Sentences with phrase «more in campaign contributions»

SB 6255 Requires mandatory recusal for judges who receive $ 50 or more in campaign contributions from lawyers or parties in past 3 years.

But it is a lot more in campaign contributions than all but a tiny percentage of New Yorkers have given the governor.

Not exact matches

More recently, de Gaulle was involved in France's contribution to the air campaign against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, codenamed Opération Chammal in France.

More dangerously, the awkward theory of «reimbursement» via retainer fees over time does not solve the problem of an illegal campaign contribution in 2016.

He needs to sell this story so that Mr. Cohen's payment was not a campaign contribution (more about that below) and that Mr. Trump didn't really know about the arrangement in advance, and so has minimal responsibility for what is turning out to be a colossal mess with Stormy Daniels.

After an entire debut season battling a groin problem, Vermaelen had a much more meaningful contribution to the squad in his second campaign, but after a good start, the Belgian had a drop in form and saw very little playing time in the last few months.

The political action committee for Abbott Laboratories, the maker of U.S. market leader Similac, spent more than $ 1.5 million in contributions to federal and congressional candidates during the last election cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington - based watchdog of campaign contributions.

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).

But he's finding that the senator — while likely harder to dislodge with more years on the job and a base of support in his district — is a more attractive target when it comes to generating campaign contributions, particularly for LGBT donors.

The article would have been much more informative had you included numbers for Romney, Guiliani, et al.; or, posted numbers for past campaigns; or, statitics on what percentage of voters typically make contributions in contested primary races.

... 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 dealershipIn 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 dealershipin illegal contributions to the campaign through his numerous auto dealerships.

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.

«Over the last few months we've seen a surge in low - dollar contributions, as more and more of my neighbors here in the Hudson Valley and Catskills join us for stops along our 163 town Rhodes Trip and want to chip in to help keep fueling the Winnebago and support our growing grassroots campaign,» Rhodes said.

Cynthia Nixon has already raked in more small - dollar contributions in one day than her rival Gov. Andrew Cuomo did in seven years, the star actress» campaign announced.

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.

A spokesman for de Blasio's campaign said it would return more than $ 32,000 in contributions, after DNAinfo reported exclusively on several unusual donations.

The more campaign contributions from business interests justices receive, the more likely they are to vote for business litigants appearing before them in court.

A Justice Department probe of the campaign alleges that Durand, a former business associate of Grimm, illegally reimbursed donors in order to evade legal contribution limits and funnel more money to Grimm's 2010 Congressional campaign.

The governor had proposed in his budget sweeping changes in the state's campaign finance system: lower contribution limits, more expensive disclosures, enhanced enforcement, and a voluntary system of public financing.

Sanders» campaign said Monday it raised more than $ 42 million in February, with more than 1.4 million contributions averaging $ 30 a piece.

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.

Since taking office, Katko has relied on PACs for a little more than $ 1 million in campaign contributions out of a total of about $ 1.8 million, according to Federal Election Commission records.

«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.»

The New York Post finds that NYC Comptroller John Liu has spent more in legal defense this year than he has raised in campaign contributions.

His campaign reported collecting 3,087 signatures to get him on the ballot, and he has received more than $ 179,700 in campaign contributions — and the coveted endorsement of his dad's old union, 1199.

Flanagan joins a field of Republicans testing their polling power and ability to raise campaign contributions for what would be an expensive run against Cuomo, a Democrat who remains popular after two terms and has more than $ 20 million in his campaign account.

'' — $ 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.»

The week began with the leak of a confidential report by the state's elections enforcer that alleged that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio had engaged in an illegal effort to circumvent campaign contribution limits in his 2014 push to bolster the re-election prospects of some sitting state Senate Democrats, who presumably would be more favorable to the democrat mayor's city agenda in Albany.

The Teachout campaign points out that she has received more individual contributions in just one month than Governor Cuomo has in six.

A campaign can achieve primary matching funds by receiving aggregate qualifying contributions of $ 5,000 or more in at least 20 different states, if this is done before the Green Party Presidential Nominating Convention (July 12 - 15 in Baltimore).

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.

«Our campaign's focus on grassroots, small - dollar donors has powered us to more than 11,000 contributions, and we are now fully funded for a Primary campaign,» said Elana Leopold, finance director for de Blasio's campaign, in a statement.

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 emaiIn contrast, our campaign has not only received more individual contributions, although smaller in amount, from voters,» she wrote in an emaiin amount, from voters,» she wrote in an emaiin 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.

Cuomo's prescriptions in his 2016 State of the State speech included closing a legal loophole that lets campaign donors funnel unlimited sums to candidates through limited - liability companies; requiring office holders to report campaign contributions every 60 days instead of twice a year; allowing lawmakers to earn no more than 15 percent of their legislative salaries in private - sector work; and adopting a system of voluntary public campaign financing similar to what New York City has.

Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan's campaign is under fire for allegedly taking more than $ 38,000 in excessive campaign contributions, filing late reports and hosting a fundraiser with a raffle for theater tickets, according to a complaint filed by the state Board of Elections.

«Every year, hundreds of donors give more money than is allowed by state law that has highest limits of any state capping donation size; scores of candidates fail to disclose large contributions received in the run - up to Election Day; thousands of filings obfuscate the identity of donors or the purpose of expenditures through the inclusion of incomplete or incorrect information; and dozens of incumbent lawmakers spend campaign funds for what reasonable people would unanimously agree are non-campaign reasons,» the report found.

The state Board of Elections will refer three campaign committees found to be in violation of campaign finance laws to local prosecutors for potential prosecution for receiving donations for more than the legal contribution limit.

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.

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.

That Steinberg and de Leon are keeping the campaign contributions and promised to personally call each sponsor adds to the growing belief that Senate Democrats are more interested in window dressing than real reform.

In the final three weeks of the 2012 election cycle, Democrat campaign committees transferred more than a quarter - million dollars in special interest campaign contributions to help bolster the campaign of Sharon Quirk - Silva, who helped secure Democrats two - thirds majority in the AssemblIn the final three weeks of the 2012 election cycle, Democrat campaign committees transferred more than a quarter - million dollars in special interest campaign contributions to help bolster the campaign of Sharon Quirk - Silva, who helped secure Democrats two - thirds majority in the Assemblin special interest campaign contributions to help bolster the campaign of Sharon Quirk - Silva, who helped secure Democrats two - thirds majority in the Assemblin the Assembly.

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.

Last week, the Federal Election Commission found Guinta violated campaign finance rules by accepting more than $ 350,000 in illegal campaign contributions, ordering him to pay back the funds along with a $ 15,000 fine.

The three banking companies secured this lucrative line of business during the same period they delivered more than $ 132,000 in campaign contributions to Gov. Andrew Cuomo through political action committees under their corporate control.