HONDA WON’T GIVE. DetroitNews.com. “Honda Motor Co. said this week it will not make contributions to support or oppose any U.S. political candidate at any level.”
PAY TO PLAY ALLEGED. Fox News. “A deal between Univision and Hillary Clinton to promote childhood education is raising questions, again, about whether TV networks are effectively giving free airtime to the possible Democratic presidential candidate.”
SELF-FUNDER ISSUES. Seattle Times. “DelBene was one of only four millionaires who financed half or more of their 2012 campaigns and won; 28 other millionaires were defeated and two dropped out, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a campaign-finance watchdog group in Washington, D.C.”
NOBLE BACK. Roll Call. “A leading campaign finance lawyer has joined a national advocacy organization to focus on campaign finance litigation and Federal Election Commission (FEC) regulatory oversight.”
CA: COST OF ALLEGATIONS. WP. “Two California state senators in legal trouble are taking indefinite leaves of absence from their jobs, rejecting Republicans’ calls for them to resign and costing Democrats their supermajority, at least temporarily.”
IL: IT’S A RECORD. CBS. “[Bruce] Rauner’s spending is now historic. Campaign finance records show he contributed another million to his campaign Monday, bringing the total amount of his personal cash contributions to just over $6 million – more than any other candidate for governor in state history.”
MA: DISCLOSURE CALL. Boston Globe. “An advocacy group concerned with the flood of outside money in politics is warning that the creation last week of a super PAC aimed at the Massachusetts gubernatorial race presages a torrent of shadowy spending heading toward November.”
NY: DID SHOOTING VICTIM NEED TO REGISTER? Newsday. “Oheka Castle owner Gary Melius was not a registered lobbyist, even though he was hired to help get laws passed that would boost his client Interceptor Ignition Interlocks Inc.”
NY: SUIT SETTLED. CrainsNewYork.com. “The city Campaign Finance Board demands rigorous transparency from candidates for public office, but itself secretly settled a botched case last year, costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars.”
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