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Senate committee backs rule to return leftover campaign funds to donors when candidates withdraw
Summary
The Senate State Agencies & Governmental Affairs Committee approved a bill to clarify how campaign funds must be handled when a candidate withdraws, specifying pro rata returns to contributors and adding redistricting language to avoid renumbering consequences.
The Senate State Agencies & Governmental Affairs Committee approved legislation clarifying how leftover campaign funds must be handled when a candidate withdraws from a race.
Senator Jonathan Dismaine, the bill sponsor, said the measure mainly restates existing statutory scenarios and adds narrow clarifications. "The only thing that this bill does is set out the scenario of what you do with those funds and how they should be returned to the donors," he told the committee, noting the bill also specifies that redistricting or…
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