By Antonio D. French
Filed Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at 9:47 AM
Attorney General Jay Nixon, Democratic candidate for governor, has notified the Missouri Ethics Commission that he plans to return over-limit contributions to his campaign. Labels: AG_Race_2008, Campaign_Finance, Governor's_Race
Attorney General candidate Chris Koster also notified the Commission that his campaign will also begin the process.
From the Nixon campaign:"The campaign will return contributions received in excess of the newly reinstated limits in accordance with the Court’s ruling," wrote campaign manager Ken Morley in a letter to the MEC. "We believe that if a candidate has sufficient cash on hand, then returning excess contributions in order to be compliant with the law is not a hardship. We therefore believe that circumstances do not exist under which a candidate for Governor could in good faith request, or that the Ethics Commission could conceivably grant, a hardship in this instance."
From the Koster campaign:"Today, Missourians for Koster notified the Missouri Ethics Commission that they intend to begin the process of returning contributions from individuals in excess of current contribution limits."
2 Comments:
Antonio,
Stay on this story - campaign finance reform will happen if folks see the current system turned inside out for public view. The remaining end runs, the loopholes, will get plugged if the stories get air-time.
Next: end redundant PAC and political campaign committee donations. When non-voting, non-citizen special interest entities no longer fund elections, citizens will get their statehouse back.
11/29/2007 7:21 AM
Is Rodney Hubbard returning
the Sinquefeld money?
11/29/2007 2:15 PM
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