Bloomberg can't find enough anti-gun candidates to support :: 09/26/2014

Former New York Mayor MichaelR. Bloomberg’s gun control group announced a round of candidate endorsements this week, but his plan to pour $50 million into gun control efforts appears to be struggling to find campaigns to back in nationally watched races.

Everytown for Gun Safety released its inaugural endorsement list and named candidates from 28 states: 17 U.S. Senate candidates, 61 candidates for the U.S. House and 32 candidates for state offices.

The group also endorsed several Republican candidates for the U.S. House in safe GOP districts and Sen. Susan M. Collins of Maine, who also is expected to win re-election.

Everytown also announced that it will run television ads supporting Oregon Gov. John A. Kitzhaber and Rep. Robin L. Kelly of Illinois, both Democrats in safe races.

The group is backing Democrats in close Senate races in Iowa, Louisiana, North Carolina and elsewhere, but some key Democrats in such races aren't on the list. In addition, more than half of the U.S. House candidates with endorsements are in districts that political analysts deem to be safely in Democrats' hands, suggesting trouble finding high-profile candidates who could stand to benefit from Mr. Bloomberg's help.

"These are candidates who have shown leadership in the fight to keep our communities safe from gun violence both on the state and federal level," said Everytown President John Feinblatt.

With a potential budget of $50 million, Everytown has resources to pour into races, but financial support has been limited.

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