election campaign contributions

• 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: December 4, 2011

Election Law Campaign contributions prohibition

• The Daily Record (Baltimore)
• December 11, 2011

• Special Election: ; Ag Opinion Says Candidates Cant Tap 2012 Funds Some Gubernatorial Campaign Contributions to Be Refunded

An attorney general's advisory opinion barring candidates in the special election for governor from using funds raised for their 2012 campaigns will not have a notable effect on the 2011 race, campaign officials said Monday. Requested by Secretary of State Natalie Tennant, herself a 2011 gubernatorial candidate, the advisory opinion issued late Friday concluded that candidates in the special election for governor cannot tap into funds raised for their 2012 campaigns.

• Charleston Gazette
• February 15, 2011

• Campaign Volunteer Admits to Falsifying ; He Didn't Understand the Law On Gathering Clean Election Contributions, His Lawyer Says.

A South Portland man who collected campaign contributions for former Democratic gubernatorial candidate John G. Richardson of Brunswick pleaded guilty Monday to making false statements about the donations. Joseph Pickering, 54, of Harbor View Avenue pleaded guilty to five counts of unsworn falsification - a Class D misdemeanor - in Cumberland County Superior Court.

• Portland Press Herald
• March 22, 2011

• Election 2004 Campaign Contributions From State Far Outpace Last Election; Residents Donate $7 Million to Candidates, Groups

Campaign contributions from state far outpace last election Residents donate $7 million to candidates, groups

• The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• October 27, 2004

• Donor to Oklahoma County Commissioner's Election Campaign Pleads Guilty in Contributions Case

One of the donors in Oklahoma County Commissioner Brent Rinehart's election campaign has pleaded guilty in a case involving illegal contributions and has agreed to testify against the commissioner, Attorney General Drew Edmondson said Thursday. Robert Larkin received a three-year deferred sentence and a $1,500 fine after pleading guilty to one count of making a contribution to a political candidate in excess of $1,500, officials said. He will also pay court costs and a victim compensation assessment.

• The Journal Record
• May 19, 2007

• Election Funding Detailed

UPLAND - Nearly $56,000 in campaign contributions have been raised so far by three of the 11 candidates running in the City Council special election, according to their first filed set of campaign statements. Former Upland Police Chief Martin Thouvenell has raised nearly $50,000 in campaign contributions, making up the majority of funds collected so far this election season.

• Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
• August 07, 2011

• Election 2007: Election Season Heats Up in North Branford; Republicans Claim Dems Improperly Reporting Campaign Contributions

The chairman of the Republican Town Committee has filed a complaint with the state Elections Enforcement Commission claiming the Democratic Town Committee improperly reported some campaign contributions in a recent financial filing. The complaint also reaches back to the 2005 vote, saying the Democrats' filing a week before that year's election included almost $7,000 of unaccounted-for funds.

• New Haven Register
• January 07, 2010

• Obama Disengaged From Gulf Oil Spill Disaster

[...] they are demanding leadership. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Obama was the largest recipient of campaign contributions from BP in the last election cycle, receiving $77,051.

• Human Events
• July 19, 2010

• Spending On Public Contracts Declines

New Jersey's independent authorities, boards and commissions gave out more than 2,000 contracts, paying vendors nearly $750 million last year, according to pay-to-play campaign finance data released Wednesday. Businesses that received a large number of the contracts from the authorities, boards and commissions -- a layer of government that's facing increased scrutiny under Governor Christie -- were among those spending the most on campaign contributions last year, according to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• April 07, 2011

• In Our View: No Shell Games

Anyone looking for a more glamorous title than just Senate Bill 5021 might try to immortalize the measure as the Sad, Sad Legacy of Moxie Media. We know one legislator who might prefer the bill be known as the Pride of Pridemore. Whatever moniker ultimately emerges, you can already call SB 5021 unanimously approved as of Thursday. Last year Moxie Media of Seattle was exposed for multiple shenanigans during the election campaign, including diverting contributions into multiple newly created political action committees without following state disclosure laws. Although unscrupulous campaign strategies litter the histories of both political parties, this time it was Democratic activists who were performing the shell games. State Sen. Craig Pridemore, D- Vancouver, became properly fed up, de...

• The Columbian
• March 10, 2011