Steve Bullock Vows To Disentangle 'Dark Money' From Politics

[mtnsnake]

"Montana Gov. Steve Bullock entered the Democratic primary in May, months after many of his competitors. He has an excuse.

"I had a job to do," Bullock told NPR, explaining that the Montana Legislature, which only meets for up to 90 days every other year, was in session until the end of April. "If I had to choose between saving health care for 400,000 folks or chasing 100,000 donors? Easiest decision I'd ever make."

But now he's in. The two-term governor and chair of the National Governors Association touts his credentials as the only candidate to win in 2016 in a state that President Trump also won. He has raised about $2 million and may qualify for the upcoming July debates after missing June's.

Central to Bullock's campaign is the promise to do away with "dark money" — political money that can't be traced to its source. Before he was elected governor, Bullock served as Montana's attorney general and challenged the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision."
https://www.npr.org/2019/07/17/742427894/steve-bullock-vows-to-disentangle-dark-money-from-politics

Also, according to the same article, Bullock said he would sign an executive order on his first day in office mandating campaign spending disclosures from federal contractors.

[MontanaMama]

1. This is good.

Montana’s governor has some good ideas and I’m happy to see him in the conversation.