His name is Merlin William Lessler, and, yes, indeed, he was engaged by the state's delegate-rich election.
One moderniser told the Guardian that Riches' election as chair would mean the "government will come in and take it out of our hands".
He has since spent considerably more time in other, more electorally rich general election battlegrounds.
Tom McPhail, head of pensions research at leading pensions company Hargreaves Lansdown, said the government had tried to force through the changes at "reckless" speed in what seemed a clear attempt to make people feel richer before election day.
No matter that this tax cut would put money into the pockets of only the richest; the election date was duly knocked back by three years – and the formerly-Iron Chancellor became Bottler Brown.
Tom McPhail, head of pensions research at investment firm Hargreaves Lansdown, has previously accused the government of forcing through the changes at "reckless" speed in a clear attempt to make people feel richer before election day.
Do rich donors decide elections?
But, if spending his own money sends the message that only the rich can win elections, politics in New York City will be far poorer as a result.
At the same time that Republicans want to increase the influence of the rich on our elections, they want to decrease the influence of the poor at the ballot box by passing a raft of new voter restrictions.
For all the concern over campaign finance reform and rich businessmen buying elections, the sobering reality for wealthy candidates is that they are no more successful than anyone else.
