Houston state Rep. Shawn Thierry lost her primary runoff election on Tuesday. She still has not filed a campaign report disclosing her donors.
Houston state Rep. Shawn Thierry , facing criticism from her Democrat ic primary runoff opponent about taking big campaign donations from Republicans, was able to avoid divulging information about her fundraising in the run-up to election day . She simply never filed a campaign finance report. The punishment is a $500 fine – modest in comparison to the nearly $200,000 Thierry raised in one month alone this election cycle.
Lauren Ashley Simmons defeats Houston state Rep. Shawn Thierry in heated primary runoff Campaign finance transparency advocates say the situation exemplifies the state’s lax approach to enforcing campaign finance laws, which don’t limit the size of contributions and approach violations with puny fines.
Texas lobbyists and politicians dodged $800k in fines, thanks to weak campaign finance laws Thierry, who lost the runoff election to union organizer Lauren Ashley Simmons, said she didn’t file the report, because the person who compiles the data had a death in her immediate family. She said she planned to file the report, which covered campaign donations and expenditures made in the days before the March 5 primary and through Tuesday’s runoff, but did not respond to a question about when.
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