Who are the outside groups behind the postcards in our Senate race? | Eastern NC Now

There has been a blizzard of postcards in the 3rd district senate race, heavier on one side, but many paid for by outside organizations from outside the district.  Who are they and what are their agendas?

For Michael Speciale, a seasoned and proven conservative, it has been two groups, Grassroots North Carolina PVF, a state-based gun rights PAC and Make Liberty Win, a national conservative PAC that backs the most important conservative state legislative candidates around the country who can make a real difference to the overall conservative agenda in their legislative bodies.

For Bob Brinson, who tries to proclaim himself a conservative, it is two dark money groups tied to state senate boss Phil Berger, Restore NC and Neighbors Helping North Carolina.  They push Berger-aligned candidates in primaries.  Brinson also has some mailings from his own campaign, prepared by a Raleigh political consultant, and largely paid for with money Berger has pried from establishment GOP Senators and other special interest PACs.

Grassroots North Carolina PVF is the most important pro-gun rights organization operating in the NC General Assembly.  Although Brinson claims to be pro-gun, too, Speciale's long record in the House as a key leader and sponsor of pro-gun legislation led to their endorsement of Speciale over Brinson.  They are an open and above board PAC, which files reports with the NC Board of Elections and has a website.  https://www.grnc.org/grnc-pvf/what-is-grnc-pvf

Make Liberty Win is a national conservative PAC that focuses on the very key races that will have maximum impact on conservative influence in state legislatures.  They have chosen ten of what they consider the most important races in the country to move the agenda to the right in legislative bodies.  One of those ten key races in the country is electing Mike Speciale to the NC Senate.  The other nine are four State House races in Ohio and five State House races in Texas. They are an open and above board PAC that files campaign reports and have a website, which is  https://www.makelibertywin.com/candidates/

Restore NC and Neighbors Helping North Carolina are secretive dark money groups that do not maintain websites or file campaign reports.  They are run by a Phil Berger political operative named Knight.  Their goal is to elect candidates they beleive will "follow the leader" in Raleigh as Berger wants to exercise total control of the NC Senate.  They will say whatever they have to say to make their candidates appeal to voters.  While Berger enraged gun rights activists by killing Constitutional Carry in the last legislative session, and those senators who stand with him will have to follow that position, these groups have no shame in mailing postcards saying their candidates like Brinson support gun rights.  While Berger was the one who killed the attempt to crack down on sanctuary counties for illegal aliens a few years ago, and their aligned candidates will have to stand with Berger's soft position on immigration, these groups have no shame in churning out postcards proclaiming their candidates oppose illegal immigration.  In short, any issue positions on these dark money postcards should be taken with a big grain of salt.