House candidate took dark money for missing podcast series
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Janelle Stelson, a former local news anchor who Democrats are hoping will unseat Republican Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pennsylvania) this November in one of the nation’s hottest House races, was paid by a “dark money” group to produce a podcast that no longer exists online, federal records show.
Stelson was paid $45,000 between January 2024 and October 2025 by Voting for America to produce four episodes of “Voices of Central Pennsylvania With Janelle Stelson,” according to her 2025 financial disclosure report. Tax records show the organization, which has ties to Democrats, reported less than $50,000 in total income in 2025.
District of Columbia records show that Voting for America was founded in June 2024 and led by three alumni of the Democratic National Committe…