Mike McGavick returns $14,000 in VECO campaign contributions

[flamingyouth]

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Republican Senate hopeful Mike McGavick has returned $14,000 he received from executives with an Alaskan oil services company under investigation by the FBI, his campaign announced Tuesday.

Spokesman Elliott Bundy said the money was returned Friday, a day after federal agents raided the offices of at least six Alaska legislators, including the son of Sen. Ted Stevens.

The senior Stevens hosted a fundraiser in Alaska for McGavick in April that netted about $100,000 for McGavick's bid to unseat Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell. All but $2,000 of the contributions in question came in from six VECO Corp. executives at that fundraiser, including Chairman Bill Allen and President Pete Leathard, according to The Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington, D.C.-based group that tracks money in politics.

Bundy said the remaining $2,000 came in July from Vice President Tom Corkran, who also had given $2,000 at the April fundraiser.

more:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_McGavick_VECO.html

[freeplessinseattle]

1. what kind of "fundraiser" is that?

not even a few bucks from other fundraiser attendees? were there any other attendees? sounds fishy to me. this guy is a slimeball.