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Election 2016
With 60 days to go before the election, the group has begun to pour money into races in Indiana and Wisconsin.
National Rifle Association
Gun lobby support for congressional Democrats has plunged. So far in 2016, the NRA has given just $1,000 to a single candidate.
For all its perceived influence, the gun rights group could not, would not, did not join the effort to derail the party's unwelcome frontrunner.
For the gun group, more legislative allies than foes face highly competitive reelection fights.
