In recent decades, they have taken an extremely broad view on what is a legitimate campaign expense. (politico.com)
Those benefits included «significant portions» of funds from the nonprofit that ended up paying for campaign expenses like printing, rent for campaign offices, and payroll. (nymag.com)
Suozzi, a Democrat who lost re-election in 2009, had $ 553,231 in campaign expenses in 2010 and 2011, including more than $ 7,000 in cellphone bills, $ 6,700 for storage and $ 1,400 for travel reimbursements, state Board of Elections records show. (newsday.com)