Scoop: Dems quietly guide super PACs to boost spoiler House candidates

House Democrats' campaign arm is instructing allied super PACs to promote minor candidates in several key House races, Axios has learned.Why it matters: This allows Democrats to steer outside groups toward siphoning votes from Republicans without violating laws against direct coordination.An Axios review of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's "redboxes" — publicly available webpages laying out what PACs should say in ads and which voters to target — found references to minor candidates in five races.The DCCC included language on four of those pages promoting a third-party or independent candidate with language touting their conservative, pro-gun or anti-government bona fides."Registered Republicans under the age of 55 need to see ads," the redbox for Colorado's 5th District says, "showing that ... Christopher Mitchell, a libertarian, is the true conservative running for Congress."The page for Virginia's 2nd District says white, college-educated men should see that independent J. Matt Baker is "a staunch supporter of the 2nd amendment" who will "defend our constitution."In Virginia's 5th District, the DCCC wants the same group of voters to know that independent Cooke …

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