In the world of campaign finance as well as in so many other areas, this year’s presidential election is in uncharted waters. President Biden’s sudden withdrawal from the race, coupled with Kamala Harris’s anointment as the presumed replacement, has raised a lot of questions – not least of which is what happens to the considerable Biden campaign war chest. The Harris campaign seems to be taking it for granted that the cash will just roll over to them since Kamala Harris was already on the presumed ticket.
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) Chair, Sean Cooksey, is questioning that assumption, and citing federal campaign regulations – and has been the recipient of a mildly threatening letter from House Democrats, which he has posted on X.
The letter has a distinct tone of “Nice little career you have there, Mr. Cooksey. Shame if anything were to… happen to it.”