Texas Gov. Abbott pushes ethics complaint against Democrat O’Rourke over campaign finance report
While a Beto O’Rourke spokesman called the Republican incumbent’s charges “political games,” the Abbott campaign said the money-reporting errors reflect, at best, incompetence.
“O’Rourke’s unwillingness to release accurate campaign finance reports is shameful,” Abbott spokesman Mark Miner said Friday. “Either they’re incompetent or they’re lying — neither of those good qualities in a candidate for governor.” Traditionally, small contributions under a certain amount in state races don’t have to be reported to the commission except as a subtotal of such small gifts. Over time, the threshold for detailed reporting has increased, from contributions of more than $50 to those exceeding $90. Since 2019, though, the only small contributions exempt from reporting of the name and address of the donor and the date of the contribution are those made with either cash or check.Democrat Beto O’Rourke raised $7.
It noted that through Powered by People, the group O’Rourke created to register Texans to vote and help get out the vote for Democrats, and End Citizens United, a national group trying to get big money out of politics, O’Rourke has received more than $1.7 million of in-kind contributions such as email lists, website domains, digital ads and text messaging. But he used them to build both his contributions and expenditures totals, which is a violation, Pate said.
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