Colton Lochhead
08/19/2022
(Las Vegas Review-Journal) – A left-leaning political action committee on Friday filed a complaint accusing Republican U.S. Senate nominee Adam Laxalt of violating federal campaign finance laws. End Citizens United, which endorses and supports Democratic candidates who back campaign finance reform, filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission asking for an investigation into Laxalt over his involvement with the annual Basque Fry put on by his Morning in Nevada PAC. Laxalt was listed as president of Morning in Nevada during the 2021 iteration of the Basque Fry, and he had not yet formally announced that he was running for the Senate to challenge Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto at that point.The complaint says that because several of the speakers that year hinted at or outright proclaimed Laxalt’s candidacy, the event — as well as this year’s iteration — should have been deemed an in-kind contribution that would have exceeded the federal limit. The complaint also claims Laxalt used the Nevada PAC to get around federal campaign finance restrictions on money raised and spent.