Political campaigns rake in cash despite ban
Connecticut’s clean elections law prohibits those who do business with the state from contributing to the campaigns of politicians who could award or influence state contracts — including the governor and legislators.
But that hasn’t stopped the relentless flow of state contractor cash. It has merely diverted it.
A Hearst Connecticut Media investigation into the Democratic State Central Committee’s federal account, which has no restrictions on who can contribute, shows it is filled with money from those on the state’s banned contractor list.
Nearly 25 percent of the money collected in the Democrats’ federal account since January 2013 has come from more than 460 builders, lobbyists, lawyers and others who are prohibited from contributing to statewide and/or General Assembly races, the investigation has shown.
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