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Denver Post: Haney Drops Out of 6th Congressional District Race After GOP Complaint
"Hiding Haney" Quits After GOP Scrutinizes Blatant FEC Violations
GREENWOOD VILLAGE -- Yesterday, embattled candidate Perry Haney, Democrat congressional candidate for the 6th district, dropped out of the race after one day of intense scrutiny regarding him skirting Federal Election Commission laws.
Kurtis Lee of The Denver Post reports:
- "The announcement comes after the Colorado GOP chairman Ryan Call sent a scrupulously crafted open-letter to the FEC's general counsel — which references federal election legislation from the 1970s — regarding the campaign practices of Haney" (Denver Post, 2/15/2012, link).
- "'Once [Haney] paid thousands of dollars to his campaign he's breaking that threshold and law by not formally filing with the FEC,' said Chuck Poplstein, executive director of the state Republican party. 'And you need to know what you're doing. What's he hiding and why is he hiding behind exploratory rules and breaking them?'" (Denver Post, 2/15/2012, link).
- "When asked today if the state's Republican Party saw Haney as a threat to unseating Coffman ... Poplstein said that when a potential opponent to Coffman is trying to skirt FEC laws, voters need to know if he's hiding anything" (Denver Post, 2/15/2012, link).
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