Sentences with phrase «state campaign account»

«I am writing... to request an advisory opinion... to confirm whether the proposed mailing is considered a «federal election activity»... [and] that the proposed mailings may be paid for» with funds from the state party's «federal» account, instead of the party's regular state campaign account, Reiff wrote to the FEC Oct. 1.

Speculation about Greenfield's political future began to swirl in May when it was revealed that he had opened a separate state campaign account that had raised large sums from real estate investors including Thor Equities» Joseph Sitt.

Senate Republicans in their campaign finance disclosure filings due Monday will report having nearly $ 1.4 million cash on hand combined in their two state campaign accounts after having raised $ 1.85 million the past six months.

Tuesday's clash stemmed from an Oct. 1 letter to the FEC by Neil Reiff, counsel to the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, requesting «an advisory opinion... to confirm whether the proposed [pro-Malloy] mailing is considered a «federal election activity»... [and] that the proposed mailings may be paid for» with funds from the state party's «federal» account, instead of the party's regular state campaign account.

Brooklyn City Council member David Greenfield has a separate state campaign account that allows him to raise money from companies barred under city rules from donating.

She still has $ 1.6 million in a state campaign account that could be used for a run.

I'm running against Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle, who has a state campaign account with about a half million dollars at any given time.

The state campaign account has received thousands in cash from real estate companies right up until this past January, when Greenfield decided to forgo a shot at the state level and run for re-election to Council instead.

Councilman David Greenfield (D — Borough Park)-- who chairs the Council's influential Land Use Committee and who has recently raised eyebrows for having a stash of $ 308,641 in real estate money in a state campaign account called GreenfieldNY — may be facing a primary challenger for his seat.

State Board of Election filings show Dov Hikind has donated $ 88,200 to the group since 2010 out of his state campaign accounts — a legal but unusual use of those funds.

Kaiman and Suozzi, who are running in the June 28 Democratic primary against three other candidates — and can not use their state campaign accounts for congressional bids — said their purchases were legal and meant to keep their political operations active in case they ran for office again.

One note on this figure: It's possible Harris spent down her state campaign account because she can't directly transfer those funds to an account for a potential federal campaign.

While state elected officials often set up private accounts or use their state campaign accounts to pay off hefty attorney fees — recently convicted former State Sens. Joe Bruno and Efrain Gonzalez both did — it has been completely under the radar on the city level.