By Shaun Boyd | CBS Colorado
The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office says the Republican gubernatorial nominee Victor Marx’s campaign received nearly 200 illegal campaign contributions during the primary election.
Campaign finance law caps individual donations at $1,450 to reduce the outsized influence of wealthy donors and prevent quid pro quo corruption.
Colorado Secretary of State
The Election Division received complaints alleging the Marx Campaign had repeatedly violated the law. It launched an investigation and found the campaign accepted 197 illegal contributions totaling more than $78,000 over the limit. It says he also accepted another $1,000 in illegal cash donations.
Darcy Schoening filed the complaints against the campaign. She says Marx may have won the primary, but he did so by cheating, stating, “His infractions are serious.”
Marx beat State Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer by less than 2,500 votes.
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