“The only contribution to her PAC is $100,000 from a single person, who also bundled $60,000 to her personal campaign,” Willard said. “Her campaign and the PAC also seem to be coordinating many of their expenses, which is at least a gray area regarding state ethics laws. PACs are fine when used appropriately, but this isn’t it.”
Boyd confirmed that her campaign has “engaged DKR Marketing” but declined to comment on the PAC’s spending.
Louisiana’s top ethics official, David Bordelon, declined to comment on specific cases but said ethics laws place no prohibitions on candidates’ immediate family or campaign staff also working for PACs allied with those candidates.
“The question becomes whether the PAC is paying for the expenses of the candidate’s campaign, which would be an in-kind contribution,” Bordelon said. “If that is the case, then the contribution from the PAC could be excessive, assuming the PAC also made a monetary contribution to the candidate.”
