Sentences with phrase «campaign war chest for»

as for the campaign war chest issue, it is unfortunate that many elected officials of both major partiese use campaign war chests for legal fees and even to subsidize their lifestyle (i.e. car payments, meals)

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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.

For many decades, Alberta's old Progressive Conservative government benefited greatly from large corporate donors which would help keep the governing party's campaign war - chest flush with cash.

«We are confident that Eric Schneiderman will be prosecuted for his horrific crimes against women, but in the meantime anyone who has benefited from his massive campaign war chest should do the right thing and step up to help victims of domestic violence,» they said in the statement.

But Liu has not yet released the names of «bundlers» or individuals empowered by the campaign to solicit contributions for Liu's political war chest.

The money John siphoned from the Mayor's campaign war chest was used as a payoff to his brother Bart Haggerty for a fancy house on a hill where they presumably ate the fruit from the poisoned tree.

The two major national party committees and the four Congressional campaign committees had healthy fundraising efforts during May, leaving them with substantial war chests for the upcoming elections.

Dougherty, who has raised more than $ 25,000 for his campaign, is battling Republican candidate Jim Stelter, who says his war chest amounts to less than $ 1,000.

City Comptroller John Liu has not stopped attending events or City Council hearings in the week after his campaign treasurer Jia «Jenny» Hou was charged with funneling illegal donations to his mayoral war chest even as Democratic insiders are questioning how a bid for Gracie Mansion could possibly take place.

Then, earlier this month, Carl Kruger of Brooklyn was indicted for bribery, putting an instant freeze on his $ 2 million campaign war chest, which Gianaris had hoped to tap to pay off nearly $ 3 million in Senate Democratic debts.

The main reason Cuomo has such a huge campaign war chest: He doesn't have to spend money to promote his budget and policy agenda because the business community — through the Committee to Save NY, which dropped $ 12 million last year — does it for him.

Even in the United States, where presidential candidates must raise a war chest amounting to many millions of dollars before they can even consider running for the presidency, campaigns are still dependent on an army of activists.

She now has more than $ 5 million cash in her campaign war chest — which, when combined with public matching funds, is more than the $ 6.4 million candidates are allowed to spend during the primary — leaving her with $ 2.4 million for the general election or a potential run - off with a fellow Democrat.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is getting ready to ramp up fundraising for his re-election campaign, trying to signal would - be challengers that he is a strong incumbent with a big war chest.

Quinn rival Anthony Weiner, who entered the race for mayor with a hefty campaign war chest to begin with, plans to hold two fundraisers next week.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is using money from his $ 35 million campaign war chest to pay for a criminal defense lawyer in a federal probe of his office.

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.

In mid-January campaign filings, Cuomo reported raising more than $ 33 million for his campaign war chest, most of it from large donations.

Ms. Quinn, who already reached the maximum contribution limit for this year's Democratic primary, also asked her supporters to boost her campaign's war chest in order to fight back against these sorts of attacks.

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.

Republican challenger Rob Astorino says those people being probed were the sources for the governor's vast campaign war chest.

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.

But riding a wave of anti-tax sentiment, Mangano beat Suozzi — who had run recently for governor and sat on much of his campaign war chest — by fewer than 400 votes.

Cuomo, a two - term incumbent with a $ 30 million campaign war chest, and actress and political newcomer Cynthia Nixon are vying for the Democratic nomination.

Weiner, who previously ran for mayor in 2005, entered the race less than four months before the Democratic primary and with a $ 4.8 million campaign war chest.

Blair Horner, legislative director for the New York Public Interest Research Group, said the track should not be used by politicians to fatten their campaign war chests.

Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, landed his helicopter in Nissequogue and flew back with a heavier campaign war chest after a cocktail party fundraiser Thursday night.

Brown's large campaign war chest became an obstacle for Tolbert's own fundraising, the primary challenger said.

He has a deep war chest for his reelection campaign.

And while Cuomo, after much prodding, finally did campaign for Senate Democrats in the 2016 election, non-IDC Democrats have complained that he rarely dips into his massive war chest to dedicate actual funds to helping them.

Cuomo, too, did not open up his campaign war chest in any significant way for Democrats.

Potential challengers for the Democratic nomination include Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who is expected to report a $ 2.3 million campaign war chest.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio is getting ready to ramp up fundraising for his 2017 re-election campaign, trying to signal would - be challengers that he is a strong incumbent with a big war chest.

Manhattan Councilman Dan Garodnick, who is term - limited out of the council in 2017, has raised a considerable campaign war chest (almost $ 1.5 million) split among three different accounts for a potential statewide run.

That the Governor who raised 33 million dollars from real - estate donors and corporate entities before the gubernatorial campaign even started may have allowed undue influence for these entities to lobby and pass legislation they desired as a result of their donations to the Cuomo campaign war chest.

The campaign of Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday that it had raised a very healthy $ 9.2 million over the past six months, bringing his total war chest up to $ 23.6 million, the most cash on hand that any candidate for governor has ever had in July.

Sen. Mark Grisanti is putting his large campaign war chest to good work, releasing a 30 - second TV ad today that gives the Buffalo Republican credit for the tax code overhaul, last year's ethics law and the long sought UB2020 legislation.

Cuomo, drawing from a $ 35 million campaign war chest, has bought a significant amount of air time on news and sports programs to run spots painting a negative picture of his GOP opponent, including one that criticizes Astorino for allegedly putting relatives on the public pay roll, saying it's Christmas in July.

He's using part of his $ 35 million dollar campaign war chest to pay for a criminal defense lawyer to represent the office of the governor against the US Attorney's investigations.

The state board of elections shows Hein had over $ 500,000 in his campaign war chest; he isn't up for reelection until 2015.

On this week's Gazette: Governor Andrew Cuomo is tapping his campaign war chest to pay for a criminal defense lawyer after U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said his office is looking into possible obstruction of justice or witness tampering in the activities of the Moreland Commission.

As for the campaign, Nixon says she's actively seeking the Working Families Party endorsement, and criticized Cuomo for a lack of small donations in his $ 31 million campaign war chest.

Murphy, who will likely run against Fulop for the North and Central Jersey vote in a crowded Democratic gubernatorial primary, is accusing him of using his mayoral campaign as a war chest for that race.

In comparison, Christine Quinn who is widely expected to run for Mayor — but has not yet declared — is sitting on a $ 4.5 million dollar campaign war chest.

City Councilman Dan Garodnick, who is term - limited out of the council in 2017, has raised a considerable campaign war chest split among three different accounts for a potential statewide run.

State sen. Carl Kruger (pictured) has used his $ 2 million campaign - donations war chest for a host of questionable expenditures, including: Candy: $ 180; Flowers: $ 2,060; iTunes: $ 302; Russian language tapes; $ 513; Wall hangings: $ 1,268; Door matts: $ 541; Art supplies $ 102; Landscaping: $ 545; Meals: $ 13,800; Hotels: $ 8,630

If Anthony Weiner campaigns for mayor this year, he'd likely shake up the race's dynamics due to his name recognition, campaign war chest and the widespread media interest in his post-scandal political rehabilitation.

And he has a simple message for party - mates looking for that elusive white knight in what promises to be an uphill battle against Cuomo, who has amassed a campaign war chest over $ 30 million

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.

Sen. Tony Avella says the city should force his primary opponent, former NYC Councilman John Liu, to pay $ 525,000 in fines against his prior campaign, which have languished for 18 months as he sits on a new campaign war chest of $ 444,000.