CRP also notes that from 1989 to 2006, Inhofe received
more campaign contributions from energy and natural resource interests than from any other sector (the finance sector was the runner - up) with total contributions from energy and resource interests approaching $ 1.3 million.
In fact, an analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) shows that from 2001 to 2006, Inhofe has received
more campaign contributions from the oil and gas industries than from any other industrial sector — more than $ 300,000.
He has also received
more campaign contributions from the Real Estate Board of New York than any other politician — making this new stance surprising.
Hillary Clinton is consolidating her support among Wall Street donors and other businesses ahead of a general - election battle with Donald Trump, winning
more campaign contributions from financial - services executives in the most recent fundraising period than all other candidates combined.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo accepted
more campaign contributions from, and given state contracts to, a Yonkers construction firm with a history of criminal entanglements, though he and his allies slammed his 2014 GOP opponent, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, for doing the same thing.
If anything, her higher profile because of the «Me Too» movement has translated into
more campaign contributions from the grass roots.
The more campaign contributions from business interests justices receive, the more likely they are to vote for business litigants appearing before them in court.
Not exact matches
And both women's suits could provide
more fodder for federal complaints
from the watchdog group Common Cause that the payoffs were, effectively, illegal
campaign contributions.
Saunders, the president of the Vancouver and District Labour Council, says that Canadian workers and their pensions are
more exposed to risk during market trouble because of the successful
campaign over the past decades to move
from defined benefit pensions, which guarantee a certain monthly amount when you retire, to defined
contribution plans, promoted by market enthusiasts.
Since I am (as you now know
from last week's Civil Eats post)
more of a realist than an idealist, I'm not especially hopeful that our elected officials will suddenly find the courage to defy Big Food — and forgo its
campaign contributions — nor am I hopeful that industry will change its ways voluntarily on a widespread basis.
Those detailed pieces in turn link to
more details and to primary sources if you have them (the polling data that your piece on public opinion is based on, for instance, or a spreadsheet of your opponent's
campaign contributions from well - known evildoers).
According to the GOP, Gillibrand accepted
more than $ 610,000 in
campaign contributions from the Hollywood / entertainment industry last year.
«After accepting
more than $ 100,000 in
campaign contributions from plaintiff's attorneys he employs in class action suits — which can be hugely lucrative to those firms — Mr. DiNapoli is using official state business to solicit
campaign contributions.
Other 24 - hour
contributions include
more money
from the Senate Republican
Campaign Committee to GOP candidates Sean Hanna and George Amedore.
Gibson's
campaign makes of point of saying that since his 2010 retirement
from the Army, the GOP lawmaker has received
more than 7,200 individual
contributions, with 74 percent coming
from individuals in the current NY - 20.
Those nuclear ties have also come with some significant
campaign contributions from Exelon Corp., the Chicago - based company that operates
more nuclear plants than any other single company.
«With Fair Elections, candidates will be
more accountable to us, not CEO
campaign contributors, because they'll be able to run competitive
campaigns by raising small
contributions from our community.
«The legislation would prevent
campaign contributors
from evading the legal
contribution limits by setting up shell corporations and instead establish a
more level playing field to promote greater fairness and consistency in the Election Law.»
Grodenchik has received
more than ten thousand dollars
from other politicians»
campaign committees, for example, and Lynch has taken close to $ 50,000 —
more than half of her
contributions —
from labor unions.
Asked about acceptable ways for candidates to raise money,
more than three - quarters of Americans say that raising
campaign money
from contributions made by Washington lobbyists is unacceptable, putting it at the bottom of a list of six ways for raising money.
The Siena Research Institute report summed it up well: «While Republicans are closely divided on public
campaign financing, it is supported by a majority of independents and two - thirds of Democrats, and
more than three - quarters of voters
from every party support quick disclosure of
contributions greater than $ 500.»
Campaign officials refused to release
more detailed information, but said the donations ranged
from just $ 5 to $ 12,707.79, the maximum
contribution allowed for an individual donor under Ohio -LSB-...]
'' — $ 280,000 — for receiving
more than $ 300,000 in illegal
campaign contributions from his parents for his 1994 primary and general election
campaigns, and then lying about it.»
But only a sliver of the
more than $ 350,000 he received in
contributions during the first half of the year came
from the real estate industry, according to a review of
campaign finance records by The Real Deal.
An increasing amount of
campaign contributions come
from the wealthiest donors.As
more big money floods into elections, we should...
Using the record
from a previous BCRA § 203 challenge, he argued that independent expenditures were sometimes a factor in gaining political access and concluded that large independent expenditures generate
more influence than direct
campaign contributions.
«In contrast, our
campaign has not only received
more individual
contributions, although smaller in amount,
from voters,» she wrote in an email.
