Skip to content

Penalty Agreement

Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) must pay $33,000 and reimburse political donors for as much as $72,000 for accepting excessive contributions to her 2002 House campaign, The Associated Press reported Friday. [IMGCAP(1)]

The civil penalty was part of a conciliation agreement struck Aug. 31 between McKinney and the Federal Election Commission. The agreement, according to the AP, states that $106,425 in excessive contributions were made to McKinney’s campaign in 2002. It also states that McKinney has reimbursed $34,199 of the contributions, but still owed $72,226 as of the date of the agreement.

McKinney was first elected to the House in 1992, but lost her seat in the 2002 Democratic primary to Denise Majette. McKinney recaptured her seat in 2004 after Majette decided to run for the Senate.

— Erin P. Billings

Recent Stories

Supreme Court to hear arguments over preventive care task force

Trump puts Italy’s Meloni in high-pressure role as bridge to EU on tariffs

Supreme Court to review Trump birthright citizenship order

At the Races: Only the young

California sues to stop tariffs levied under economic emergency

5 takeaways from first-quarter fundraising reports