Sentences with phrase «matching campaign contributions»

Not exact matches

KRIS and Cordillera will match up to the first $ 50,000 of total contributions of the Coastal Bend Strong / Give to the Gulf campaign.

He donated $ 3 million last month to the University of Texas where he played and matched Colin Kaepernick's $ 10,000 in the quarterback's «10 for 10» campaign, Durant's contributions helping a local organization doing community - based justice work.

Chelsea have just 14 Premier League matches left to play this season, but speaking at a news conference ahead of Sunday's clash with Manchester United, Hiddink said he remains confident Pato will reach full fitness in time to make a meaningful contribution to the Blues» domestic and European campaigns.

In his final campaign at the club, Hazard scored 20 goals in 38 Ligue 1 matches and his consistent match - winning contributions resulted in Chelsea spending # 34m to land him in 2012.

Your contribution today, up to $ 175, will be matched by the City's Campaign Finance Program (which our opponent has refused to participate in) at a 6 to 1 ratio.

It was announced today that Kerrey, the former president of the New School in New York City, had signed on to the effort to tighten campaign finance laws by introducing a voluntary public matching system similar to New York City and lower contribution limits.

«We're going to make a real push to match her spending in the final weeks of the campaign,» his email promised, along with a request for contributions as low as $ 5.

Cuomo would like to model the state's system on the New York City campaign finance system, which offers candidates matching funds, once they have solicited small contributions from individual donors.

Saying «I feel confident about it» and that «I believe that we will» qualify for matching funds, Malliotakis added, however, that her campaign's accountant is still reviewing contribution records.

New York City's campaign finance laws provide a 6 - 1 match to candidates for contributions of between $ 10 - $ 175 from City residents, but mayoral candidates must meet the thresholds of receiving at least $ 250,000 in eligible contributions from at least 1,000 City resident contributors.

Graziano's $ 175 contribution to Hahn will be matched 6 to 1 by the city's matching funds program and will be used to fund campaign related initatives to unseat Democrat Peter Koo, who is running for reelection.

The pilot public financing program in the state comptroller's race, modeled on the New York City campaign finance system, provides a six - to - one match for contributions between $ 10 and $ 175 from New York residents.

«I'm not going to run a race in order to match (campaign) contributions.

Governor Cuomo proposed a broad set of laws including stricter limits on campaign contributions and party spending on behalf of candidates, public financing of elections to match small contributions from individuals, and new public corruption crimes in an attempt to reduce the culture of corruption in Albany.

Of those we spoke to, they said it was unfair if their contributions weren't matched — that the board could potentially treat contributions to other campaigns as «better than» theirs.

These are the hopes of thousands of people who have contributed to my campaign who feel they are entitled to see their contributions matched.»

What's more, they are enforced by an energetic and independent Campaign Finance Board, which oversees a carefully constructed system that combines generous public matching funds with limits on contributions to political candidates, limits that are especially strict for lobbyists and others doing business with the city.

The candidates selected will need to take a position on hard issues, like the five outlined at reform.to, which provide concrete plans to create a small donor system for campaign financing: matching citizen contributions and providing voters with vouchers.

The state will not match contributions from lobbyists, anonymous donors, vendors for campaigns or transfers from political parties or other committees.

A campaign can achieve primary matching funds by receiving aggregate qualifying contributions of $ 5,000 or more in at least 20 different states, if this is done before the Green Party Presidential Nominating Convention (July 12 - 15 in Baltimore).

The CWF says the solution is a «New York City - style campaign finance system, which would use a 6 - 1 match of small contributions.

As first detailed in the Wall Street Journal this morning, the plan would place a $ 2,600 contribution limit for all state campaigns regardless of whether a candidate is participating in the matching system.

Malliotakis has said she opposes public financing of elections but she will be participating in the Campaign Finance Board's public matching funds program, which matches small dollar contributions up to $ 175 at a 6 - to - 1 ratio with public funds.

Under the city's public campaign finance program, qualified candidates have individual local contributions matched 6 to 1.

The public campaign financing option would offer a six to one match, using government money, for individual contributions up to $ 175.

«The same invigorating energy and enthusiasm that Michael has brought to the Assembly will be equally matched in his position as vice chair,» Heastie said in a statement, recalling Blake's contributions to President Barack Obama's campaign and administration.

A Newsday review of campaign contributions show's Litwin - related entities donated $ 200,000 to political action committees controlled by Silver, matching another reference Bharara made in the complaint.

A bill by Councilman Ben Kallos (D - Manhattan), discussed at a hearing Monday, would prohibit campaigns from accepting public matching funds off money raised by lobbyists who bundle unlimited contributions from other donors.

More than half of the contributions were small donations of $ 250 or less, with about $ 50,000 eligible to be matched by the city's public matching funds program, the campaign reported.

Abinanti says the «matching contribution» structure not only would reduce pressure on judicial and district attorney campaigns to raise money but likely would expand the pool of candidates.

That's because the New York City campaign finance system includes a public matching funds program, which helps levels the playing field by incentivizing local small - dollar contributions, matching them at a 6 - to - 1 ratio.

Abinanti's bill would provide a public match of $ 6 for each $ 1 of qualified campaign contribution up to $ 175 per contributor.

That's because campaign spending in New York is closely regulated by strict and comparably low contribution limits — even lower for anyone with business before the city — and with a public financing system that offers matching funds from taxpayers to candidates who opt in and follow further fundraising rules.

Other surveys, such as this one by the Committee on Economic Development demonstrate support for reform is also strong in the business community; 72 percent are in favor of creating a public financing system that would match low - dollar contributions and give average citizens more incentives to contribute to campaigns.

This August, Bloomberg proposed reforming the campaign finance laws to restrict matching contributions from lobbyists and people who do business with the city.

The survey asked registered voters in the state whether they favor creating a «system of public campaign financing» that limits «the size of political contributions to candidates,» and uses «state money to match smaller contributions to candidates.»

Without a public campaign finance system that matches private donations and encourages small - dollar contributions, outsider legislative candidates have little to no chance of raising enough cash to stage a significant challenge without strong name recognition or support of established organizations, unions, and local political figures.

Nunes, who was his own largest contributor with $ 5,000 paid to his own campaign, had more than $ 33,000 in total contributions and about $ 88,000 in matching funds, the CFB said.

The Sarbanes bill also proposes a refundable tax credit to encourage grassroots campaign contributions, and a publicly - financed matching fund.

Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Co-Leader Jeff Klein have backed the changes — including public matching of campaign contributions — in some form before, but the legislation foundered in past years in the Republican - dominated Senate.

Through an integrated onsite and online awareness campaign, Frieze encouraged all fair attendees to both sign a petition to the United States Congress and to make a contribution to the Arts Action Fund, which Frieze matched in full, to help support the organization's legislative efforts to ensure public arts funding is preserved in the United States.