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Casino Interests Give 5-Figure Checks to Conservative Group

Two casino companies have given five-figure checks to a West Virginia conservative political committee.

According to federal campaign finance records, Penn National Gaming donated $27,000 and Racing Corporation of West Virginia gave $20,000 in February to Grow WV Inc.

Penn National Gaming runs the Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races. Racing 

  Corporation of West Virginia owns the Mardi Gras Casino & Resort in Cross Lanes.

In the 2014 election cycle, those two companies and several other gaming interests donated $615,500 combined to West Virginia First, a political group that aided Democrats.

When Democrats lost control of the Legislature to Republicans after that election, West Virginia First donated $25,000 to Go West Virginia, a nonprofit that fuels Grow WV.

Grow WV spent $1.4 million to aid Republicans in the 2014 cycle.

$100K Fundraiser Canceled by W.Va. Conservative Group

A conservative group that has boosted Republicans has nixed its $100,000 per person breakfast fundraiser.

  An invitation obtained by The Associated Press said the Go West Virginia Inc. breakfast would take place Tuesday in Charleston. It said donors wouldn’t be publicly disclosed.

Eric Lycan, an attorney for the group, said the event wasn’t held and none is currently scheduled. The Courtyard Marriott, where the event was supposed to take place, confirmed the fundraiser was canceled.

The politically active nonprofit bought advertisements bashing Democrats last election. The group is buying ads commending the newly minted Republican Legislature.

It worked alongside Grow West Virginia, a political committee that spent $1.4 million to help Republicans, but also discloses its bankrollers.

Go West Virginia held a $25,000-a-plate fundraiser in January.

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