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Thu Aug 6, 2020, 02:06 PM Aug 2020

Democratic Party blacklists companies that work for the challenger to an incumbent? [View all]

Or is it only in Minnesota?

Ilhan Omar is being challenged by several, one of whom got a lot of donation.

So the DFL is suing him:

Minnesota DFL officials charged Tuesday that Antone Melton-Meaux, the top challenger to incumbent U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, skirted campaign finance laws by hiding some of his top political consultants in Tuesday’s nationally watched Democratic primary.

A Federal Election Commission complaint obtained by the Star Tribune alleges Melton-Meaux’s campaign violated federal election law by “conspiring to intentionally obscure” the identity of political consultants listed as limited liability corporations working on his challenge to Omar in a hotly contested race that has already seen each side raise more than $4 million.

https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-dfl-hits-antone-melton-meaux-with-campaign-finance-complaint/572009432/

According to the StarTribune, which today endorsed Melton-Meaux, DFL Party has chosen to make an issue of Melton-Meaux’s finances, filing a late complaint that his campaign used “shadow” companies for his bid, a step the campaign told supporters was necessary because the Democratic Party blacklists companies that work for the challenger to an incumbent.


as an aside: Omar has sent more than $1.6 million to her husband’s D.C. political consulting firm, E Street Group, and is herself the target of a Federal Election Commission complaint regarding travel expenses.

https://www.startribune.com/fifth-district-endorsement-melton-meaux-for-integrity-and-progress/572020522/

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