{"id":3240,"date":"2008-05-18T22:50:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-19T04:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/05\/dunn-triggers-millionaires-amendment-with-new-loan\/"},"modified":"2008-05-18T22:50:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-19T04:50:00","slug":"dunn-triggers-millionaires-amendment-with-new-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/05\/dunn-triggers-millionaires-amendment-with-new-loan\/","title":{"rendered":"Dunn triggers Millionaire’s Amendment with new loan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Republican 2nd Congressional District candidate Aubrey Dunn Jr.<\/a> loaned his campaign another $150,000 on Friday and triggered the Millionaire\u2019s Amendment<\/a> that triples contribution limits for his opponents. <\/p>\n

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Dunn has now loaned his campaign $452,435.17, according to Federal Election Commission records<\/a>. Any U.S. House candidate who loans his campaign more than $350,000 triples contribution limits for his opponents from $2,300 to $6,900.<\/p>\n

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Dunn\u2019s newest loan further complicates a wide-open primary that has seen the National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee<\/a> spend almost $600,000 to promote Monty Newman<\/a>, who has also loaned his own campaign $100,000. Another candidate in the GOP primary, Greg Sowards<\/a>, has loaned his campaign $325,000, and candidate Ed Tinsley<\/a> has loaned $200,000 to his campaign.<\/p>\n

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The final candidate in the GOP primary, C. Earl Greer<\/a>, has loaned his campaign just under $28,000.<\/p>\n

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Tinsley and Newman have also raised big money from outside sources, with Tinsley having raised a little more than $413,000 as of March 31 and Newman having raised a little more than $195,000 by that date. Both have used connections to raise that cash \u2013 Tinsley is a past president of the National Restaurant Association<\/a> and Newman is past vice president of the Realtors\u2019 group \u2013 and both will likely be able to take advantage of the increased contribution limits because of those connections.<\/p>\n

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Dunn, meanwhile, had raised $102,347 from outside contributors as of March 31.<\/p>\n

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The race has become increasingly negative in recent weeks. A<\/span> source with the Dunn campaign who refused to be identified explained the newest loan by saying Dunn and his wife \u201care unwilling to stand by as Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> special-interest groups try to buy the 2nd Congressional District race to further their liberal agendas.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dunn is the third House candidate from New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> to trigger the Millionaire\u2019s Amendment and triple contribution limits for his opponents this year. Democratic 2nd Congressional District candidate Harry Teague<\/a> has loaned his campaign $684,572.92. Democratic 3rd Congressional District candidate Don Wiviott<\/a> has loaned his campaign $1,090,000.<\/p>\n

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Update, May 19, 10:40 p.m.<\/p>\n

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In a news release, Tinsley campaign spokesman Christopher Maloney said the 2nd Congressional District seat \u201cis not for sale.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is no surprise that Aubrey Dunn Jr. has decided to double-down with his money on his flailing campaign strategy,\u201d he said. \u201cWith Aubrey Dunn, Jr., New Mexico Republicans have a wolf in sheep\u2019s clothing. The Dunn campaign is having trouble funding their message because voters see through the empty rhetoric for what the candidate truly is: a liberal Democrat candidate who espouses liberal tendencies. No amount of personal wealth will help to make a negative campaign message resonate with the voters of the 2nd Congressional District.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A prior version of this posting incorrectly stated that Tinsley had given his campaign $150,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Republican 2nd Congressional District candidate Aubrey Dunn Jr. loaned his campaign another $150,000 on Friday and triggered the Millionaire\u2019s Amendment that triples contribution limits for his opponents. Dunn has now loaned his campaign $452,435.17, according to Federal Election Commission records. Any U.S. House candidate who loans his campaign more than $350,000 triples contribution limits for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}