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Subsidy Payments 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 Total Jan. 1 Post-Filings Post-Primary Opposed Unopposed ( I )Governor $1,520,000 $304,0 $304-M0 $91200 $9 11200 (2) AC. SoS, SA $300,000 $601000 $601000 $180,000 $18,000 (3) Senate $37,000 57,400 $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 do not chi f ferentiate betiveen major and minor party candidates, because we believe that i,f a candidate can collect the qucrlo.-in g contributions then they should receive the public money regardless cif'their part The si e of the subsidy wtis set so that if political parties give candidates the maximum allowable contribution (25% of the subsidy), the overall spending limit for Governor will be the same as the current spending limits, and the limit for the State Senate and House seats will oid'v be slightly less. The overall spending liinits for the other constitutional officers, on the other hand, are substantiall y 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 motley (is soon cis they qualifv, so that they will have finds to try,► to get their party's endorsement. Candidates would wait to get the balance of their pre-primary payment until afterf l ngs, at which point we would know whether or not they were going to be opposed in either the ptlni n- election or the general election. We discussed at length whether or not 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 ftelin'q of the group was that there were advantages and disadvantages to having a primary challenge. To a certain extent. ti candidate without a primary fight needs just as much money cis others. because thev ivoiz `t be getting much media attention without it. Also, there are many titnes wherr even though candidates are ostetrsibli-running against others for their party s pritnury endorsement, much q/' their rhetoric during this period is aimed at the candidate who the vvinner (jf the prim an! will be up against in the general election. Thus, this proposal gives fidl jUndhig in July to all candidates that have either a primacy or a general election opponent. Oily candidates who, after filings, do not have an opponent in the pritrtrrr-V or the general election would not be eligible for any public money in July. Candidates who win the priin(in• httt do not have a general election opponent would receive 0171 Y 10% of the usual subsidi0, because they} do not need as much tnoney as those who have an opponent, but still need sorne j 017ei, to keep their name out there.