Federal law prohibits transferring funds raised for state committees into a campaign for U.S. Senate. What he can and can’t doDe León acknowledges there are obstacles and says he is focused on raising new contributions to the campaign he just launched. Gray Davis, George Deukmejian and Arnold Schwarzenegger, have used ballot measures to boost their own political stock. “That money is not going to go to waste,” campaign finance attorney Fred Woocher predicted of De León’s state funds. The video’s message echoes De León on the campaign trail: “Washington’s status quo has failed” to sufficiently fight back against President Trump.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 23, 2017 06:56 UTC