{"id":159,"date":"2018-06-27T14:10:51","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T14:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/connecticut\/press-releases\/common-cause-in-connecticut-defends-citizens-election-program-from-political-attacks\/"},"modified":"2018-06-27T14:10:51","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T14:10:51","slug":"common-cause-in-connecticut-defends-citizens-election-program-from-political-attacks","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/connecticut\/press\/common-cause-in-connecticut-defends-citizens-election-program-from-political-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Cause in Connecticut Defends Citizens\u2019 Election Program from Political Attacks"},"template":"","class_list":["post-159","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Common Cause in Connecticut calls on gubernatorial candidate Bob Stefanowski to stop trying to score cheap political points attacking the state\u2019s landmark Citizens\u2019 Election Program that was signed into law by Connecticut\u2019s last Republican Governor Jodi Rell. ","featured_image":"","press_type":145,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7882}"],"related_issues":false,"related_work":false,"location":9},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Common Cause in Connecticut calls on gubernatorial candidate Bob Stefanowski to stop trying to score cheap political points attacking the state\u2019s landmark Citizens\u2019 Election Program that was signed into law by Connecticut\u2019s last Republican Governor Jodi Rell.\r\n\r\nThe Citizens\u2019 Election Program has been a remarkable success, utilized by Republicans and Democrats alike and has played a major role in helping our state shed its well-earned reputation as \u201cCorrupticut\u201d. Public financing of elections has wide support and has helped level the playing field so more people, and people who are not millionaires can run for office.\r\n\r\nThe program has helped to limit the outsized role traditionally played by special interests in our elections. When politicians are not beholden to special interests, they can concentrate on doing the people\u2019s business, serving the interests of their constituents instead of the interests of their biggest donors.\r\n\r\nOur political leadership should not be limited to people who can write multi-million-dollar checks. It is appalling that someone who has written those checks himself would resort to attacking participating candidates. Mr Stefanowski owes the voters of Connecticut an apology and needs to commit to ending his attack on candidates who choose to participate in the Citizens\u2019 Election Program."}}]},"yoast_head":"\nCommon Cause in Connecticut Defends Citizens\u2019 Election Program from Political Attacks - Common Cause Connecticut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/connecticut\/press-releases\/common-cause-in-connecticut-defends-citizens-election-program-from-political-attacks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Common Cause in Connecticut Defends Citizens\u2019 Election Program from Political Attacks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/connecticut\/press\/common-cause-in-connecticut-defends-citizens-election-program-from-political-attacks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Connecticut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/connecticut\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/common-cause-share-image.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/connecticut\/press-releases\/common-cause-in-connecticut-defends-citizens-election-program-from-political-attacks\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/connecticut\/press-releases\/common-cause-in-connecticut-defends-citizens-election-program-from-political-attacks\/\",\"name\":\"Common Cause in Connecticut Defends Citizens\u2019 Election Program from Political Attacks - 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