Mike Pence is getting some political muscle. Super PAC to launch in May.
The formation of the PAC backing Mike Pence would serve as the prelude to an official campaign that is betting heavily on performing well in Iowa. | Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesA super PAC backing an expected Mike Pence presidential bid is planning to launch in mid-May, while his campaign is ramping up talks with consultants and activists in early nominating states, according to a senior adviser to the former vice president.
The formation of the PAC would serve as the prelude to an official campaign that is betting heavily on performing well in Iowa. Pence, a devout evangelical Christian, is trying to re-create the coalition that helped Republican candidates win Iowa in the past, like Sen. Ted Cruz in 2016, former Sen. Rick Santorum in 2012 and former Gov. Mike Huckabee in 2008.
Chip Saltsman, the architect of Huckabee’s 2008 Iowa victory, has been advising Pence on his early state strategy. And Pence’s camp also is having conversations about the PAC with Mike Biundo, the New Hampshire-based veteran of nine presidential campaigns — one among a tiny group of Republican consultants to have won both the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary — who was national senior adviser to Trump in 2016.
“We’re also under no illusion that this isn’t going to be front-runner status on day one,” the senior adviser said.
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