EAO 418

** Overruled, Modified, Clarified or Superseded ** A district judge may use political contributions raised in connection with his candidacy for district judge to make expenditures in connection with a candidacy for justice of a court of appeals. The restrictions in Election Code section 253.1611 do not apply to transfers between a judicial candidate or officeholder and a specific-purpose political committee supporting the candidate or officeholder. Nor do the restrictions apply to transfers between two specific-purpose political committees supporting the same individual as a candidate or officeholder. A district judge who has filed a campaign treasurer appointment with the Ethics Commission is required to file reports of contributions and expenditures with the Ethics Commission and is not required to file with the local filing authority.