Allen West’s spouse, who ran for Garland Metropolis Council, fined for marketing campaign finance violations

Angela Graham-West, the spouse of former gubernatorial candidate and former Texas GOP chairman Allen West, has been fined $400 for a number of marketing campaign finance violations from her run for Garland Metropolis Council final spring.

Graham-West ran for the District 3 seat as a first-time candidate in Could 2021. She misplaced to Ed Moore.

The Texas Ethics Fee, which oversees and enforces marketing campaign finance necessities, is fining Graham-West following a grievance that included submitting a marketing campaign finance report late; failing to report all of the donations she acquired and failing to reveal marketing campaign treasurer data and political expenditures.

The entire violations stem from the eight-day pre-election report that was due April 23, 2021, forward of the Could 1 election. Graham-West filed hers 5 days earlier than the election.

If the $400 penalty isn’t paid inside 30 days, Graham-West’s positive will enhance to $2,500.

Allen West misplaced his bid for governor to Gov. Greg Abbott within the main held March 1. The previous Florida congressman had resigned from his place as GOP chairman to run towards Abbott after lower than 11 months within the job.