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Concerns raised about campaigning lobbyists

August 19, 2014 By WRN Contributor

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The head of a government watchdog group is weighing in on a move by Assembly Republican leaders to recruit lobbyists to campaign for candidates.

Recent reports revealed several lobbyists have been included in emails sent out by Legislative leaders, which ask them to go knock on door in certain areas to help promote Republican candidates, talking to voters and dropping off campaign literature.

Jay Heck of Common Cause says some voters might consider it unseemly, if not wrong, that paid lobbyists are helping candidates. He says lobbyists already have tremendous influence at the Capitol, and getting them involved in the campaigning process seems very “counterproductive and ill-advised.”

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