Sentences with phrase «contribution to one's campaign»

He gave our tax dollars to groups whose members then made contributions to his campaign.

The law mandates that vendors and their principals list contributions to the campaigns of all county elected officials and candidates.

Candidates who are serious about using their own money, he said, make direct contributions to their campaigns, which are not refundable.

Paying someone to be quiet so they do not damage a political effort is an in - kind contribution to that campaign, covering a cost meant to aid efforts to win the election.

In first quarter of 2018, 61 percent of the direct contributions to his campaign committee came from donations of $ 200 or less.

And of course a candidate will always welcome a financial contribution to their campaign.

Videos are a great way to encourage contributions to your campaign as they illicit an emotional response and audiences respond better to visual and audio stimuli than text.

Your publicist will think through many unique angles, but your ideas are important contributions to the campaign, and they're what kick everything off!

«If anybody knows anything about me at all, anyone who makes contributions to my campaign, I make it very clear they are buying nothing,» he said.

NYPIRG reports that the Democrats and Republicans in the state legislature received over $ 468,000 in contributions to their campaign committees.

... In 1988, Lowey ousted DioGuardi after a report that Joseph Crabtree, the head of DioGuardi's campaign finance committee, had funneled more than $ 50,000 in illegal contributions to the campaign through his numerous auto dealerships.

The Florida senator was briefly in the Queen City for a private campaign fundraiser, and left with a pretty hefty contribution to his campaign coffers.

9/1/2016 - PA State Representatives Parke Wentling and Tedd Nesbit receive RPAC contributions to their campaign from GMCAR Legislative Chairperson Rita Ferringer and GMCAR / PAR Director Victoria Hosick.

HARLEM — Voters believe that Mayor Bill de Blasio «does favors for developers who make political contributions to campaigns in which he is involved,» but a majority feel the activities are just unethical and not illegal, a new poll shows.

«Smith's comments implied that those who failed to make contributions to his campaign at that time would find themselves having to pay more later or being unable to accomplish anything with the Senate under Smith's leadership.»

Now, this tells me a story, and I love it; I really don't know why, maybe because of the poses and the set, I can not help it to relate the whole thing to psychology, which I think gives an intellectual contribution to the campaign, and at least in my case, makes the clothes look a lot more interesting... and what a lovely surprise to see Ondria and Yumi, they're definitely perfect casting, I think they both fit their aesthetic very well.

Earlier this month Senator Carper issued a positive statement in regard to a decision by the Federal Elections Commission to allow Bitcoin contributions to campaigns.

«That would be an illegal corporate contribution to the campaign even if the company did not pay the $ 130,000.»

I first brought the Kelly contribution to the campaign's attention last Friday.

Avella also said there should be campaign finance reform, pointing out that state legislators can receive higher contributions to their campaigns than mayoral candidates and lobbyists are not required to disclose that they are bundling contributions from many donors.

«I have voluntarily held contributions to my campaign well below the legal limits and I have instituted a ban on pay to play contributions as proposed by the SEC,» DiNapoli continued.

«No board member, pursuant to executive order, may make or offer to make any monetary contribution to the campaign of the governor,» according to the ethics code for M.T.A. board members, for instance.

Well, he did eventually reach out for big - money contributions to his campaign and the Republican Party.

«In fact, we intend this action to be our modest contribution to the campaign to clean Ghana of the dirty «continent - wide syndrome of seize - loot - and - leave» (John Dramani Mahama, November, 2013)»

(Turner also reports a debt of $ 65,500, which consists of his own contributions to the campaign.)

If you can spare a couple of hours to give out palm cards with VID's endorsed candidates you would be making a significant contribution to our campaign.

Lost amid the focus on legislation passed by the House on Wednesday to regulate soft - money «527» organizations is a provision in the bill that would lift the current caps on party committees» coordinated contributions to campaigns.

Hawkins has voluntarily imposed a $ 2,600 limit on contributions to his campaign (the federal limit) and takes no funds from corporations or their PACs.

Bill Gates yesterday announced a $ 300,000 personal contribution to the campaign to approve Referendum 55, which seeks to uphold the charter - school law passed by the Legislature last spring.

Pro-charter school contributions to the campaign of former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa took another significant leap forward with the contribution of $ 1 million Wednesday by Richard Riordan, another former L.A. mayor.

The Washington State Supreme Court may be unaware of such results (or received teacher union contributions to their campaigns), but whatever the reason, the court's ruling threatened some 1,000 students» education at 8 charter schools (down from 11 prior to the ruling).

Well, regretfully, to an ever - growing number of state and local legislators who don't seem to spend a whole lot of time thinking critical — unless of course it will lead to larger contributions to their campaign funding — it does.

Judicial candidate Lanell Williams - Yulee signed a mass - mailing in which she solicited contributions to her campaign.

In recognition of Mr. Neukom's generous contribution to the campaign, the Research Chair was officially named the William H. Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law.

«If retained, Chief Justice Castille vows ethics push»: In today's edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Craig R. McCoy has a front page article that begins, «Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said Wednesday that if reelected next week, he would push to ban judges from hiring relatives or hearing cases brought by lawyers who have made substantial contributions to their campaigns.»

The campaign made small in - kind contributions to each campaign in conjunction with that widget, which appeared on RedState and other conservative blogs.

Zeldin's fundraising comes after Republican former SEC prosecutor George Demos entered the race with a self - financed $ 1 million contribution to his campaign coffers.

In contrast to his last election, contributions to his campaign from people and businesses shrank toward the end, and he instead relied on a late boost of $ 125,950 — almost entirely from Republican campaigns, committees and clubs, campaign finance filings indicate.

Maziarz accuses his former chief of staff and campaign treasurer, and a few lower - level staff members, of stealing more than $ 350,000 in political contributions to his campaign.

A top aide on Democrat Terry McAuliffe's Virginia gubernatorial campaign also works for a company run by one of the campaign's top donors, and has obscured that information on documents disclosing financial contributions to the campaign.

A crooked restaurateur testified Tuesday that he had «clear» and «unambiguous conversations» with Bill de Blasio about making illegal contributions to his campaign — and that the mayor ignored repeated...

While alleging no misconduct by Cuomo, the complaint described how the bribe - payers donated use of a plane and $ 350,000 in contributions to his campaign.

The national union also makes direct contributions to campaigns or coalitions created around single issues.

Of the top 10 contributions to his campaign fund since November 2007, only one, a $ 2,500 donation from Timothy Du Val of Long Island City's film - location business Du Val Enterprises, was from his district.

Mr. Smallman previously was found to be «pro-life» by Staten Island Right to Life, was previously honored by a local Republican club, and as recently as this January gave a $ 250 contribution to the campaign of John Faso, the Republican candidate for Governor.

The local electrical workers union, iron workers union, sheet metal workers union and the roofing and waterproofing workers union each have made contributions to her campaign.

Despite our repeated requests to substantiate these claims, the Triton team have not been able to comply, and we have decided to refund all contributions to the campaign.»