The Daily 202: Koch network donors growing nervous about losing their majorities in the midterms
Koch network donors growing nervous about losing their majorities in the midterms Charles Koch delivers welcoming remarks on Saturday at his network's seminar in California. (Photo by The Seminar Network) BY JAMES HOHMANN with Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve THE BIG IDEA: INDIAN WELLS, Calif.—The daughter of a Nebraska trucking magnate urged a ballroom of deep-pocketed donors gathered here Sunday to reach deeper into those pockets to protect the electoral gains that the Koch network has made in recent years. “This midterm is going to be hard ,” said Gail Werner-Robertson. “We need everybody to help. We can’t lose the progress that you all have fought so hard for. So I would tell everybody to get ready to fight. Get ready to double down.” Turning to billionaire industrialist Charles Koch, she quipped: “I’m happily helping my dad spend my inheritance and moving much of it your direction.” Werner-Robertson is one of 550 m...