Republicans pull funding of Trump-backed Senate candidate in critical North Carolina race
Senate Leadership Fund is redirecting ad spending from Michael Whatley’s campaign to support other candidates A major Republican political action committee pulled the plug on financial support for its Senate candidate in North Carolina , Michael Whatley, according to multiple reports, as the party begins to triage resources amid increasingly dire midterm polling. The Senate Leadership Fund (SLF), the campaign arm of the Senate majority leader, John Thune, has withdrawn its ad spending in North …


