Andy Kim Unveils New Ad, Reform Agenda Drawing Contrast with Rep. MacArthur

Andy Kim (NJ-03), who’s running in one of the most competitive races in the country, has unveiled a reform agenda and a new ad highlighting his no corporate PAC pledge, drawing a contrast between himself and his opponent, Congressman Tom MacArthur.

Yesterday, Kim, along with ECU President Tiffany Muller, unveiled a bold reform agenda that outlines tangible ways he’ll fight to reform the system in Congress so that it’s working for New Jersey families.

He also released a new ad on Sunday highlighting his pledge and exposing his opponent’s reliance on corporate special interests.

Burlington County Times: Democrat Andy Kim takes campaign finance reform talk to Republican Tom MacArthur’s offices

By David Levinsky

EVESHAM — Democratic congressional candidate Andy Kim added some new promises to his campaign to reduce “big money” corporate influence in Washington on Monday, as he brought his battle for New Jersey’s 3rd District seat to his Republican opponent’s doorstep.

Kim, who’s believed to be running neck and neck against Republican incumbent Tom MacArthur, held an hour-long town hall devoted to the issue of campaign finance reform at the Gibson House in Evesham, which also doubles as MacArthur’s Burlington County constituent services office.

With MacArthur’s staff upstairs, Kim railed against so-called “dark money” and outside spending and the influence corporate money has over members of Congress, arguing that it stands in the way of meaningful policy goals like health care reforms, environmental legislation and gun safety.
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He spent much of the event touting his own pledge to refuse corporate PAC contributions, noting that it would apply both to his current campaign as well as all future campaigns if he is elected. But he also added a few more promises to that pledge, saying Monday he would refuse to accept his congressional salary during any future government shutdowns and that he would never become a lobbyist after serving in Congress.
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Kim was joined at the town hall by Tiffany Muller, the president and executive director of End Citizen United, a nonprofit that advocates for campaign finance reform and overturning the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that is credited to giving rise to super PACs that can raise and spend unlimited sums on political campaigns.

The group endorsed Kim last December and has also named MacArthur to a list of incumbents it will work to unseat this November.

“This is the kind of leader I am so excited to have in Washington, starting in January, to actually start to change our rigged system and bring real reform to us,” Muller said during the town hall, telling the supporters in attendance that Republican-control of Congress needs to end in order to have a realistic chance at meaningful campaign finance reform.

“Andy Kim is a champion on this issue. He’s fighting on your behalf, not their behalf,” Muller said.
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Kim said he would make campaign finance reform a top priority if elected, saying the issue touches every other in Washington. Among the measures he plans to support would be bills to restrict members of Congress from making investments other than those held in mutual funds or blind trusts, and another to end gerrymandering of congressional districts by mandating that states use independent commissions to draw their boundaries.

“When you ask me: What can we do to improve our health care? What can we do to build a fair economy that works for everybody? … What I’ll say, every single element of those comes down to corporate money, comes down to money in politics,” Kim said.