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Got an update coming on the breadth of the GOP lawmakers that are tied to Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas, mainly through campaign donations in the 2018 election cycle, and it's more than the 13 that I previously know about. A number of them lost in 2018, but others won their races.
Here's the update I promised. I had to figure out the status of the others I had not yet known about who are tied to Fruman and Parnas, and apparently it didn't help them, because the vast majority LOST their 2018 midterm races, though a few won. All are/were in the House.
Those who won their races and are still in the House:

-IL Rep. Mike Bost
-NE Rep. Don Bacon
-NY Rep. John Katko
-TX Rep. Will Hurd (not running in 2020)

Those who LOST their races in 2018:

-former CA Rep. Steve Knight
-former CA Rep. David Valadao
-former IA Rep. Rod Blum
-former IA Rep. David Young
-former MI Rep. Mike Bishop
-former MN Rep. Jason Lewis
-former MN Rep. Erik Paulsen
-former NY Rep. Claudia Tenney
-former NY Rep. John Faso
-former PA Rep. Keith Rothfus
-former TX Rep. John Culberson
-former VA Rep. Scott Taylor
Those were the ones we didn't know about that were tied to Fruman and Parnas. In addition, Fruman and Parnas contributed $661 to GOP state and and federal committees in no fewer than TWENTY states in 2018.

Here's where this info comes from:

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
So now we know of 29 GOP lawmakers (about half and half, as it pertains to whether they're in office or not in office) that are tied to Fruman and Parnas. In addition, we also know that two NV and one WV candidate that were tied to Fruman and Parnas also lost in 2018.
The crazy thing is that, the ATTORNEY GENERALS in both NV (Adam Laxalt) and WV (Patrick Morrisey) that tried, and failed to win higher office in 2018 were tied to both Fruman and Parnas.
Also, the list of beneficiaries from Protect the House, a PAC which Fruman and Parnas gave $161K to in 2018, almost exactly matches what Fruman and Parnas were listed as giving to in 2018, though a few more GOP Reps. are also listed as having taken from Protect the House.
None of them won in 2018, and one of those listed, former PA Rep. Ryan Costello, retired before the 2018 midterm election. The other GOP Reps., Carlos Curbelo (FL), Bruce Poliquin (ME), and Barbara Comstock (VA), all lost their 2018 midterm races.
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