Cleo Fields

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📝 Description

Cleo Fields, a Louisiana congressman, was fined $2,500 by the Louisiana Board of Ethics in December 2025 for failing to submit a required report on the remnants of his long-dormant 2004 Public Service Commission campaign. The report was due February 2025 and would have disclosed any 2024 spending or debt forgiveness tied to that campaign. At year-end 2023, the account reportedly had $3,470 in leftover contributions and about $317,000 in loans Fields personally made to the campaign. Fields asked for a waiver, but ethics officials and the board declined, citing his history of late filings. The case comes amid a 2025 change raising the campaign-finance reporting threshold from $2,500 to $5,000, yet Fields’ old account still qualified for reporting under the prior framework. This action highlights ongoing enforcement of old campaign-finance obligations in Louisiana.

🔍 Circumstances

On December 2025, the Louisiana Board of Ethics fined Rep. Cleo Fields $2,500 for not filing a missing campaign-finance report covering the long-dormant 2004 PSC campaign. The report, which was due in February 2025, would have detailed 2024 spending or debt forgiveness related to that campaign. Although reporting thresholds were raised in 2025 from $2,500 to $5,000, Fields’ account still qualified for reporting. Fields requested a waiver, which the board rejected after staff recommendation. The case was publicized by local outlets including Louisiana Illuminator via The Current LA and WBRZ.

ℹ️ Additional Details

End-of-2023 figures for the old account reportedly showed $3,470 in leftover contributions and $317,000 in personal loans to the campaign. The enforcement action aligns with broader scrutiny of ethics and campaign-finance reporting in Louisiana, including recent audit and policy changes affecting filing thresholds. Fields has a history of late filings on other campaigns, contributing to the fines cited in this case.

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