The letter from the Center for Competitive Politics to Gov. Andrew Cuomo cites the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to end caps on donations in
a given election cycle.
Good - government advocates fear this morning Supreme Court ruling could have wide - reaching effects for New York's own aggregate limits on campaign contributions in
a given election cycle.
Cuomo will donate the $ 50,000 that the producer
gave this election cycle, but not the other $ 61,000 he received in previous years.
Not exact matches
In the 2016
election cycle, Honewell International
gave $ 38,104 to Hillary Clinton and $ 12,624 to Donald Trump.
More than 500 contributors who
gave more than $ 200 to Republican candidates earlier in this
election cycle, are now
giving money to Clinton rather than the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, according to political research group, Crowdpac.
Democrats expect to do well this
cycle given the turnout in presidential
election years has historically
given them more seats in the Senate.
The report, released to county chairs this month, is bullish on the chances for the state party in the coming
election cycles given Republican success this year.
Both Cuomo and Astorino received more than 50,000 votes on the ballot lines,
giving them automatic status in the current
election cycle.
Astorino and his running mate, Chemung County Sheriff Chris Moss, received the needed 50,000 votes on the line to
give the party ballot status in the current
election cycle.
The 2004
election cycle saw a dramatic rise in the number and size of nonprofit organizations that bought TV ads, organized voter turnout drives and conducted political «education» campaigns that were effectively working on behalf of (or against) one candidate or party, and because they used «soft money» in the process, their donors weren't limited in how much they could
give and didn't fall under the strict disclosure rules required when trying to influence an
election.
According to FEC records, Becker, a cardiologist,
gave $ 800 to then - GOP Rep. Sue Kelly in November 2005 when she was headed into what turned out to be a disastrous (from her perspective)
election cycle in which she was defeated in a narrow race by Democrat John Hall.
For a point of comparison, numbers man Bill Mahoney at NYPIRG says the union
gave a total $ 1.4 million the 2010
election cycle, with $ 1.8 million coming the state United Teachers union.
This limit was $ 60,800 for statewide candidates in the last
election cycle, meaning than an individual who controlled ten L.L.C.s could
give write ten $ 60,800 checks to the same candidate.
Given New York state's high donation limits, the same donors will get hit up for more checks throughout the two - year
election cycle.
But limited liability companies — businesses that share attributes of corporations and partnerships — are allowed to
give up to $ 60,800 to a statewide candidate per
election cycle and up to $ 150,000 a year to candidates and committees overall.
Developer Leonard Litwin
gave the most to the governor's campaign committee over the course of the four - year
election cycle.
ALBANY — Members of the Real Estate Board of New York and their firms
gave $ 21.7 million in campaign contributions to state - level
elections in the last
cycle, accounting for more than 10 percent of the money that entered the campaign finance system.
Democrats expect to make gains this
election season, even beyond the mere scope of a presidential
election cycle,
given Trump being at the top of the ticket and the expectation he will lose badly to Hillary Clinton in New York this year.
For the 2017
election cycle, she
gave another $ 2,750 to Cabrera and $ 4,950 to Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.
Cuomo's campaign initially said it would return $ 50,000 that Weinstein
gave during the 2018
election cycle.
But with Cuomo's focus on getting 50,000 votes for the new ballot line — thus
giving the party automatic ballot status for the next
election cycle through 2016 — concerns are being stoked the WFP could lose influence and its own ballot position, currently Row D.
Self - serve platforms change this dynamic,
giving small and / or local campaigns essentially the same online voter - targeting options that statewide or federal candidates have come to rely on over the past couple of
election cycles.
New York State United Teachers, a union that remains powerful by virtue of its 600,000 members regardless of its losses in the recent
election cycle, denounced Cuomo's letter on Thursday, arguing that his apparent priorities — strengthening teacher evaluations, lengthening the probationary period before teachers may get tenure and boosting charter schools — are handouts to pro-charter billionaire hedge funders who
give generously to his campaigns.
In the last
election cycle, $ 13.3 million of the $ 25.5 million LLCs
gave to state parties and candidates went to those that primarily focused on supporting the governor.
Cuomo, answering a question from reporters in the Bronx,
gave his strongest statements to date in the 2016
election cycle to back Democratic candidates for the Senate.
