Wisconsin
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Jun06
Pocket Change
Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.) survived his recall election last night, buoyed by millions in contributions from the country’s wealthiest Americans. As Mother Jones points out, Walker outraised his opponent Tom Barrett by a 7:1 margin, or $30.5 million to $4 million. Two-thirds of Walker’s money came from out-of-state.
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Jan06
Clips Round-up for 1/6/12
Best resource of the day? Sunlight Foundation's cheat sheet on super PACs: http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/2012/super-pac-table/. Add it to your bookmarks!
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Time to amend: No more half measures in campaign finance reform -
Aug19
Clips Round-up for 8/19/11
Fair Elections/Campaign Finance
Maine Ethics Commission Seeks Clean Election Law Fix
On the proposed solutions: "We can't have a publicly-funded system that sort of, on-purpose, keeps the candidates kind of barefoot and pregnant," said Allison Smith, the co-president of Maine Citizens for Clean Elections.
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Aug11
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Jul08