«Throw out politicians who care
more about lining their pockets with
campaign contributions from gay millionaires than listening to the voices of everyday voters like you and me,» said Brown in an email to supporters.
More than a dozen of them were convicted of charges including authorizing bribes to get on a ballot, diverting money meant for community programs into a
campaign and skimming funds
from contributions to a Little League baseball program.
Democratic NYC mayoral frontrunner Bill de Blasio, who has pledged to reduce the gap between the rich and poor, has collected
more than 40 percent of his
campaign contributions from big - ticket donors.
Johnson received
more than $ 63,000 in
campaign contributions this election cycle
from the real estate industry, with donations coming
from officials at Related Companies, DDG Partners and the Property Markets Group, according to Crain's.
In response to the court decisions, the supplemental grants were removed
from the state's
campaign financing law; the basic grant of public money to gubernatorial candidates was doubled to make participants
more competitive and a low, $ 100 limit was placed on lobbyist
contributions, thus limiting their influence.
De Blasio
campaign spokesman Dan Levitan defended the timing of the solicitation, claiming Hizzoner «has received
more low - dollar
contributions from individual, everyday New Yorkers than any candidate for mayor — Democrat or Republican — in
more than two decades.
The
campaign didn't say how much the accounts had at the ready — they combined to $ 870,000 banked at the end of March — but it did add another milestone to the brag board: With April in the books, Grimsley has received
contributions from more than 1,700 unique donors, which Grimsley's team says is
more than any of her challengers can boast.
More than a dozen have been convicted of charges including authorizing bribes to get on a ballot, diverting money meant for community programs into a
campaign and skimming funds
from contributions to a Little League baseball program.
Orange County Democratic Chairman Brett Broge is asking a state attorney to investigate Sen. William Larkin Jr.'s failure to report his
campaign contributions and expenditures
from January to July, an accounting that he was supposed to file by July 15 and is now
more than a month overdue.In a letter on Thursday to Risa Sugarman, chief enforcement counsel for the state Board of Elections, Broge noted that Larkin set up a new
campaign account on July 8 and transferred his money there, but never submitted a semi-annual report itemizing the transactions that occurred before then.
Rangel has already spent
more than $ 2 million
from his
campaign treasury on legal fees and can use
contributions from the birthday fund - raiser for the same purpose.
More than 99 % of Mr. Gipson's
campaign contributions have come
from Manhattan, and isn't he supported by the NYC led Working Families party.
More than 90 % of Sue Serino's
campaign contributions have come
from Long Island and NYC interests.
Cuomo has since 2012 taken in
more than $ 131,000 in
campaign contributions from three major financial firms that were then tapped by his administration to manage state bond work without competitive bids and in apparent violation of federal rules.
And the governor donated the
more than $ 110,000 he received in
campaign contributions from disgraced Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein to Women's Justice NOW, NOW - NYC's charitable partner organization that supports public education and outreach efforts and offers legal advocacy and referrals for women.
For years, this little - known Long Island - based firm has reaped influence in Albany, quietly donating
more than $ 10 million in
campaign contributions, and in return benefiting
from construction tax perks that critics charge help the company's bottom line far
more than house the poor.
Jackson's
campaign spokesman, Richie Fife, said the
contributions came
from an online
campaign by No IDC NY and the liberal blog Daily Kos to encourage
more community - level donations.
A memo
from the chief enforcement officer at the New York state Board of Elections, first leaked to the Daily News, accuses the mayor's staff of improperly supervising a plan to help
more Senate Democrats win office that skirted
campaign contribution limits.
As he was settling in as central New York's new congressman, U.S. Rep. John Katko added to his
campaign war chest with
contributions from more than 400 donors, most of whom reside in the 24th Congressional District.
A memo
from the chief enforcement officer at the state Board of Elections, first leaked to the Daily News, accuses the mayor's staff of improperly supervising a plan to help
more Senate Democrats win office, that skirted
campaign contribution limits.
Hamilton's
campaign has
more than $ 88,000 in cash on hand, according to this month's financial filings, with the single largest
contribution coming
from the real estate company Roth and Sons Management, which gave $ 6,500.
With
more than $ 30 million reported in his war chest as of January, Cuomo receives the lion's share of his
campaign contributions from much bigger sectors — like real estate and pharmaceuticals — than the state's brewing industry.
The first indictment accuses Dong and his wife, Danher Wang, of soliciting and making illicit cash
contributions — including
more than $ 30,000
from a German business colleague — to the 2008 election
campaign of Senator Lindsey Graham (R - SC).
(
More than half of Ritz's
campaign contributions came
from the political arm of the Indiana State Teachers Association.)