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Proposition 6 would repeal a law approved by the Legislature and Gov. “We support Yes on 6, the repeal of the gas tax, but our discretionary resources are being focused on electing Republicans.” “The California Republican congressional delegation asked if we could provide support to the qualification effort,” state party spokesman Matt Fleming said.

It has only provided $504 to the committee for email blasts since its qualification on June 25. The California Republican Party contributed $300,000 to the main Proposition 6 campaign committee while it was collecting signatures to qualify the measure for the ballot. “We will not, nor do we need to match them in spending, for while they have millions of dollars, we have millions of voters who have simply had enough of the Sacramento politicians.” “The special interests are pouring tens of millions into the effort to stop Proposition 6,” Johnson said. Wayne Johnson, a senior strategist for the Cox campaign, said the candidate will continue to press the case for repeal. “But once they saw the powerful coalition opposed to 6, they figured it was better to put their resources elsewhere.” The opposition campaign includes the California Chamber of Commerce, the League of California Cities and dozens of deep-pocketed construction firms and labor unions that would benefit from the tax’s billions targeted to road and bridge repair projects.īy qualifying Proposition 6, Republican leaders “hoped that voters would oppose and, while they were at it, vote for Republicans as well,” said Larry Gerston, professor emeritus of political science at San Jose State. 22, according to campaign finance statements made public Thursday. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.Top Republicans in California appear to be shifting resources away from an issue they hoped would lure voters to the polls in November: repealing the gas tax.Īfter contributing $1.7 million to put a repeal initiative on the November ballot, Republican congressional leaders and GOP gubernatorial candidate John Cox are now conspicuously absent from the list of donors spending money to help convince Californians to pass the measure.Ĭonstruction firms, organized labor and Democrats have raised more than $30 million to defeat Proposition 6, while the main campaign committee in favor of the measure had just $83,291 in the bank as of Sept. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here.

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