Source of contribution to McCord is revealed
HARRISBURG — A political action committee that gave $125,000 to the failed gubernatorial campaign of former Pennsylvania Treasurer Rob McCord has revealed the source of its money eight months after it blew through the deadline to report the information to the state.
A report by The Enterprise Fund appeared on the Pennsylvania Department of State’s website Friday. The department, which administers state election and campaign finance reporting laws, fined the group $500 for missing a June deadline to file the report.
The Enterprise Fund’s report shows that it received $100,000 from Ross Nese, president of a Pittsburgh-based nursing home services company, and an additional $25,000 that filtered through two other political action committees after being given by Vahan and Danielle Gureghian of Gladwyne in suburban Philadelphia.
Vahan Gureghian, the CEO of a Chester-based charter school management firm, is active in Montgomery County’s Republican Party and gave more than $330,000 to former Gov. Tom Corbett’s two campaigns for governor.
McCord, a Democrat, abruptly resigned last month as Pennsylvania’s elected state treasurer and signed an agreement in federal court to plead guilty to extortion charges for using his office to try to strong-arm contributions to his gubernatorial campaign.
McCord is due in federal court in Harrisburg next week.
