Brian Moore

Brian Moore became today the first candidate for lieutenant governor to join several gubernatorial candidates in releasing campaign finance information more often than state law requires.

Moore, a Republican, posted on his Web site every campaign contribution he has received to date, and he said in a blog posting on the site that he plans to keep the list current.

“After all the uproar lately about what’s going on in the Secretary of State’s office, I think it’s time we take a stand to end corruption and bring transparency to state and local governments,” the blog posting states. “… As a Lt. Governor candidate, I felt it was important for me to stand on the side of openness… so starting today all my campaign contributions will be posted in real time on my website.”

The site shows that Moore put $100,000 of his own money into his campaign and has raised an additional $18,420 in contributions, for total fundraising of $118,420.

The trend toward greater campaign-finance transparency than law requires was started in 2007 by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish. She’s been voluntarily releasing reports quarterly, even in off-election years when it’s not required. Her most recent report came in January.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez matched Denish in voluntarily releasing a report of contributions and expenditures for the fourth quarter of 2009.

Since January, Republican gubernatorial candidate Janice Arnold-Jones has been posting on her campaign Web site information about every contribution she’s received to date, and she is keeping the list of contributions current.

And last week, Republican gubernatorial candidate Pete Domenici Jr. posted the entire list of contributions he had received since entering the race on his campaign Web site.

The next required finance report is due April 12.