{"id":2122,"date":"2012-04-23T11:59:44","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T15:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/?p=2122"},"modified":"2012-04-23T11:10:17","modified_gmt":"2012-04-23T15:10:17","slug":"campaign-finances-in-your-home-town-state-and-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2012\/04\/23\/campaign-finances-in-your-home-town-state-and-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaign finances in your home town, state and country"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a link <\/a>to a website that gives you the kind of detail shown in the sample below (for my district) on campaign financing for local and state races.<\/p>\n

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The intersection of money and politics.<\/p><\/div>\n

Here’s another link<\/a> for details on campaign financing for national races. Just type in your address or legislative district(s), and you can see what the money looks like in your district.<\/p>\n

Here’s a link<\/a> to a liberal research site–the results of their survey on campaign financing, regardless of their perspective, provides a good starting point for a discussion about YOUR opinions on whether there should be campaign financing limitations, the role of lobbyists and PACs,\u00a0 the “corporations-are-people” ruling, and other results about how we fund our political races. Weigh in below.<\/p>\n

MyDistrict Legislative Candidates<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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District Candidates: 4 Total Amount: $2,188,534 <\/a><\/p>\n

Results: 1-4 of 4<\/div>\n
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TABLE 1: District Candidates<\/caption>\n
Candidate<\/a><\/th>\nParty<\/a><\/th>\nDistrict<\/a><\/th>\nElection Status<\/a><\/th>\nIncumbency Status<\/a><\/th>\n\u2193Total<\/a>\u2193<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
AUBERTINE, DARREL J<\/a><\/td>\nDEMOCRAT<\/td>\nSENATE DISTRICT 048<\/a><\/td>\nLost – General Election<\/td>\nIncumbent<\/td>\n$1,109,829<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RITCHIE, PATRICIA A<\/a><\/td>\nREPUBLICAN<\/td>\nSENATE DISTRICT 048<\/a><\/td>\nWon<\/td>\nChallenger<\/td>\n$780,807<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MCGRATH, BRIAN S<\/a><\/td>\nDEMOCRAT<\/td>\nASSEMBLY DISTRICT 122<\/a><\/td>\nLost – General Election<\/td>\nOpen Seat<\/td>\n$209,829<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BLANKENBUSH, KENNETH D<\/a><\/td>\nREPUBLICAN<\/td>\nASSEMBLY DISTRICT 122<\/a><\/td>\nWon<\/td>\nOpen Seat<\/td>\n$88,069<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

FIGURE CP1: District Party Control \"LegislativeFIGURE CP2: Sector Breakdown for Legislative Candidates (current) \"Legislative<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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