[Edited to add Tom Knox comment - Wendy]
...to the Campaign Finance ruling.
Michael Nutter, who filed the lawsuit to uphold the limits exactly one year ago today, said in a statement, “This decision is great for the City of Philadelphia and especially great for this election. The people of Philadelphia are tired of the corrupting influence of money contributed by big donors overwhelming the intensity of our elections."
Dwight Evans' statement said, "today’s ruling finally brings added clarity to the legal morass that was first created by the original legislation."
And he pointed out that he twice authored, and shepherded through the state House, a state bill that would allow Philly to regulate its own elections, including setting campaign finance rules.
ETA: Knox's camp, through Campaign spokesman Brad Katz, had this to say: "“This is a great first step to ending pay-to-play politics in Philadelphia.”
I was curious about the impact of the ruling on the race, so I asked Zack Stalberg, president of the Committee of Seventy and our partner in this project, what he thought. He said the limits have had a big impact: Keeping the cost of the race low, at $3 million or $4 million per candidate, when, given past elections, it could easily have been a $15 million-per-candidate race.
Obviously, the less candidates have to raise, the less indebted they are to donors or special interests.
"I think it's made it a much more competitive race," Zack said. "There would not be five people capable of winning today if not for the campaign finance limits. But here it is, 40-some days out, and anybody could win."
With one notable exception, the candidates have not been able to buy unlimited ad time either, and that's meant they have had to "actually campaign," Zack said.
Comments (8)
Will Fattah issue a statement on why he thinks the ruling was wrong? After all, he had a lawyer arguing against the city's right to regulate campaign finance.
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