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Law Firm Serving Denver and Colorado
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
New Campaign Contribution Limits for 2007-2008 Election Cycle
The Colorado Secretary of State is expected to issue new rules indexing certain contribution limits imposed by Article XXVIII of the State Constitution (Amendment 27) to inflation for the current election cycle, raising the contribution limits for statewide candidates and political party committees as follows:
- $525 per election (primary and general, $1,050 total) to a candidate for Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, or Attorney General.
- $3,175 per calendar year to political party committees at the state, county, and local level combined, with no more than $2,650 to the state political party committee.
- The individual and political committee contribution limits for State Senate, State Representative, State Board of Education, CU Regent, or District Attorney candidates remain unchanged at $200 per election (primary and general, $400 total).
- A small donor committee will be permitted to contribute: up to $5,300 per election (primary and general, $10,600 total) to a candidate for Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, or Attorney General; up to $2,125 per election (primary and general, $4,250 total) to a candidate for State Senate, State Representative, State Board of Education, CU Regent, or District Attorney; up to $15,900 per calendar year to a political party committee at the state, county, and local level combined, with no more than $13,250 to the state political party committee.
Similarly, the Federal Election Commission recently announced revised contribution limits indexed for inflation. During the current election cycle, individuals may contribute up to $2,300 per election to federal candidates, and up to $28,500 per year to national party committees. The limits of up to $10,000 per year to the federal accounts of state and local party committees (combined) and up to $5,000 for all other federal political committees (PACs) remain unchanged; however, individuals are only allowed to contribute a total of up to $108,200 combined during the two year period to all Federal campaigns, political parties, and other federal political committees.
If you have any additional questions regarding how these new contribution limits may impact you, your company, business trade association, or political organization, please contact John Zakhem at john@doyleandzakhem.com or Ryan Call at ryan@doyleandzakhem.com.
posted by Jon Moss at 12:57 PM
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