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By Trip Jennings
\nNew Mexico In Depth<\/p>\n

Guy Bowers imagines his phone ringing off the hook if New Mexico were to return to the days of contributors giving unlimited amounts of money to political campaigns.<\/p>\n

Less than five years since New Mexico capped contributions, Sen. Majority Leader\u00a0Michael Sanchez<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0of Belen is\u00a0proposing<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0that the state\u2019s lawmakers repeal\u00a0limits on contributions.<\/p>\n

In 2012, Sanchez survived an onslaught of attack ads and mailers paid for by groups affiliated with Republican Gov. Susana Martinez and her political consultant, Jay McCleskey. Removing limits would give him and other political candidates a weapon in the monetary arms race that elections have become, where outside groups swoop in to dump money in a contested political race, he said.<\/p>\n

There could be additional reasons for Sanchez’s proposal. Before limits were New Mexico law, large campaign contributions went to leadership political action committees run by legislative leaders, who used the money to shore up power each election cycle: they distributed dollars to legislative candidates of their own choosing.<\/p>\n

But Sanchez views the issue of campaign contributions through a more personal lens, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho knows how much they would want to spend against me\u201d in next year\u2019s election, Sanchez said of the governor and McCleskey.<\/p>\n

The governor\u2019s office did not respond to Sanchez\u2019s comments despite a spokesperson telling a reporter it would provide a statement. The spokesperson did not respond to follow-up phone calls or voicemails.<\/p>\n

Bowers\u2019 phone use might rise exponentially if Sanchez\u2019s bill were to become law.<\/p>\n

From 2011 to 2014, the Las Vegas, Nev. man, who lived more than 30 years in Ruidoso, gave nearly $475,000 to Republican candidates and causes, making him New Mexico\u2019s No. 2 largest political donor<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0during that period. He starting giving a few years ago because he didn\u2019t like the direction the country was moving, he said. He has focused much of his giving on preserving gun rights.<\/p>\n

\u201cI envision people who would like to receive campaign contributions taking a look at any list and seeing who they are, putting them to the top of the list for their minions to contact,\u201d Bowers said by phone last Wednesday. \u201cThat would just be human nature.\u201d<\/p>\n

The prospect of more solicitations, coupled with what he acknowledges is the potential for his giving to influence the outcomes of political races, makes him uneasy, Bowers said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI understand that campaigns are costly and expensive to run,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I don\u2019t like the idea of me or anybody else buying their way into influencing an election or buying outcomes. I don\u2019t like the idea of having influence of campaign outcomes or votes by a candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n

The move by Sanchez to repeal New Mexico\u2019s campaign contribution limits coincides with what, by most accounts, appears to be disaffection among large swaths of the public for how political races are financed in New Mexico and across the nation.<\/p>\n

A recent poll commissioned by Common Cause New Mexico found that more than 60 percent of those surveyed supported limits on contributions and an even larger slice of those surveyed believed limits help prevent corruption. The Legislature\u2019s decision to cap contributions, which went into effect after the 2010 election, followed a series of political scandals, some of which made\u00a0national news<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Long-time advocates show anxiety at talk of repeal this session.<\/p>\n

\u201cCommon Cause New Mexico worked for years to get contribution limits in place back in 2009, and we do not support repealing them,\u201d said Viki Harrison, Common Cause New Mexico\u2019s Executive Director.<\/p>\n

Tension between deep-seated American values<\/strong><\/p>\n

On one level, the discussion at New Mexico\u2019s state capitol, known as the Roundhouse, focuses simply on how much and in what form money enters politics. On another, however, the debate reveals a fundamental tension between deep-seated American values, said Lonna Atkeson, a professor of political science at the University of New Mexico.<\/p>\n

\u201cA basic principle of electoral democracy is \u2018one person, one vote,\u2019\u201d Atkeson explained. \u201cYou go into a booth and you vote. That\u2019s a fact.\u201d<\/p>\n

How New Mexico and the rest of the nation funds political elections is based on a separate principle: one where money gives those who have it a greater opportunity to influence the outcome of elections, she said.<\/p>\n

Since the 1970s, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that money equals free speech and that is not going to change. It is established law. But money can lead to advantage, Atkeson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not always that people who spend the most money win, but it\u2019s often the case,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a friction Mark Veteto acknowledges.<\/p>\n

From 2011 to 2014, Veteto gave more than $150,000 to political campaigns, ranking him eighth on a list of New Mexico\u2019s top 10 political donors.<\/p>\n

In an ideal world, a person working at McDonald\u2019s who gives $50 to a candidate and a person who gives $10,000 would exercise the same influence, the Hobbs oilman said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a sensitive heart, but the reality is that we live in a capitalistic society,\u201d Veteto said.<\/p>\n

The remedy to the question of influence, he suggests, is disclosure rather than capping contributions. Exposing money to the disinfectant of public scrutiny would foster a more vigorous debate around issues and let the public decide whether those with deep pockets represent the public\u2019s interest.<\/p>\n

