The donors shelling out big money in Md.’s critical U.S. Senate race

A conservative super PAC funded by Trump skeptics and backers alike jumped into the Maryland Senate race in the past week, airing three political ads with strikingly different tones — all aimed at swaying voters to support Republican Larry Hogan in the increasingly expensive and unexpectedly close contest that could determine which party controls that chamber. One ad praised Hogan as an independent-minded former governor who would work with both parties if he wins in November. Two others were scathing attacks on his opponent, Democrat Angela Alsobrooks.