A first time candidate for office, McGrath has benefited from an independent
expenditure campaign supported by an education reform and pro-charter school organization, which has spent an additional $ 1.2 million knocking Kaminsky.
Two billionaire charter school advocates stirred up California's gubernatorial race by pouring a total of $ 8.5 million into an independent
expenditure campaign supporting former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Two billionaire charter school advocates stirred up California's gubernatorial race by pouring $ 8.5 million into an independent
expenditure campaign supporting Antonio Villaraigosa.
Not exact matches
Kraft Heinz and the Kraft Heinz PAC do not
support Presidential
campaigns, judicial candidates, super PACs or make contributions to independent
expenditure committees, which is defined as money spent to
support a political candidate, but not at the suggestion or request of the candidate, the candidate's authorized committee or a political party.
Nolan demurred, too, when asked if lawmakers should reconsider their
support for Heastie given reports about his high rate of reimbursement for per diem expenses, missed votes, heavy reliance on itemized
campaign finance
expenditures (which drew the attention of the now - defunct Moreland Commission), as well as member items being directed to
campaign donors.
It can
support digital
campaigns for candidates, and it can raise serious funds online for independent
expenditures later in the cycle.
As Jessica Alaimo at Capital notes, Shaun McCutcheon was the Alabama - based Republican activist who in 2013 challenged New York's cap on independent
expenditure campaign committees, which ultimately paved the way for a super PAC fueled by David Koch to
support Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota.
The fines came in connection to the Mark Levine and Laurie Cumbo
campaigns, two successful City Council bids which NYCLASS
supported with
expenditures they claimed were not coordinated with the
campaigns.
But 527s, whether they are
supporting presidential candidates or state
campaigns, also often have ties to the those
campaigns, even as they maintain their status as independent
expenditure groups.
For instance, Johnson, who for months criticized
campaign spending by outside groups, has been silent now that his
campaign is receiving
support from the independent
expenditure known as Empire State PAC.
The
campaign of Rep. Louise Slaughter is blasting what appears to be an independent
expenditure ad that is
supporting her Republican opponent, Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks.
Grisanti, who is being
supported by an independent
expenditure campaign backed by the League of Conservation Voters, reported $ 53,578.
Super PACs, also known as independent
expenditure committees, are allowed to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money as long as their is no coordination with the
campaigns they are
supporting.
Like the DGA, Connecticut Forward is a tax - exempt political advocacy group permitted to make unlimited
expenditures in
support or opposition to a candidate, so long as those
expenditures are not coordinated with a
campaign.
The mayor's
campaign promise to ban horse carriages won him
support from animal rights groups including NYCLASS, which ran a massive independent
expenditure against his primary opponent Christine Quinn that helped Mr. de Blasio.
The Times drives him crazy; he thinks its editorial board is obsessed with public financing of
campaigns, a reform Cuomo says he
supports, even though he's dubious that it has much relevance in the age of big - money independent -
expenditure committees.
The group has proven extremely effective in the last three cycles at both funneling funds to candidates and in
supporting campaigns with independent
expenditure TV and radio ads.
The Greater Wisconsin Political Independent
Expenditure Fund, which runs media
campaigns supporting Democrats, has reported spending $ 30,000 on digital ads.
Independent
expenditure committees backed by wealthy donors who
support education reforms and charter schools sought to be major players in a range of Democratic primary
campaigns.
Eliot Spitzer's
campaign fired back at Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer's web ad that takes aim at the former governor's time at the Capitol by knocking him for being
supported by a pair of independent
expenditure groups.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce reported on Friday to the Federal Election Commission that it had spent $ 312,650 on February 19th on independent
expenditures supporting the 2014 re-election
campaign Sen. Mitch McConnell, R - Ky.
Assemblywoman Carmen Arroyo is a scofflaw, says the man who wants to replace her in Albany, and the state Board of Elections
supports his contention.Angel Molina, a Democrat running on the Republican line in November's general election in the 84th Assembly District, wants Arroyo investigated for failing to report
campaign contributions and
expenditures during 2014's election cycle.The nondisclosure is a violation of state election laws that often results in heavy fines, but little else.
These so - called «independent
expenditure»
campaigns are a growing force in New York elections: The New York State United Teachers union spent over $ 4 million to boost mostly Democratic candidates in 2012, and two downstate Super PACs spent over $ 500,000
supporting Duanesburg Democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk's bid for state Senate.
