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In Montana, Dark Money Helped Democrats Hold a Key Senate Seat

December 27, 2012
ProPublica

by Kim Barker

In the waning days of Montana's hotly contested Senate race, a small outfit called Montana Hunters and Anglers, launched by liberal activists, tried something drastic.
It didn't buy ads supporting the incumbent Democrat, Sen. Jon Tester. Instead, it put up radio and TV commercials that urged voters to choose the third-party candidate, libertarian Dan Cox, describing Cox as the "real conservative" or the "true conservative."

Where did the group's money come from? Nobody knows.

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Spending by independent groups had little election impact, analysis finds

November 7, 2012
the Washington Post

By Dan Eggen and T.W. Farnam, Wednesday, November 7, 11:10 AM

Record spending by independent groups largely defined how the 2012 elections were fought, but the money had no dis­cern­ible impact on the outcome of most contests, according to an early analysis of ballot results and expenditures by The Washington Post.

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Little to Show for Cash Flood by Big Donors

November 7, 2012
The New York Times

By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE and JESS BIDGOOD
Published: November 7, 2012

 

At the private air terminal at Logan Airport in Boston early Wednesday, men in unwrinkled suits sank into plush leather chairs as they waited to board Gulfstream jets, trading consolations overMitt Romney’s loss the day before.

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A campaign awash in cash

November 4, 2012
The Washington Post (Editorial)

By Editorial Board, Sunday, November 4, 5:24 PM

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The Money Trail in Illinois

October 24, 2012
the New York Times (Editorial)

Published: October 24, 2012

The Eighth Congressional District of Illinois, in Chicago’s northwest suburbs, is not the only example of this year’s post-Citizens-United-

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Illinois super PACs raise $1 million

October 18, 2012
the Galesburg Register

By JOHN O'CONNOR
The Associated Press

Posted Oct 18, 2012 @ 07:00 AM

SPRINGFIELD —
Illinois super PACs are bringing more than $1 million to this fall’s legislative campaign, but the meaning and influence of that money remains uncertain.

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Attack Ads, by Outside Groups With Murky Ties, Shape 3 New York Senate Races

October 16, 2012
The New York Times

By THOMAS KAPLAN
Published: October 16, 2012

In Westchester County, a television advertisement accused a Democrat running for the State Senate of using campaign money to treat himself to fancy dinners. In Rochester, a commercial branded a Republican candidate as anti-women. And in Queens, a mailer attacked a Democratic incumbent for providing taxpayer money to a nonprofit organization that facilitates parrot adoptions.

The searing advertisements have one thing in common: they were financed by independent groups, not political campaigns.

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Campaign spending gone wild

October 15, 2012
Crain's Chicago Business

By Greg Hinz October 15, 2012

I've had to change my election season routine this year.

I still get in, grab a half-cup of coffee, fire up the computer and check the dozens of emails that have arrived since I last looked at the cellphone. But now there's another must-do item. That's to log on to the Sunlight Foundation or one of the other websites that can tell me how much more big-buck, “independent” super PACs have spent since the day before.

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