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These four elected officials—U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rand Paul (R-KY.), Govs. John Kasich (R-Ohio) and Nikki Haley (R-S.C.)—all attended the billionaire Koch brothers’ summit with the country’s “leading conservative donors” in California this weekend, according to the New York Times.

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Those discussions unfolded over two days at the Renaissance Esmeralda, a sprawling golf resort that has previously hosted the Kochs’ twice-yearly conferences. The atmosphere was equal parts revival and situation room, participants said: Phones and electronic devices were banned from some panels, as Koch strategists detailed next year’s electoral battlegrounds and donors committed contributions to particular states or projects.

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NY Post:  “House Speaker John Boehner was spotted yesterday lunching with billionaire David Koch at the Four Seasons Restaurant. A spy said the pair were overheard ‘talking about magazines.’” In the 2012 election, a super PAC with ties to Speaker Boehner—the Congressional Leadership Fund—received $10,000 from Koch Industries.

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“House Speaker John Boehner was spotted yesterday lunching with billionaire David Koch at the Four Seasons Restaurant. A spy said the pair were overheard ‘talking about magazines.’”

In the 2012 election, a super PAC with ties to Speaker Boehner—the Congressional Leadership Fund—received $10,000 from Koch Industries.

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Mother Jones: Inside the NRA's Koch-Funded Dark Money Campaign

“But in the past couple of years, the NRA has also turned to deep-pocketed conservative allies. Last year an organization allied with the donor network of billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch gave between $2 million and $3 million to the NRA’s election efforts, according to two Republican fundraisers familiar with the gun group’s campaign work. The gift, said one of the fundraisers, was seen as a smart investment beyond what the Koch-affiliated Americans for Prosperity was already doing to boost conservative turnout. (The NRA did not respond to requests for comment on this story.)”

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From Politico’s Morning Energy: “Koch Industries PAC has spent more so far this year than the combined PACs of ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, BP and Shell (which is, as noted above, among the lowest-spending PACs in the industry). Koch PAC has disbursed $1.103 million through July; those four oil giants have spent a combined $1.076 million.”

From Politico’s Morning Energy:

“Koch Industries PAC has spent more so far this year than the combined PACs of ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, BP and Shell (which is, as noted above, among the lowest-spending PACs in the industry). Koch PAC has disbursed $1.103 million through July; those four oil giants have spent a combined $1.076 million.”

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Politico: Inside the Koch World convention

The Koch brothers’ political operation has increasingly come to resemble its own political party — and later this month in San Diego, it will hold what amounts to its most ambitious convention to date.

Many of the dozens of rich conservative invitees are expected to write huge checks to a pool of cash distributed among Koch-approved groups, potentially boosting the Kochs’ 2012 spending plan beyond their historic $395 million goal. And it’s also a chance for the Kochs to show off their increasingly robust political machine, including a growing voter database project called Themis that played a major role in conservatives’ recent efforts in Wisconsin and in which POLITICO has learned Koch operatives have discussed investing $20 million.

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