HD 46: Complainant Clarifies
The problem with Brian Thompson's campaign ads is in the details, says Nelson Linder, the man who filed the complaint.
The documents show the ad was purchased by a third party on behalf of the Brian Thompson campaign. In the commercials, the ads say they are "paid for by the Brian Thompson campaign" rather than paid for by the third party. This amounts to an in-kind campaign contribution, which we will see if Thompson lists on his campaign finance reports.
But Linder's problem with Thompson is broader.
"Brian Thompson has so little scrutiny," Linder said of his motives to file a complaint. "I wanted to force the media to look at him. It's a witch hunt out there to find negative stuff about Dukes."
Was it untrue, then, that Dukes misreported $90,000 in campaign spending (which we reported, and was a source of an ethics complaint)?
"I think she clearly misreported her campaign filings," he said. "But we should weigh her record overall."
