Matt Gallaway
by Dave Waddell
Chico City Council candidate Matt Gallaway donated $250 last year to a political action committee (PAC) backing Judge Roy Moore, a controversial Alabama senatorial candidate, federal election records show.
The contribution was first referenced in a campaign flier put out by Chico Democrats as Chicoans mailboxes continue to be flooded with mailers in the lead-up to the Nov. 6 election. In what will probably become the highest-spending campaign in city history — and with partisan control of the Council at stake — more than $300,000 and counting has been contributed to candidates and PACs involved in the race.
Gallaway, part of a conservative slate running for Council, made the contribution to the PAC, called Patriots for Economic Freedom, in March 2017, about a month before Moore announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat vacated when Jeff Sessions was appointed Attorney General.