Sentences with phrase «biggest campaign donors in»

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By showing your donors that you can follow through on your first campaign, effectively raise money, build a prototype, fulfill rewards and communicate your success, you have built in a second round of donors who have a vested interest in your success, and who will not only support you in round two, but will also help you spread the word for the bigger second campaign.

In fact, talented friends of mine in the field argue that a campaign's FIRST hire should be a digital director, supplemented as needed by a big - donor fundraiser — because what the digital team does is effectively the backbone for the rest of the campaigIn fact, talented friends of mine in the field argue that a campaign's FIRST hire should be a digital director, supplemented as needed by a big - donor fundraiser — because what the digital team does is effectively the backbone for the rest of the campaigin the field argue that a campaign's FIRST hire should be a digital director, supplemented as needed by a big - donor fundraiser — because what the digital team does is effectively the backbone for the rest of the campaign.

Next, the fact that mobile fundraising will be available through volunteers is a big deal — with tens / hundreds of thousands of people canvassing their neighborhoods for the campaign in the upcoming year, the ability to take donations on the spot should expand the universe of donors significantly.

In that sense, a solid Twitter following is like a favorable internal poll released to the press, or like having big money in the bank — it's a way to show The Powers That Be (funders, bloggers, journalists, party committees, large donors) that a campaign is worth supportinIn that sense, a solid Twitter following is like a favorable internal poll released to the press, or like having big money in the bank — it's a way to show The Powers That Be (funders, bloggers, journalists, party committees, large donors) that a campaign is worth supportinin the bank — it's a way to show The Powers That Be (funders, bloggers, journalists, party committees, large donors) that a campaign is worth supporting.

«If you don't know who they are, they are two of the biggest donors to Donald Trump's presidential effort and helped place Steve Bannon on the campaign and in the White House.

The group narrowly lost out in its bid to become the official Leave campaign and is closely associated with UKIP and Arron Banks, the party's biggest donor.

Unlike traditional big donors who often reach their quota for a given candidate with a single check, small donors can contribute again and again, providing a financial consistency that's useful in a short campaign and priceless in a long one.

And even though Gov. Andrew Cuomo is 1) sitting on $ 19.3 million worth of political cash as of mid-July; 2) fresh off hosting one of his biggest fund - raising events of the year — his 55th birthday bash at the Waldorf Astoria for which tickets ranged from $ 1,500 to $ 50,000 a pop; and 3) pushing for campaign finance reform; he's still interested in squeezing some additional dollars out of his donors before reporting his latest haul to the Board on Jan. 15.

«The 6th District and America need to stop big corporate money from privatizing our democracy, which means public funding for public elections as we have in NYC and a DISCLOSE act so anonymous money from billionaires doesn't buy our government,» said Green, who is the author of Who Runs Congressand Losing Our Democracy, as well as the author of the multiple matching funds for small donors part of the City's campaign finance law.

Those who support a convention say dramatic action is required to address corruption charges that have forced more than 30 officials out of office in a decade as well as issues such as New York's high taxes, unequal funding of schools, and the influence of big - money donors in campaigns.

But as the big traditional donors attend their last $ 1000 - a-plate dinners, small donors across the country should become every campaign's target, in part because a campaign can turn to them for money again and again.

The Brexit campaign's biggest financial donor has said he is considering backing a new political party taking in members of Ukip, Labour and the Conservatives.

The majority of the 25 Moreland Act commissioners say a public campaign finance system modeled on New York City's matching donor system is the only way to curb the undue influence of big money donors in state government.

The Doe Fund's George McDonald (he's a big Cuomo donor who got his start in Democratic politics working for Sen. Ted Kennedy and was wearing a Kennedy / NY pin on his suit lapel today), state Democratic Party Executive Director Charlie King (he ran as Andrew Cuomo's LG candidate in 2002), and Paul Francis, a former aide / campaign advisor to ex-Gov.

The investigations into the state's contracting also identified allegations of a «pay - to - play» system in which government contracts were allegedly awarded to big campaign donors.

Britain Stronger in Europe has received donations of # 6.9 m including # 3.7 m from the Labour peer David Sainsbury, the biggest individual donor in the EU referendum campaign.

The mayor's former big - bucks campaign donor and self - described» friend» Jona Rechnitz once dressed up in blackface, evidence of which could...

One of the biggest beneficiaries of Clinton's campaign spending in 2007 was also one of her top donors, former Rhode Island Democratic state chairman Mark S. Weiner.

Its biggest donor is the Republican Governors Association, whose chairman, Gov. Chris Christie, recently campaigned with Foley and headlined a state party fundraiser in Greenwich, the candidate's hometown.

Meanwhile, the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University Law School plans to push for a system of public funds to match smaller donations as a way to limit the influence of big money donors in campaign fundraising.

The Clinton campaign told top donors at a briefing Wednesday, the day after her big victory in New York, that Clinton could well lose in Rhode Island, a person familiar with the briefing said on condition of anonymity because the session was confidential.

«That was a big sticking point in the budget,» Cuomo said in an interview with John Catsimatidis, a New York City businessman and campaign donor, on AM 970.

