LOW BLOW — A voting rights group filed a Federal Elections Commission complaint alleging Assemblymember Evan Low illegally used money from his state campaign account for his congressional bid against former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, the Mercury News reports. It’s the latest flashpoint in what’s been a bruising campaign between the two Democrats vying to succeed retiring Rep. Anna Eshoo.
Defend the Vote, which endorsed Liccardo, said Low’s Assembly campaign filed recent FEC reports detailing $35,000 in ad spending across the 16th congressional district. But Lam Nguyen, Low’s deputy campaign manager, accused Liccardo’s campaign of “put[ting] his endorser up to file false and meritless complaints to distract from Sam’s own ethical failings.”
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