LCV's affiliated political action committees, the League of Conservation Voters Action Fund and the League of Conservation Voters Victory Fund,
support the overarching LCV mission by making independent
expenditures,
campaign contributions and endorsements in
support of pro-environmental candidates.
Other proposals in the budget were lower corporate contribution limits, down to $ 1,000 per year, new limits on donations to party «housekeeping accounts» at $ 25,000 per year, detailed prohibitions on using
campaign contributions for the personal benefit of a candidate, and disclosure of major donors
supporting organizations engaged in independent
expenditures.
ALBANY — New Yorkers for a Balanced Albany, an independent
expenditure committee that
supported Senate Republicans in last year's election, raised $ 2 million from two donors in June,
campaign finance records show.
And, in Wisconsin's open 7th district, an ad funded by the Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committee's independent
expenditure arm — its first this cycle — goes after reality TV star Sean Duffy (R) for
supporting a plan to privatize Social Security and describes it as «the wrong choice for Wisconsin's families.»
An independent
expenditure report is required if the
campaign committee makes independent
expenditures that
support, oppose or benefit a different candidate, in excess of $ 1,000 or more to a candidate for statewide office or in excess of $ 200 or more to any other candidate in the aggregate during an election cycle.
The additional $ 1.9 million in lobbying
expenditures brings the total amount these groups have spent in
support of Governor Malloy's pro-charter school, pro-Common Core, pro-Common Core testing and anti-teacher initiatives to more than $ 9 million, making it the most expensive lobbying
campaign in Connecticut history.
The national union spent roughly $ 1 million in contributions to a labor - backed independent
expenditure campaign — also
supported by the public workers union AFSCME — and on its own extensive political operation, a Democratic political consultant familiar with the details of the spending told POLITICO.
There's no IE [independent
expenditure]
campaign for me,» she said, referring to the well - funded IE
campaigns being run in
support of Sanchez, one by the SEIU and the other by the Coalition for School Reform.
In addition, the American Federation of Teachers Federal Political Action Committee threw in $ 600,000 to the Democratic Governor's Association's $ 5.7 million Independent
Expenditure campaign to
support Malloy's re-election.
A Better Connecticut's «independent»
expenditure is part of a broader $ 2 million plus public relations
campaign designed to
support Governor Malloy and his education reforms.
These funds were used for
expenditures, like mass mailings or ads
supporting particular politicians but that were «independent» and not to be coordinated with the candidates»
campaigns.
In addition to collecting over $ 41,000 from the national education reform organizations, the Students For Education Reform (SFER) PAC in Colorado also received more than $ 17,000 via in - kind services from SFER itself, most of which was to pay for SFER staff assigned to the Colorado
campaign, along with the payments for voter lists, rent and other costs related to their «independent»
expenditure in
support of Denver's pro-education reform candidates.
When it comes to promoting the charter school industry, Allen's donations include $ 275,000 to the Washington State Charter Schools Association, along with massive lobbying and
campaign expenditures in
support of efforts to build charter schools in Washington State.
HART adoption fees cover only a small fraction of our
expenditures, so without YOUR
SUPPORT through the United Way / CFC
campaign and general donations, we would no longer have the funding to save the hundreds of dogs and cats that come through our program each year.
Under Florida's Code of Judicial Conduct, judges and judicial candidates «shall not personally solicit
campaign funds, or solicit attorneys for publicly stated
support, but may establish committees of responsible persons to secure and manage the
expenditure of funds for the candidate's
campaign and to obtain public statements of
support for his or her candidacy.»
Adding a grant from the REALTOR ® Party to political action funds of its own, the association
supported REALTOR ® champion Manh Nguyen, a Vietnamese - American businessman, with a powerful and positive independent
expenditure campaign.
The association, through its political action committee «Quality of Life Matters,» with financial
support from a National Association of REALTORS ® independent
expenditure grant,
campaigned in favor of asking voters to approve up to $ 212.1 million in bonds that would pay for 39 public projects and result in a slight property tax increase.
Corporate Ally is an advocacy, soft money Super-PAC used to
support independent
expenditure campaigns.
NAR» $ ™ s policy is to only participate in positive independent
expenditure campaigns that
support NAR's positions on the topic.