Report: Top California Official Pushes Payout to Democrat Consulting Firm as He Lobbies for Kamala Harris’s Senate SeatKristina Wong 27 Nov 2020
California’s top elections official, Secretary of State Alex Padilla (D), is pushing the state to pay out a $35 million contract to a major Democrat consulting firm while seeking to replace Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) in the Senate, should she become vice president, according to a report.
Padilla awarded the multi-million dollar contract to Democrat public relations firm SKDKnickerbocker (SKDK) in August as part of a voter outreach program, the Washington Free Beacon reported. However, Democrat State Controller Betty Yee’s office refused to approve the contract, arguing that Padilla did not have the authority to pay it out.
The money could “ease his path to being appointed to fill Harris’s seat,†the report said. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is planning to announce Harris’s replacement in the Senate before January 20.
SKDK’s managing director, Anita Dunn, led former Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, according to the report. Biden’s campaign paid out more than $2.2 million to SKDK since December 2019.
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