Sentences with phrase «received more campaign contributions»

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.

Not exact matches

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.

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

He said federal officials had taken more than two years to scrutinize every contract Walker handled and every campaign contributed he received, and found no allegations of bribery, official misconduct or improper contributions.

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.

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.

'' — $ 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 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.

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

«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.

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.

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.

State Sen. John Brooks has received $ 94,388 in contributions in the past six months — more than he raised in the entirety of his campaign before his upset victory in 2016 — and has $ 106,290 in the bank.

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.

In 2012, when Gillibrand ran for re-election the first time, she received more than $ 15.4 million in campaign contributions, which was also far above that year's average fundraising total of $ 3.1 million.

Turner's campaign received more than $ 138,000 in contributions, not including a $ 65,000 loan Turner gave himself, and spent more than $ 118,000, leaving him with more than $ 93,700 in cash on hand, according to the latest FEC disclosure information.

Nixon's pledge came after published reports Monday revealed that the Manhattan US Attorney's Office has launched a probe into an Orange County health care company, Crystal Run, that received more than $ 25 million in state grants after making significant contributions to Cuomo's campaign.

But the investment appears to be paying off for the Danbury mayor, who has received in excess of $ 272,000 in contributions and ended the year with more than $ 136,000 in his campaign bank account.

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.

Parents for Educational Freedom NC (PEFNC)-- a pro-voucher lobby in North Carolina that receives the bulk of its funding from the Walton Family — has made campaign contributions to Stam and has even flown him and other lawmakers to Florida in 2013 to learn more about that state's own voucher scheme.

Rep. Marcus Brandon (D - Guilford), a key champion of the school voucher legislation, received campaign contributions totaling more than $ 10,000 from school choice proponents — approximately 25 % of all donations he received.

From 2013 to 2016, Rob Bryan's campaign received more than $ 22,000 in contributions from John Bryan, state reports show.

I would respectfully suggest that «policy - makers within the GOP» have suffered much more «damage» from the millions of dollars in campaign contributions they receive from the fossil fuel corporations.

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