Republican Governors Association to pay $40K penalty over Vt. spending

MONTPELIER, Vt. (Legal Newsline) – Vermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell said Tuesday the Republican Governors Association (RGA) will pay a $40,000 penalty for violating campaign finance laws in 2010 during the gubernatorial election.

Sorrell also said the RGA will be required to file corrected campaign finance reports that list contributions it received and expenditures made during the election. The RGA created a Vermont Political Action Committee named Green Mountain Prosperity to do political advertising during the 2010 campaign.