Sentences with phrase «spending on behalf of candidates»

«Pigeon's PAC did all the political spending on behalf of these candidates,» the source said.

Marty Connor, a lawyer representing the I.D.C. Initiative, told Capital the campaign committee has knowingly been spending on behalf of candidates despite election laws barring PACs from doing so.

«Pigeon's PAC did all the political spending on behalf of these candidates,» said the source, «all their literature and photo shoots, and went so far as to pay for their signs and posters.

Governor Cuomo proposed a broad set of laws including stricter limits on campaign contributions and party spending on behalf of candidates, public financing of elections to match small contributions from individuals, and new public corruption crimes in an attempt to reduce the culture of corruption in Albany.

The money it spent on behalf of these candidates represented only a small percentage of the contributions it had received at the time, it had a history of getting involved in Senate races, and it helped Senate hopefuls through independent expenditures, rather than direct transfers.

According to John Conklin, a Republican spokesman for the B.O.E., and Tom Connolly, a Democratic spokesman for the board, PACs can not spend on behalf of a candidate.

Not exact matches

Conversely, as supporters waver, they may be less likely to take concrete actions on behalf of the candidate, in this case spending money for gear.

«NYSUT is going to have to answer for its illegal spending on behalf of Senate Democrat candidates in Buffalo and all across this state, and they are going to have to do so in a court of law,» said Senate Republican spokesman Scott Reif.

Of course a candidate needs to spend some cash but let's suppose that billboard and TV ads were banned, the local party sent out emails to all members on behalf of every short listed candidate, and the taxpayer (or central party) covered the cost of a single mailshot to all voterOf course a candidate needs to spend some cash but let's suppose that billboard and TV ads were banned, the local party sent out emails to all members on behalf of every short listed candidate, and the taxpayer (or central party) covered the cost of a single mailshot to all voterof every short listed candidate, and the taxpayer (or central party) covered the cost of a single mailshot to all voterof a single mailshot to all voters.

The call for disclosure of 501 (c) 4 groups comes after a campaign season of outside independent expenditure groups spending heavily on behalf of candidates with little to no idea of who is funding the efforts.

According to the complaint, the independent expenditure committee raised and spent money on behalf of candidates in order to circumvent contribution limits and also falsified its report to the state Board of Elections.

The McCutcheon decision could usher in a new era of super PAC spending the state level, with one group already created to work on behalf of Senate Republicans as well as GOP attorney general candidate John Cahill.

JCOPE regulations would change the donor disclosure limits that currently require groups spending more than $ 50,000 in a year on an issue or on behalf of a candidate for office disclose their donors of more than $ 5,000.

For developers, «it's critically important to beat candidates like CeCe Tkaczyk if they want to maintain their hold on rental laws,» said David Donnelly, director of Friends of Democracy, a Super PAC that spent on Tkaczyk's behalf.

A political action committee sponsored by moderate GOP super-donor Charles Munger, Jr. has spent more than $ 300,000 on behalf of an Orange County Republican legislative candidate.

NYSUT's spending on behalf of mainly Democratic Senate candidates in swing districts comes as supporters of charter schools have spent heavily in independent expenditure efforts of their own.

Filings with the state Board of Elections show REBNY spent $ 20,277 in mailers on behalf of Republican Senate candidate Tom Croci, who is running against Democratic candidate Adrienne Esposito in an open Senate seat in Suffolk County.

Massive spending by independent expenditure campaigns came to dominate the conclusion of the race for the state Senate, almost entirely on behalf of Republican candidates.

NYSUT and their city partners at the United Federation of Teachers have supported Senate Democratic candidates politically and spent heavily last year on behalf of challengers and freshman candidates.

The National Republican Congressional Committee is spending heavily in the race to succeed Democratic Rep. Steve Israel, booking $ 1.1 million in cable TV advertising on behalf of GOP candidate Jack Martins.

And the Working Families Party state director, Bill Lipton, suggested that Mr. Cuomo's donations from that fund on behalf of five Senate candidates — some $ 55,000 — were not enough in expensive and competitive races where millions will be spent.

