The biggest spenders in CT’s most competitive congressional race are outside groups supporting both candidates. See how much they’ve given.
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Blumenthal ups CT Senate race spending as Levy preps for Trump fundraiser
Blumenthal has a money lead in the final weeks of CT’s U.S. Senate race, but a Levy super PAC raised large sums over the past three months.
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Best of 2019: Senate takes late-night jab at elections watchdog
With barely 60 seconds of debate, the Senate voted unanimously late Tuesday night to transform an innocuous elections bill into a rebuke of the State Elections Enforcement Commission.
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Senate takes late-night jab at elections watchdog
With barely 60 seconds of debate, the Senate voted unanimously late Tuesday night to transform an innocuous elections bill into a rebuke of the State Elections Enforcement Commission.
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SEEC says campaigns can’t pay for child care
A ruling by the State Elections Enforcement Commission that child care is not a permissible campaign expense prompted an immediate call by Gov. Ned Lamont for a change in state law.
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Legislators seek truth in political advertising rules
A legislative committee approved a bill requiring presidential and gubernatorial candidates to release their returns for three years to get on the ballot in Connecticut.
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Himes uses war chest to help other Dems, Arora raises less than $9k over summer
WASHINGTON – Democratic Rep. Jim Himes is spending more money on the races of other Democratic candidates than he is on his own, while his Republican challenger Harry Arora, raised less than $9,000 in campaign cash this summer. Himes donated to the campaigns of more than 70 House Democrats in the last quarter, the latest filings with the Federal Election Commission show.
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Sniff around campaign finances with our new database
By the end of August, candidates for state offices ranging from state representative to governor reported raising more than $40 million and spending around $30 million in the 2018 election cycle. Today, CT Mirror is launching CT Campaign Cash, a database tool to ease inspection of those receipts and expenditures.
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Lamont’s contributions to his own campaign: $12.1 million
Democrat Ned Lamont contributed $8.2 million to his gubernatorial campaign last month, bringing his total investment to $12.1 million since launching his candidacy in January, according to a campaign finance report filed Wednesday night.
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Stefanowski says he raised $1.5 million in September
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Stefanowski, whose ability to financially compete with Democrat Ned Lamont has been suspect, said Thursday he raised $1.5 million in September and has $746,000 cash on hand.
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Stefanowski’s cash is tight, but GOP’s outspending Lamont on TV
Republicans are outspending Democrats on television advertising in the race for governor of Connecticut this month, even as questions persist about the financial resources directly available to the campaign of the GOP nominee, Bob Stefanowski.
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Stefanowski, Stemerman lead GOP in spending, debt
The gubernatorial campaigns of Republicans David Stemerman and Bob Stefanowski topped the field in spending through June 30, with Stefanowski finishing the quarter with $646,155 cash on hand and a debt of $1.75 million, most of it owed to the candidate.
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Data: Candidates submit end-of-year fundraising figures
Here are the year-end summaries of fundraising by exploratory and candidate campaign committees raising money for state office elections in 2018.
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CT Dems on hook for consultants’ legal bills in federal probe
A federal investigation into whether Connecticut Democrats illegally raised money in support of the re-election of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy ended in February without criminal charges — but, as the party reported Wednesday in a campaign finance report, not without significant legal bills. They paid $165,000, mostly to reimburse consultants caught up in the probe.
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Tucked in budget: Shorter leash on election watchdogs
Connecticut’s legislators are using the bipartisan budget deal struck last week to do what they could not during the regular session: Require the State Elections Enforcement Commission to dismiss complaints against candidates, including lawmakers, that are not resolved in one year.