Cruz wins $10K case against FEC; court strikes down limit on campaigns repaying candidates
Texas | June 4, 2021
Sen. Ted Cruz has won his federal lawsuit against the Federal Elections Commission that struck down a limit on the amount of money a campaign can repay to a candidate who makes a personal loan to his election effort.
Mr. Cruz filed the lawsuit after the $250,000 cap prevented him from receiving a full repayment for his $260,000 loan to his 2018 reelection campaign.
“Protections for political speech extend to campaign financing because effective speech requires spending money,” wrote the three-judge panel for the D.C. U.S. District Court on Thursday. Mr. Cruz, Texas Republican, filed the lawsuit challenging Section 304 of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 that banned candidates from repaying personal loans of more than $250,000 from post-election contributions out of their campaign.
After Mr. Cruz won reelection, his campaign paid back its debts, but Mr. Cruz only got $250,000 due to the cap…
(Excerpts from The Washington Times)