As Democratic voters prepare to pick their party’s nominee for one of the nation’s most closely watched congressional races, a Rio Grande Valley nonprofit is being accused of violating federal campaign finance law for how it has backed one of the candidates.
Michelle Vallejo faces Ruben Ramirez, a former candidate for the seat, in the May 24 Democratic primary runoff for South Texas’ 15th Congressional District. Vallejo’s backed by LUPE Votes, the political arm of a nonprofit founded by the famed labor-rights activists César Chávez and Dolores Huerta.
The nonprofit failed to disclose its spending in the primary until over a month after it ended, missing deadlines for disclosure, including some that fell before the March 1 contest.
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