Tag: Citizens United
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An election result you likely missed: anti-corruption referendum wins big in Tallahassee
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Lost in the hubbub of a heated election season headlined by a down to the wire governor’s race, voters in Tallahassee approved a first-of-its-kind municipal anti-corruption referendum intended to limit the influence of big moneyed special interests in local politics. -
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Outside groups dwarf candidate spending in Florida special election
By Michael Beckel
Center for Public Integrity
The campaign money machines of Democrat Alex Sink and Republican David Jolly have not just been matched by outside forces, they’ve been lapped. Roughly $12.5 million has flooded the heated special election in Pinellas County, but less than one-third of that sum was controlled by the candidates’ own campaigns. -
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Romney benefits from post-Citizens United spending; American Crossroads top spender since Labor Day
By Rachael Marcus
The Center for Public Integrity
Since Labor Day, the once-unofficial start of the election season, 70 percent of outside spending on the presidential race made possible by the Citizens United Supreme Court decision has benefited Mitt Romney, according to a Center for Public Integrity analysis. -
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Top 10 donors make up a third of donations to super PACs
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
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