PAC Backed by Billionaire to Broadcast Ads for Lhota
By THOMAS KAPLAN
A political action committee backed by the billionaire industrialist David H. Koch will begin broadcasting television commercials this week that promote Joseph J. Lhota, a Republican candidate for mayor.
The committee, New Yorkers for Proven Leadership, said the commercials signaled the beginning of a longer campaign to persuade voters across the political spectrum, including Democrats, to support Mr. Lhota in the November general election, assuming he wins the primary on Tuesday.
“We’re a group of New Yorkers who believe that Joe Lhota provides the best hope for the future of our city and who provides the kind of leadership we saw from Mayor Giuliani and Mayor Bloomberg over the last 20 years,” Michael McKeon, a spokesman for the group, said.
Mr. McKeon, who advised former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani’s 2008 presidential campaign, is one of several people involved in the committee who have ties to Mr. Giuliani.
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