Sentences with phrase «campaign war chest financed»

In «Submarine Politics,» the New Times wrote: «Despite a $ 1.8 million campaign war chest financed by county contractors and various special interest groups like the Florida International University Foundation, and an army of heavy - hitting political strategists such as Keith Fredericks, voters flatly rejected the tax increase because of their mistrust of county government.

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Supporters in the five states set to vote on recreational marijuana had a war chest of $ 30 million as of Oct. 20, compared to just $ 6.6 million for their rivals, according to campaign finance data collected by the nonpartisan site Ballotpedia.

According to campaign finance disclosures filed Thursday, Gabryszak still has $ 4,400 left in his war chest.

DeFrancisco, a Republican from Syracuse who opposes most campaign finance reforms proposed this month by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has more money in his Senate campaign war chest than any of the 61 other sitting senators.

Republican candidate for governor Rob Astorino has $ 1.2 million in cash on hand with about a month to go before Election Day in November — a sum that is vastly smaller than Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $ 25 million war chest, campaign - finance filings posted today show.

One obvious method is public financing of campaigns, but it's very tough to persuade incumbents to limit their own resources, and Cuomo isn't exactly an outsider or a radical: His $ 16 million war chest contains money from all the usual suspects too.

Weiner's war chest now contains about $ 4.8 million, according to records from the city Campaign Finance Board raised from 2007 - 09, which the disgraced congressman was widely expected to use for a 2013 run.

The union ads that strafed the weaker Governor Paterson during his brief tenure won't be as effective on a popularly elected governor in his first year, particularly one who saved millions from his campaign war chest — and is therefore able to finance his own ads in response.

In the past four years, Cuomo has amassed a $ 33 million war chest for his re-election campaign, according to the most recently available campaign finance filings, thanks in part to Republicans like Langone and Paul Singer.

Over the last year, the already large war chest had been the subtext to Cuomo's own efforts to overhaul the state's campaign finance laws.

Former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos spent another $ 427,000 from his election war chest on criminal - defense lawyers who helped get his corruption conviction overturned, according to campaign - finance filings.

The new deputy Senate majority leader, a Syracuse Republican who opposes most campaign finance reforms proposed this month by Cuomo, has more money in his campaign war chest than any of the 61 other sitting senators.

As of the July campaign finance filings, Cabrera is in the lead in terms of fundraising with around $ 73,000 in his war chest.

But now that he is officially in the running, Weiner might be viewed as a strong contender since he has close to $ 4.5 million in his campaign war chest, according to the city Campaign Financcampaign war chest, according to the city Campaign FinancCampaign Finance Board.

«Lending money to your own campaign lets you create a war chest that might or might not scare off potential opponents without having to raise the money from donors,» said Michael Malbin, executive director of the Campaign Finance Institute, a nonpartisan research group in Wascampaign lets you create a war chest that might or might not scare off potential opponents without having to raise the money from donors,» said Michael Malbin, executive director of the Campaign Finance Institute, a nonpartisan research group in WasCampaign Finance Institute, a nonpartisan research group in Washington.

Specifically, Steele said that he has emphasized to the RNC's finance staff the need to help set up fundraisers to help stock O'Donnell's campaign war chest.

The Nassau County District Attorney raised nearly $ 620,000 over the past month, pushing her war chest total to $ 4.4 million, according to campaign finance disclosure reports filed with the State Board of Elections Friday.

New campaign finance reports of incumbents and candidates for the most competitive and open - seat U.S. House races in 2014 show 39 candidates have war chests of over $ 1 million at the end of the first quarter of the year, including 11 who are not incumbents.

New York politicians are blowing through their war chests to buy thousand - dollar cakes, pleasure cruises and self - help seminars, a Post review of campaign - finance records show.

New campaign finance reports of incumbents and candidates for the U.S. Senate in 2014 show eight incumbents have war chests of over $ 5 million at the end of the first quarter of the year.

In 2000, George W. Bush opted out of public financing in his nomination campaign because money was flowing so freely into his campaign war chest and he was worried about rival Steve Forbes's ability to fund his own campaign out of his private fortune.

Weiner's war chest now contains about $ 4.8 million, according to records from the city Campaign Finance Board raised from 2007 - 09, which the disgraced congressman was widely expected -LSB-...]

But both campaigns are strapped for cash, with Gulluscio having $ 15,482 in his campaign war chest and Ulrich only $ 400, according to the latest campaign finance filings May 15.

Rep. Chris Collins of Clarence had $ 1.19 million in his campaign war chest as of Dec. 31, according to campaign finance reports filed last week.

Some of the candidates barely raked in any cash and others boasted a seven - figure war chest, according to the most recent filings with the city Campaign Finance Board.

His most recent campaign finance report shows a war chest ($ 50,000) that consists almost entirely of money he has loaned his campaign, and Republican insiders say there is little interest from the party or conservative groups in backing his campaign.