The vast majority of spending by these committees now comes in the form of independent expenditures (IEs), which can be made in unlimited amounts on behalf of campaigns with the lone caveat being that the IE staff can not have any contact with candidates or their campaigns.

The Mid Atlantic Leadership Fund, a Washington based firm which usually backs Democratic candidates, has spent nearly $ 2 million on behalf of Corzine's campaign for re-election.

The spending on behalf of Republican candidate George Hoehmann helped him score an upset victory over six - term Democratic incumbent Alex Gromack.

Balance New York, a pro-business PAC, has spent $ 1.186 million on behalf of Senate Republican candidates.

De Blasio would not, however, agree to follow the lead of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, who has not sanctioned a super PAC to raise and spend on his behalf.

«Why would the governor ask labor to voluntarily disarm, while leaving big business interests free to spend unlimited amounts on behalf of their candidates.»

In her complaint, Calamia, a failed GOP candidate for the Suffolk County Legislature, also urges Sugarman to look into funds raised and spent by Democratic committees in Nassau and Democratic counties on behalf of Senate Dems in 2014.

And, of course, they transfer housekeeping money into various political accounts, and then transfer it out to candidates or spend it on their behalf.

Federal law allows leeway for money from a party's «federal account» — which is regulated by the FEC and intended to promote election of federal candidates for Congress — to be spent on «federal election activity» such as «get - out - the - vote» activities on behalf of congressional candidates that also could benefit a candidate for state office.

By law, Super PACs can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money on behalf of a candidate as long as their is no coordination with the campaign itself.

Mr. Finkelstein was among the first political strategists in the late 1970s to grasp the potential of a United States Supreme Court ruling that allowed putatively independent political committees to spend money on behalf of individual candidates and causes.

More than half of that money was spent on behalf of two candidates: incumbent Democrat Laurie Cumbo of District 35, who was the beneficiary of $ 122,465, and Keith Powers, the winner of a crowded, «open» Council primary in District 4, who was the beneficiary of $ 110,988.

ALBANY — The state Board of Elections has rejected the Independent Democratic Conference's efforts to convert its political action committee into an independent expenditure committee, raising at least a procedural question about the $ 329,000 it spent on behalf of several candidates for last month's primary.

While independent expenditure committees can not contribute directly to a candidate, they can spend on things like mailers and advertisements on behalf of a candidate who has not authorized the committee to do so.

As of this morning, the Finch and Dwire campaigns have attracted a total of $ 599,000 in donations or money spent by Assembly campaign committees on the candidates» behalf.

The political action committee backed by the city's strongest landlord organization, the Real Estate Board of New York, has doled out more for City Council candidates than most of them spent on their own behalf, a review of campaign filings by The Real Deal reveals.

Micah Lasher's Democratic primary opponent says Lasher talk of pushing a progressive agenda is hooey given that his former group, StudentsFirstNY, just spent $ 1.5 million on behalf of the Republican candidate against Democrat Todd Kaminsky in last week's special Senate election on Long Island.

The Hotel Trades Council, which took out the largest independent expenditure of the primary campaign, saw wins in all 26 of the races in which it endorsed, including the six candidates it spent on behalf of.

The NJEA could hardly claim full victory, he acknowledged, despite spending upwards of $ 13 million on behalf of Democratic candidates that included Buono as well as incumbents in a half - dozen contested legislative races.

Pro-voucher group American Federation for Children's political arm spent heavily on behalf of Republican candidates in legislative races this year.

The union spent far more on negative ads against her than on behalf of three candidates it endorsed.

Republican lobbyist and former state party official Brandon Scholz said the donors to outside groups that typically spend on behalf of conservative candidates in spring races are not necessarily going to spend in a state superintendent race, even if the candidate is aligned with their ideology.

'' Other political spending by section 527 and 501 (c) 4 organizations clearly meant to influence elections on behalf of pro-oil and pro-coal candidates.