March 18, 2022: Scoop Shelby spending millions to boost Britt
As Rep. Mo Brooks\u2019 (R-Ala.) Trump-endorsed Senate campaign sputters and the Alabama GOP primary descends into chaos, Sen. Richard Shelby is making his move.\xa0\nOur Burgess Everett and Natalie Allison scoop that Shelby is \u201cpreparing to pour as much as $6 million into the race by transferring his campaign coffers into a super PAC supporting Katie Britt,\u201d his former aide who is running for the Senate seat.\n\u201c\u2018I\u2019m going to give it all away sooner or later. I\u2019m going to help her, transfer it to a super PAC,\u2019 said Shelby, who has nearly $10 million in his campaign account and more than $6 million in a separate leadership PAC. He added that Britt is \u2018doing well right now. Mo Brooks is dropping, you see that.\u2019\u201d\nListen and subscribe to Playbook Deep Dive: How Democrats alienated the woman who helped them win the House\nRaghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.