KASSAR: CAMPAIGN FINANCE BOARD’S 4-3 VOTE TO DENY BLAKEMAN MATCHING FUNDS IS PURE POLITICAL WEAPONIZATION — THERE WILL BE AN APPEAL
“A 4-3 partisan vote to deny matching funds to a Republican gubernatorial candidate tells you everything you need to know about how Democrat Kathy Hochul intends to run this race. The Campaign Finance Board has been weaponized to tilt the electoral playing field to the Democrats, and the Conservative Party, which opposed this board’s creation from the outset, is not surprised.
“Governor Hochul is watching the polls tighten and she is afraid. This is what fear looks like in Albany — using the machinery of government to kneecap your opposition rather than face voters on your record.
“This ministerial action must be overturned. The Blakeman campaign will appeal, and it will prevail.”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Bill O’Reilly, 212-396-9117
bill@novemberteam.com
March 31, 2026
KASSAR: CAMPAIGN FINANCE BOARD’S 4-3 VOTE TO DENY BLAKEMAN MATCHING FUNDS IS PURE POLITICAL WEAPONIZATION — THERE WILL BE AN APPEAL
“A 4-3 partisan vote to deny matching funds to a Republican gubernatorial candidate tells you everything you need to know about how Democrat Kathy Hochul intends to run this race. The Campaign Finance Board has been weaponized to tilt the electoral playing field to the Democrats, and the Conservative Party, which opposed this board’s creation from the outset, is not surprised.
“Governor Hochul is watching the polls tighten and she is afraid. This is what fear looks like in Albany — using the machinery of government to kneecap your opposition rather than face voters on your record.
“This ministerial action must be overturned. The Blakeman campaign will appeal, and it will prevail.”
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