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Clean Elections Commission
Coverage of Clean Elections Commission in the Nexus archive.
- A mystery company, a MAGA activist and $1.1M: Inside Risa Lombardo’s ‘sham’ Green Party candidacy
Risa Lombardo, a gubernatorial candidate for the Arizona Green Party, is accused of being a 'sham' candidate backed by Republicans. She spent 78% of her public campaign funds on Bootstrap Campaigns, a Nevada company created 13 days before her first payment, raising concerns about violations of Arizona's public campaign finance rules. Lombardo, a former Republican Precinct Committeewoman, has ties to MAGA activism and supported far-right candidates like Kari Lake.