A clean energy super PAC zeroes in on little Rhode Island. Its target: Dan McKee

By: Nancy Lavin

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: September 1, 2026

Words: 1,081

Last Updated: 10 hours, 4 minutes ago


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Eight days out from the Sept. 9 primary, Gov. Dan McKee’s reelection campaign is attracting national attention — and not the positive kind.

A clean energy super PAC funded by solar developers and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs is spending $500,000 on a pair of McKee attack ads, the group announced on Monday.

The organization, Invest in America’s Future PAC, received its funding from a super PAC, the Invest in Tomorrow Coalition PAC. Formed in …