Thomas C. Foley v. State Elections Enforcement Commission

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of a temporary injunction and directed judgment for the defendants, holding that an endorsed lieutenant-governor candidate may form a joint campaign committee with a nonendorsed gubernatorial candidate. It also held that qualifying contributions received by the lieutenant-governor committee before the joint committee's formation may be counted, that qualifying contributions received from the same individual to both committees are not subject to an additional aggregate $100 limit when counted through the lieutenant-governor committee, and that pre-primary-period contributions and expenditures may trigger supplemental grants. Justice Gruendel, concurring, agreed with the disposition but would have applied the $100 limit to dual contributions.