Assemblywoman Pam Hunter, D - Syracuse: Undecided «I would
support public financing of political campaigns if all candidates were required to do it.
And the Public Campaign Action Fund, an organization that
supports the public financing of political campaigns spent $ 1.36 million.
A more truthful attack is one that paints Tkaczyk has having taken money from «NYC special interests» including Jonathan Soros» super PAC that
supports the public financing of political campaigns.
Jonathan Soros, meanwhile, gave $ 600,000 to help Senate Democrats through the Friends of Democracy, a super PAC that
supports the public financing of political campaigns.
Cuomo has
supported public financing of political campaigns in the past, but has up until this point not included such a system in the state budget proposal — a process that the governor's office has broad power over.
Tkaczyk is benefiting from a $ 230,000 advertising campaign from Friends of Democracy, a group funded by Jonathan Soros, the son of billionaire George Soros, which
supports the public financing of political campaigns and backed her narrow victory two years ago.
Not exact matches
The groups pushing today for the closure
of the loophole have also been full - throated in their
support for the
public financing of political campaigns.
There are other differences as well, including Cuomo's
support for the
public financing of political campaigns, which the Assembly
supports and the Senate does not.
Cuomo on Saturday was endorsed by the labor - backed WFP and at the same time announced his
support for a Democratic takeover
of the Senate, as well as a package
of liberal measures including the
public financing of political campaigns.
In addition to
support from labor unions and supporters
of public financing of political campaigns, Senate Democrats are expected to receive strong organizational
support from groups that focus on women's health and workplace rights issues.
This is a particularly interesting line
of reasoning from Dadey, since most Republicans are not fans
of the
public financing idea to begin with, arguing that it's inappropriate to use taxpayer dollars to
support political campaigns.
Bill Lipton, the party's state director, said the party decided to stick with Mr. Cuomo because he promised to
support some
of its top goals, such as raising the minimum wage and providing
public financing for state
political campaigns.
He says that reasoning leads to his
support for
public financing of political campaigns.
Without a
public campaign finance system that matches private donations and encourages small - dollar contributions, outsider legislative candidates have little to no chance
of raising enough cash to stage a significant challenge without strong name recognition or
support of established organizations, unions, and local
political figures.