Donors give only $250 to Shelley's legal defense fund

[Freddie Stubbs]

JIM WASSERMAN

Associated Press


SACRAMENTO - As Secretary of State Kevin Shelley struggles to keep his job, he's received only a single $250 contribution to his three-month-old legal defense fund, which he also lent $100,000 from money borrowed against his San Francisco home.

The embattled state elections official has likewise received only $28,000 in campaign cash since his mounting legal troubles began last August, and none since the new year opened, according to campaign contribution reports released Monday.

Aides said Shelley is too busy defending himself and running his office to raise money.

"In October, the secretary took out a $500,000 loan on his family home in San Francisco," said Shelley campaign spokesman Sam Singer. Shelley, he said, is using the money to "help defray the substantial costs" of his legal bills.

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