Democrats slam McGavick with FEC complaint

And unlike the complaint the Republicans filed against Darcy Burner, this one looks like it actually could have some merit:

After Mike McGavick became a U.S. Senate candidate but while still chief executive of Safeco, the company agreed to give him a lucrative "golden parachute" that amounted to an illegal corporate campaign contribution, the state Democratic Party contends.

"The corporation's 'sweetening of the deal' for Mr. McGavick after he became a candidate was a blatant violation of federal law," state Democratic Party Chairman Dwight Pelz charged in a complaint being filed with the Federal Election Commission today.

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The Democrats' complaint says the Republican violated federal campaign finance law "because Safeco 5 altered the terms of Mr. McGavick's compensation after his candidacy for office began, yielding Mr. McGavick millions of dollars he would have otherwise forfeited."

The Seattle P-I's Neil Modie has more details here. It'll be interesting to see what happens to this, to say the least. While this complaint doesn't sound frivolous - McGavick's departure from Safeco was very unusual, and prolonged - that doesn't mean the FEC will fine the McGavick campaign. Still, it's good to know that Chairman Dwight Pelz gives as good as he gets.

UPDATE: Full text of the complaint is available here.