—as long as they stayed at least 15 years.
“It’s alarming and unfathomable that in 15 years as a public official that you did not understand that you don’t use campaign finance contributions as your personal bank account,” Synenberg said last June at the sentencing hearing. “This isn’t a technical, clerical error. This happened over and over until you got caught.”reported then that, as part of his plea deal, Elkins was barred from running for office, or operating a campaign account"until 2028.
reiterated this claim in his lengthy apology on his website. He seems to blame the hubbub the courts created, and the ensuing media coverage, for the sour dint in his reputation.