Composite Spending How did the Browne Campaign spend its money to get its half percent of the vote? The primary beneficiary of the Browne general election Campaign’s spending was LNC, Inc.; it received $117,000. Sharon Ayres received $57,000. Other Browne campaign staffers received rather less. Are these numbers of interest? The Libertarian Party’s Presidential candidate is selected by unbound delegates…
Posts tagged as “1996 Presidential Campaign”
Chapter Three Browne’s 1994-1995 Campaign Finances Chapter One described the Willis Invoice, Willis’s surprising response, and evidence that Browne knew and approved of Willis’s conduct. The Invoice was itself unremarkable, being simply a billing for routine fundraising efforts. Only in context is the Willis Invoice staggering. The context appeared in Chapter Two, where I described machinations involving Perry Willis, Bill…
Browne’s Fall Campaign For the third quarter, FEC reports show that William Winter was paid $1142, again for consulting and reimbursement for office supplies, in three not-quite-uniform monthly payments. Willis was not paid by Browne in the third quarter. For the fourth quarter, FEC filings show that Bill Winter was paid $688 for “consulting and reimbursement for office supplies”. On…