The law caps the amount each contributor can
give at $ 2,700 twice for each
election in a two - year
cycle.
Given the competiveness of the Senate races in each red state, it's fair to conclude that the GOP candidates (Sen. Roy Blunt in Missouri and Rep. Todd Young in Indiana) are badly underperforming Trump, though each faces an opponent Democrats consider among their strongest of the
election cycle.
Glenwood and Litwin
gave Cuomo's committee $ 1 million during the last
election cycle, more than any other donor.
But since it had donated heavily to the DSCC in 2015, it still wound up
giving nearly twice as much to Senate Democrats ($ 313,700) over the course of the two - year
election cycle as to the GOP ($ 168,000).
Massey has contributed $ 7,000 to Stringer over the past three
election cycles,
giving 2,000 to Stringer's Borough President reelection campaign in June, 2007, $ 2,500 to Stringer's erstwhile mayoral campaign (Stringer later switched to running to for comptroller) in November 2011 and $ 2,500 to Stringer's comptroller reelection campaign (his current race) in November 2014.
Navigating the myriad ballot access laws in each state
gives us great confidence in being able to execute again in subsequent
election cycles.»
The company and its founder, Leonard Litwin, combined to
give his reelection efforts nearly $ 1.5 million in the last
election cycle.
In the 2012
election cycle, labor groups
gave Senate Republican candidates and party committees $ 3.9 million to the Democrats» $ 3.5 million.
all received the $ 5,000 maximum the PAC can
give during an
election cycle.
The Cuomo - Hochul ticket received 50,000 votes on the line last year,
giving the party ballot status in the current
election cycle.
Liberals would no doubt once again seek to oust Klein and his members in party primaries — especially
given the stakes of the coalition potentially continuing through the next
election cycle — even as Democrats eye Hillary Clinton's likely run for president delivering down - ballot gains for them.
Both Cuomo and his running mate, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, received more than 50,000 votes on the line to
give the WEP ballot status in the current
election cycle.
In the last
election cycle, he and family members
gave almost $ 1.3 million to the governor, the state Democratic Party, state candidates and party committees.
In the 2014
election cycle, according to Politico New York, members of REBNY
gave $ 21.7 million in campaign contributions to state - level candidates and political parties.
For most of the past
election cycle, this top spot was occupied by Leonard Litwin, whose Glenwood Management
gave the governor $ 1 million through LLCs.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee unveiled its final wave of Jumpstart candidates for the 2014
cycle on Thursday,
giving the seal of approval to one final set of recruits before the
election year begins.
Hedge fund founder James Simons, who
gave the governor and the state Democratic Party $ 1.78 million in the last
election cycle, made a $ 150 million grant to SUNY Stony Brook in 2011 that was understood to be contingent on a SUNY - wide tuition hike.
The union has indicated it would support Republicans in their bid to keep control of the state Senate, an outcome that is in question
given their narrow majority and that a presidential
election cycle brings more Democrats out to the polls, aiding down - ballot races.
A television ad from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's re-
election campaign is pushing voters to back his re-
election on the Women's Equality Party ballot line in order to
give it automatic ballot status in the next
election cycle.
The ruling
gives Senate Republicans, who face electoral headwinds this
cycle given the presidential
election and their narrow majority in the chamber, one less district to defend this November.
End Citizens United's entry into the Minnesota race is particularly odd,
given that Craig, while at the medical device company St. Jude Medical, directed the firm's political action committee in the 2012
election cycle, after spending the previous six years on its board.
But it wasn't'til early Friday evening that Cuomo joined in, coughing up $ 50,000 the mogul had
given in the current
election cycle.
Loeb (pictured)
gave Malliotakis, de Blasio's presumed general
election opponent, the max $ 4,950 contribution on August 4, and does not appear to have
given any other direct donations to New York City candidates in the 2017
cycle, nor has he bundled donations.
The couple
gave more than $ 200,000 to Democratic congressional committees over the previous two
election cycles but have not
given this year, according to the latest disclosure documents.
Glenwood Management, for example,
gave Gov. Andrew Cuomo $ 1 million in the last
election cycle.