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Subsidy Payments ments The first date that candidates can turn in their Qualifying Receipts is January 1 st of the election year. Candidates that qualify will immediately receive a payment of 20% of the public subsidy. After tilings for candidacy, candidates with primary and/or general election opponents will receive a pre-primary payment of 20%. The final payment of 60% occurs just after the primary election. Candidates without general election opponents receive 10% of what they would otherwise receive. Office Toil Jan. 1 Post-Filings Post-Primary Opposed Unopposed (1) Governor $11.520,000 $30400 $30400 $912,0 $91,200 (2) AG, SoS, SA $300,000 $60,000 $601000 $18000 $18,000 (3) Senate $37,000 $7,400 $7,400 $221200 $2,220 (4) House $18,500 $3,700 $3,700 $111100 $1,110 A first-time candidate will continue to receive a 10% increase in their base public subsidy (not on matching funds). After the campaign. all candidates will have to return any unspent public money. We dry not dr f ferentiate between major and minor party candidates, because we believe that if a candidate can collect the ctued i ft hi g contributions then they should receive the public money regardless of their party cif f illation. The size e of the subsidy►�t�cr.�set so that r�f' �litical p-ties=�iiye candidates the maximum allowable contribution (25% of the subsit ), the overall spending limit for Governor will be the same as the current spending limits, and the limit ft)r the State Senate and House seats will onl v be slightly less. The overall spending limits for the other constitutional officers, on the other hand, are substantially larger- than the current spending limits, as a response to previous candidates who argued that they were not allowed to spend enough to run an adequate statewide campaign. Candidates will get money as ,voon as they qualify, so that they will have funds to trV to get their party's endorsement. Candidates would wait to get the balance of their pre-prima ry payment until after-filings, a t which point we would ktzovv whether or not they were going to be opposed in either the l)ritnan-election or the general election. We discussed at length Ozether- or izot to reduce the amount Of money that a candidate would receive if'they have a general election opponent, but not a primary election opponent. The ]Ming of the group was that there were advuntages and disadvantages to having a primary challenge. To a certain extent. a candidate without a primary fight needs just as much money ti� others. because they `t be g much media attention without it. Also, there are many getting times when even though candidates are ostensibly running against others for their party's prirrian., endorsement. intic•h of their rhetoric during this period is aimed at the candidate who the winner of the p rinia t-v vv i ll he up against in the general election. Thar s, this proposal gives.f dl fitncling in July to all candidates that have either a grimary or a general election opponent. Only candidates who, after- filings, do not have an opponent in the prinwn,, or the general election would not be eligible for any public money in July. Candidates who win the prinit-in, but do riot have a general election opponent would receive 0171y 10% of the usual subsidi', because then do not need as much money as those who have an opponent, but still need some money to keep their name out there.