The JFP Interview with Judge Kenny Griffis
Do you monitor your own campaign-finance records? And are you going to make sure that your contributions stop when the election is over?
I cannot accept or solicit, so I don’t accept or solicit campaign funds. I have committee members to do that. That’s one of the problems with this is who is the committee? It can be small, it can be large, so the rules are a little fuzzy there. I don’t keep up with it day by day; I don’t ponder who’s giving; I know who’s come to my fundraisers, and I know who’s been there.
I know that when I ran in 2002, I was fortunate to be able to raise a substantial amount of money in that race, and I think I’m raising a substantial amount today. I’d love to not raise a dime. I might get some of my expenses reimbursed, but I don’t have fancy cowboy boots, I don’t have a piano or anything like that, what I have is that when people give my committee money, I instruct my committee that we want to use this in a way to get our message out to the voters to give us the best possible opportunity we have so that when people go to the polls, they can know that there’s a difference between me and my opponent so when they pull that lever (to vote).
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