helped bankroll the effort to unseat him, highlighting the influence of wealthy donors in state education politics.

Why now: The ProPublica investigation sheds light on how billionaire money shaped a state election over school voucher policy.

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• He Tried to Set Limits on His State’s School Vouchers. Billionaires Helped Bankroll a Campaign to Unseat Him. · ProPublica

  A high-ranking Republican had wanted only to curb the unchecked growth of West Virginia’s voucher program, not destroy it. In the ensuing backlash, three PACs — affiliated with the Koch family and Jeffrey Yass — helped defeat him at election time.

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