But in the 21st-century United States, an infusion of cash entering politics at the state and local levels can occur without a proportional rise in transparency. In other words, the public can\u2019t always scrutinize or track the flow of money into politics.<\/p>\n

Very large donors increasingly are choosing to use so-called \u201cdark money\u201d groups to hide their contributions. These \u201csocial welfare\u201d groups \u2013501(c)4 nonprofits are a common incarnation \u2013 can engage in politics as long it does not become their primary focus. As long as they abide by those rules, these groups don\u2019t have to turn over the names of all their donors.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I give you $1 million and you are a state official, people need to know that,\u201d Veteto said. \u201cThe issue is not capping contributions. It\u2019s who the hell is writing the checks? I can\u2019t find out who is writing the checks. And I\u2019m a big donor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Veteto is not the only business person in New Mexico to say New Mexico needs more disclosure. A\u00a0poll<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by the Committee for Economic Development, a Virgina-based public policy organization, found in February that 71 percent of New Mexico business leaders \u201cfeel that a great deal more or some more transparency is needed regarding the disclosure of political contributions.\u201d And nearly 90 percent told the Albuquerque-based Research & Polling Inc. that they \u201csomewhat or strongly support requiring all political contributions and expenditures from individuals, corporations, political action committees (PACs), non-profits, or unions be made public.\u201d<\/p>\n

Disclosing how some ‘dark money’ is spent<\/strong><\/p>\n

States can\u2019t require \u201cdark money\u201d groups to disclose all their donors. But states can pry open the doors a little, which is what advocates hope New Mexico will do this session under a bill that would expose so-called \u201cdark money\u201d groups to greater sunlight.<\/p>\n

House Bill 278<\/strong><\/a>, sponsored by GOP\u00a0Rep. Jim Smith<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0of Sandia Park, would require certain groups that currently don\u2019t have to report where their money comes from to disclose the names of donors whose dollars are used for political purposes as long as those amounts are above certain dollar thresholds.<\/p>\n

The New Mexico state senate has passed a proposal that would require more disclosure of these \u201cdark money\u201d groups three times in recent years. The question mark in 2015 is the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.<\/p>\n

With less than a week to go in this year’s legislative session — Saturday is the final day, Smith’s proposal is before its third House committee, House Judiciary. If it passes there, the full House must vote on it. Should it clear that hurdle, it would head to the Senate, which also must approve the proposal for it to make it to the governor’s desk.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf people want to get dark money out into the daylight then they (the Legislature) should pass it, if everybody is sincere about it,\u201d Sanchez, the powerful Democrat, said of Smith\u2019s proposal.<\/p>\n

Requiring such groups to disclose the source of funds they spend on politics would be a step toward transparency in a state not known much for sharing how politics \u2013 or government \u2013 works.<\/p>\n

In December, the National Institute on Money in State Politics gave New Mexico an F \u2013 one of four states to earn zeroes across all categories \u2013 for not requiring independent groups to report spending to influence elections.<\/p>\n

New Mexico\u2019s F follows the D- the state received in 2012 for its lax campaign finance laws from the State Integrity Investigation, a collaboration of the Center for Public Integrity, Global Integrity,\u00a0and Public Radio International.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt depends on the marching orders that they get from the Fourth or Fifth floor,\u201d Sanchez said of the House\u2019s Republican leadership and whether it would push for more campaign disclosure.<\/p>\n

The governor\u2019s office is on the Fourth floor of the state Capitol. \u201cFifth floor\u201d is the nickname some Democrats and others use for McCleskey.<\/p>\n

Republican House Majority Leader Nate Gentry, of Albuquerque, dismissed Sanchez\u2019s accusation that the governor called the shots for the House\u2019s GOP leadership.<\/p>\n

He acknowledged, however, the difficulty of tracking money in elections these days.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019ve seen after a lot of caps went into place, it\u2019s a game of whack-a-mole, \u201c Gentry said. \u201cMoney pops up in all these independent shadowy \u2026 committees and c4s to do issue advocacy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Smith, the GOP sponsor, said he expects support from both sides of the aisle for his proposal.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure \u2026 you\u2019re going to have some people on the right or the left \u2013 they\u2019re going to say it\u2019s impacting them,\u201d Smith said of outside money spent to take out lawmakers.<\/p>\n

As for returning to the days of no limits on campaign contributions, as Sanchez, the Democratic Majority Leader, has proposed, Smith is unnerved by the possibility. The proposal is before the Senate Judiciary Committee, according to the New Mexico Legislature’s website.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt makes me nervous,\u201d he said. \u201cThat just encourages larger flow of money into campaigns. Personally, I\u2019m in a district. It\u2019s a fairly safe district. I don\u2019t worry about big expenditures or throwing a lot of money into a campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n

But if someone who was able to bring in giant contributions challenged him, \u201cI couldn\u2019t compete. The public wants more limitations on the money that is flowing into the elections,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

People, Power and Democracy:\u00a0<\/strong>This story is part of a reporting partnership between New Mexico In Depth, KUNM and NMPBS that attempts to pull back the curtain on how the New Mexico Legislature works and, in some cases, doesn\u2019t.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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