Golisano to Pour Millions Into Senate Shake-Up PAC
Konst, Mesi and Dollinger to get up to $1 million each
By John Celock
Tom Golisano will be using
his fortune to influence this year’s battle over the State Senate.
The maverick billionaire and
three-time gubernatorial candidate will next week travel to Albany to announce a plan to form a 527 political action
committee to support candidates in State Senate races across New York.
A source familiar with
Golisano’s thinking said the former gubernatorial candidate plans to spend $1
million of his own money per race on behalf of each candidate he
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