State Contractor and Klarides Offer Matching Contribution to State GOP.

Eversource executive vice president and general counsel Greg Butler and former state Representative Themis Klarides have offered to match $20,000 in contributions to the state Republican party’s thin coffers. Because Butler is a top executive at a state contractor, he’s restricted from making contributions to the state party’s state fund. Instead, matched contributions will have to be made to the party’s federal fund, which is of limited use in assisting state campaigns.

Klarides, who married Butler last year, is also barred from contributing to the party’s state account, as well as other state campaigns, as the spouse of a state contractor.

Connecticut’s campaign finance laws can be tricky, as shown by the revised tweets from Klarides ballyhooing the match.