By Jeremy Duda | Arizona Capitol Times
A massive overhaul of Arizona’s campaign finance laws contains a largely overlooked bonus for statewide officials and some others who will be allowed to raise twice as much money from individual contributors than they are now.
State-level candidates currently can’t accept more than $5,000 from one person, while candidates for city and county positions are limited to $6,250. But under SB1516, those figures would be doubled during a four-year period.