The board also plans to
contact other political committees, including the Onondaga County Republican Committee, whose reports left out the names of employees, Conklin said.
The 26 donors collectively gave Gibson $ 2,125, which doesn't sound like much until you consider that her entire campaign raised only $ 110,000, most of which came from unions or
other political committees.
But the statement did not specifically address whether the data was used to provide services to
other political committees that retained Cambridge Analytica, including Bolton's super PAC.
Political committees may accept contributions from individuals or
other political committees — so each contribution must start with an individual.
By law, candidates for office can use their campaign accounts to transfer unlimited amounts to
other political committees.
The spending often went beyond contributions to charities, universities and
other political committees, which are the most common types of activity from the campaign accounts of former officials, according to a Newsday review.
The magnitude of money from these supporters is impossible to measure, but it can be approximated by examining the donations to the largest independent expenditure committees on each side and seeing how much they gave to
other political committees.
The commission was examining the SRCC's transfers to
other political committees, which on their face seem to contradict the legal restrictions place on the housekeeping account's spending, amid a broader review of the loosely regulated soft - money spending.
In the most recent election cycle, a single donor used the LLC loophole to contribute $ 1 million to Governor Cuomo's reelection campaign, and over $ 3 million to
other political committees.
While $ 74,901.86 of the total he raised came from individuals, a larger chunk of funding — $ 177,633.16 — was donated by PACs and
other political committees.