The Return of Real Jobs NC

After two years of silence, the committee that spent nearly $900,000 supporting conservative candidates in 2012 has emerged again. Reports from super PAC Real Jobs NC appeared on the NC State Board of Elections website today, detailing $51,808 in TV ad buys attacking Sarah Crawford, who is challenging incumbent Republican Chad Barefoot in Senate District 18, and Brian Turner, who is running to unseat GOP representative Tim Moffitt in House District 116. (Electioneering reports do not include an indication of "support" or "oppose," but based on Real Jobs NC's history of strongly supporting conservatives, it is safe to say that these are ads attacking the Democratic candidates.) These are two of the most competitive and expensive legislative races in 2014. 
 
Funding the ads were a $50,000 donation from North Carolina textile company Glen Raven, Inc. and a $25,000 donation from the DC-based Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC), which has given $1.3 million this year to another NC-based 527 group, Justice for All NC. That group has run an attack ad against liberal Supreme Court Justice Robin Hudson and an ad in support of conservative Supreme Court candidate Mike Robinson this year. The RSLC contributed $250,000 to Real Jobs in 2012. Glen Raven is a big donor to conservative state and national political groups; this year, it has given $100,000 to NC Chamber IE and gave another $50,000 to Real Jobs in 2012, along with $75,000 to NC Chamber IE and $10,000 to Justice for All.