Fundraising First. Three House Dems Campaign Committees Invite Lobbyists to In-Person Event During Pandemic.

It’s never enough–even as taxpayers will pour millions into political campaigns–for legislative leadership campaign committees. The House Democrats are summoning lobbyists and their clients to a three-committee event on Monday, August 3rd.

Businesses–which would include lobbying businesses–are invited to purchase ads in each of the three ad books being created for the event. Public financing was intended to eliminate these events.

Members of the next legislature, having accepted millions in public funds to pay for their campaigns as well as contributions from the lobbyist-centric events, will wrestle with billions in state budget deficits they contributed to with the state’s generous public campaign finance scheme.