PG Politics: Outside influences in the race for Pittsburgh mayor

PG Politics: Outside influences in the race for Pittsburgh mayor

Running a successful campaign for office often requires the use of a dirty word in politics: coordination. Candidates and staffers have to be on the same...

Outside Super PAC money ramping up in mayoral race

Walter Wuthmann, WBURNew Balance chairman and Republican mega-donor Jim Davis gave $1 million to a super PAC backing mayoral candidate Josh Kraft in April, an opening salvo in what campaign finance experts predict will be an expensive mayoral election in Boston.Super PACs, the shadowy big-money spending groups best known for their influence in national politics, are playing an increasing role in local campaigns nationwide. Davis gave $1 million …