Sentences with phrase «first public campaign financing program»

He also weathered criticism from others on the left for not participating in the state's first public campaign financing program.

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The budget provision, which first surfaced late Friday, would enact a pilot public campaign finance program limited to the comptroller's office.

Although incumbents tend to have a leg up in fundraising, the Campaign Finance Board's public matching funds program ensures that first - time candidates and those with little access to wealthy donors can run serious campaigns by matching small dollar donations at a 6 - to - 1 ratio up to a certain amount.

The first is raising $ 250,000 in donations of $ 100 or less to qualify for the state's public campaign financing program.

Mr. Massey, who has lent himself more than $ 2.7 million so far and has already paid some of it back, is not participating in the city's public campaign finance program, which offers a six - to - one match for the first $ 175 from each donor.

Tallies are in for the first round of campaign filings for the Queens borough president race, though the city's public financing program is designed to even the playing field between the haves and have - nots.