Elected leaders around New York are trying to figure out what to do with campaign contributions they've received from two big developers — and donors — connected to this scandal, LPCiminelli in Buffalo and COR Development in Syracuse.

Clinton has built the largest big - donor operation in history, with 1,133 high - rollers pledged to raise at least $ 100,000 each for her campaign.

The Guardian reports this morning that the former Foreign Secretary is accused of «buying» the leadership election as wealthy Blairite donors push his campaign chest to # 200,000 - causing what the paper describes as a «disparity in financial backing» for the five candidates, which it believes to be «a big issue».

The campaign's biggest supporters are Lawrence and Susan Kadish, big Long Island - based GOP donors who dropped $ 75,000 in Lazio's coffers since July 15.

Of course, formal policy proposals and campaign platforms are still far in the future, so most big donors are hedging their bets — contributing to multiple candidates or hanging back entirely.

The Republican Party filed a lawsuit Thursday to overturn the ban on unlimited campaign contributions that is the cornerstone of a 2002 law designed to reduce the influence of big donors in politics.

«Other campaigns are bankrolled by big donors who have given so much even under our current corrupt political system they can't legally give any more,» campaign manager Jeff Weaver said in a statement that pegged the average donation to Sanders at $ 30.

The big - spending political donor in last year's election cycle, Litwin's campaign contributions following the Silver arrest dipped to just 6 percent of donations in prior years.

Probers are seeking to investigate charges that team de Blasio sought to evade individual campaign limits of $ 10,300 by having donors make big donations to local county committees, which in turn earmarked and funneled the money to specific candidates.

Both candidates have been trying to raise enough money to convince national political parties and other big donors to invest in their campaigns.

As has been the case in previous filings, Cuomo's biggest campaign donors include people from the New York City real estate industry and supporters of charter schools.

The mayor's former big - bucks campaign donor and self - described» friend» Jona Rechnitz once dressed up in blackface, evidence of which could soon be presented at the bribery trial of former union head Norman Seabrook, sources tell The Post.

The federal proceedings concern whether the administration doled out «pay - to - play» favors to big donors that dumped money into de Blasio's now - defunct «shadow government» nonprofit, the Campaign for One New York — Vance's case concerns allegations the mayor sought to circumvent state contribution limits in his failed bid to turn the State Senate Democratic, by having people seeking city business funnel unlimited cash into upstate county committees instead of into candidates» campaign aCampaign for One New York — Vance's case concerns allegations the mayor sought to circumvent state contribution limits in his failed bid to turn the State Senate Democratic, by having people seeking city business funnel unlimited cash into upstate county committees instead of into candidates» campaign acampaign accounts.

Glenwood has long been Cuomo's biggest donor, but no donations from its slew of limited liability companies are listed in the governor's most recent campaign filings.

He has also donated tens of thousands of pounds to the Labour Party and to Gordon Brown's leadership campaign (Iain Dale posted a list of eight Labour big money donors who are reportedly non-dom earlier in the week).

In his first month in office, he signed on as a co-sponsor of two House bills aimed at campaign finance reform — both of which seek to limit the influence of big donors and special interests, including super PACs that can spend unlimited amounts of money on federal campaignIn his first month in office, he signed on as a co-sponsor of two House bills aimed at campaign finance reform — both of which seek to limit the influence of big donors and special interests, including super PACs that can spend unlimited amounts of money on federal campaignin office, he signed on as a co-sponsor of two House bills aimed at campaign finance reform — both of which seek to limit the influence of big donors and special interests, including super PACs that can spend unlimited amounts of money on federal campaigns.

Those big donors aren't exactly helpless, and protecting the injection of «secret, dark money» in any campaign only backfires.

Most Republican members of Congress are now under great pressure from the big polluters who are their big money campaign donors to actively oppose clean energy industries that have been an agent of economic growth in the nation generally and in rural Republican districts specifically.

timg56, if you think lawmakers vote based on their constituents» wishes and not their biggest campaign donors» wishes, you don't live in the post Citizens United world.

In response to Heartland's billboard campaign, some of its biggest donors, including State Farm Insurance, the beverage giant Diageo, and the insurance and financial - services company USAA, announced that they were pulling their funding.

For this reason (and others), I strongly believe that criminal - justice - reform - minded «big donors» — yes, I am talking to you Koch brothers and Mr. Soros — should think very seriously about devoting resources to this initiative campaign where a little extra campaign investment could go a very long way in fostering reform in a lot more places than just Oklahoma.

Big donors play a big role in controlling lawmakers» priorities, and the fossil fuel industry is known to overwhelmingly give campaign donations to Republicans rather than DemocraBig donors play a big role in controlling lawmakers» priorities, and the fossil fuel industry is known to overwhelmingly give campaign donations to Republicans rather than Democrabig role in controlling lawmakers» priorities, and the fossil fuel industry is known to overwhelmingly give campaign donations to Republicans rather than Democrats.

He has attained almost mythic stature in the new big - money world of presidential politics — a reclusive computer programmer, a hedge fund magnate and the biggest individual super-PAC donor so far of this campaign cycle.