Facing investigations from two state agencies into his campaign for Arkansas Court of Appeals, Circuit Judge Michael Maggio of Conway says he has returned to donors all of his remaining campaign contributions, about $46,800.
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- Faulkner County Circuit Court filing
- Motion to dismiss complaint
- Brief for motion to dismiss complaint
- Judge David Laser appointment to Maggio case
- Gilbert Baker leave of absence request
- Michael Maggio plea agreement
- Michael Maggio criminal information
- Martha Bull Estate v. Michael Maggio
- Supreme Court ruling removing Michael Maggio from bench
- Circuit Judge Michael Maggio comments on JDDC sanction
- Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission report on Judge Michael Maggio
- Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission report on Circuit Judge Michael Maggio
- Ethics Commission issues final action letter to Michael Maggio
- Ethics Commission's offer of settlement to Michael Maggio
- Public letter of caution to Michael Maggio
- Ethics Commission letter to Thomas Buchanan
- UCA internal audit on Gilbert Baker
- Response to nursing home lawsuit
- Lawsuit against Salem Place Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, et al.
- Letter from Ancil Lee III to Chris Stewart
- Letter to the Arkansas Judicial Discipline & Disability Commission in Michael Maggio case
- Michael Morton contribution letters
- Gilbert Baker job description and salary
- Ethics commission letter to complainant in Maggio case
- Arkansas Supreme Court reassigns Judge Maggio's cases
- Ethics complaint in Maggio PAC case
- Michael Maggio formally withdraws candidacy
In a final campaign contribution report filed with the secretary of state’s office Friday, Maggio reported returning money to 54 contributors, including individuals, political action committees and companies. The judge withdrew from the race March 6.
In Arkansas, when a state-office candidate withdraws from a race, he has several options for any remaining campaign funds. Among them are keeping funds for future campaigns, and/or returning money to donors, according to the Arkansas Ethics Commission.
Maggio’s report showed that most refunds accounted for about 75 percent of contributors’ original donations.
However, six of seven political action committees financed by Fort Smith nursing-home owner Michael Morton got 100 percent refunds, according to the report. Maggio’s campaign contributions involving those PACs are under investigation by state agencies.
For example, the Morton-financed GO Good Government PAC gave Maggio $2,250 during the campaign. Maggio is refunding the total amount, according to his final contributions report.
Just one of the seven Morton-backed PACs, Citizens for Information Technology PAC, is getting a 75 percent refund on its $1,450 donation to Maggio. The report lists the refund as about $1,085.
Morton and Maggio could not be reached for comment Wednesday afternoon.
Maggio refunded $1,497 each to more than a dozen individuals and companies who gave the maximum allowed in Arkansas for a candidate per election - $2,000.
Among those were eight nursing homes controlled by Ovation Health Systems Inc. in Conway, which gave $16,000 total to Maggio’s campaign on Nov. 22 last year. A spokesman for the Conway company, operated by Brandon Adams and Bryan Adams, did not reply to an interview request Wednesday.
Many Maggio contributors who gave less than the $2,000 maximum also got back about 75 percent. A Conway doctor who donated $100, for example, received about $74.86, according to Maggio’s filing.
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