A candidate for the United States Senate in Montana’s June 2 primary election has refused to accept campaign contributions during the reporting quarter ended March 31, 2020. He spent $2,474.73, which includes the $1,740 filing fee and expenses for driving to 43 of Montana’s 56 counties before the shelter in place order. He intends to draw the line on graft.
John Brian Driscoll (R) also announced today, in a published essay titled “Backfire,” that during his general election campaign he will not accept from any donor more than the filing fee he paid out of his own pocket. This will allow all persons their right to exercise free speech in the form of a campaign contribution, while he draws a line to scrupulously avoid graft, “advancing one’s personal fortunes by leveraging one’s official position as a formal candidate.”
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