Fundraising activity and personnel shifts at two super PACs backing Hillary Clinton for a 2016 presidential run appear to be heating up — though Clinton still hasn’t announced whether or not she’ll run for office in 2016.

Ready for Hillary, which started up last January, hosted two fundraising events in the D.C. area last week, including a Dec. 12 reception hosted by David and Carol Pensky. Carol is a former treasurer of the Democratic National Committee and has donated $5,000 to the super PAC. The second event, a rally that took place at Look Restaurant and Lounge that same night, reportedly drew a packed house.

Ready for Hillary has raised nearly $1.3 million over the past year, and counts the Soros Fund Management — chaired by billionaire philanthropist George Soros — and Wells Fargo Advisors among its biggest contributors. So far the PAC has spent less than $500,000, with most of that money going to media outreach and administrative fees.

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Some of the top donors to Ready for Hillary have also been major bundlers for President Obama, including ACORN International co-founder Robert Roche and attorney Dan Berger.

Priorities USA Action, the other super PAC positioning itself to be Clinton’s major outside support system, has raised less than $400,000. Of the nearly $700,000 it has spent, much of the money has gone to Majority PAC, which is dedicated to defending the Democratic majority in the Senate. Priorities was the main super PAC backing Obama during his 2012 re-election bid.

Both groups are starting to draw on Obama’s key fundraisers for support. Buffy Wicks, who worked on Obama’s most recent campaign, has been in talks to lead Priorities USA, according to Politico. Meanwhile, former Obama campaign aides Mitch Stewart and Jeremy Bird are now part of Ready for Hillary.



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