Key issues, Republican majority, lead to more PAC dollars going to GOP candidates Related content For some groups, the real election-year battles are in states Twice each year, about 150 trustees of BUILD-PAC gather to decide which candidates for Congress should receive campaign contributions. Two key factors: a candidate's voting record and his or her willingness to meet with homebuilders, said Jerry Howard, CEO of the National Association of Home Builders "Our giving patterns really depend upon what issues are hot, what issues are being debated and voted on," Howard said. Party affiliation, he said, "has absolutely nothing to do with it." But like most of the… Read More