The Form 6 forty-eight hour campaign contribution reports filed by federal candidates with the Federal Election Commission always make for interesting reading. This is an open seat race.
Scott Eckersley‘s (D) campaign has filed this particular report twice this month:
Committee: SCOTT ECKERSLEY FOR CONGRESS
Int’l Union of Painters & Allied Trades
Hanover, Maryland
Date Contributed = 10/18/2010
Amount Contributed = 1000.00Total Itemized Contributions = [$]1000.00
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Working people!
Committee: SCOTT ECKERSLEY FOR CONGRESS
Lawrence County Democratic Central Comm
Miller, Missouri
Date Contributed = 10/14/2010
Amount Contributed = 1000.00Total Itemized Contributions = [$]1000.00
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Billy Long’s (r) campaign filed just once, but he has a different donor base:
Committee: BILLY LONG FOR CONGRESS
Monsanto Citizenship Fund
St. Louis, Missouri
Date Contributed = 10/19/2010
Amount Contributed = 2000.00Lawrence County Republican Central Comm
Mt. Vernon, Missouri
Date Contributed = 10/19/2010
Amount Contributed = 1000.00BNSF RailPAC
Ft. Worth, Texas
Date Contributed = 10/19/2010
Amount Contributed = 2500.00Arkansas for Leadership PAC
Alexandria, Virginia
Date Contributed = 10/20/2010
Amount Contributed = 2400.00General Dynamics Political Contribution
Falls Church, Virginia
Date Contributed = 10/20/2010
Amount Contributed = 1000.00Win Back America PAC
Anderson, Indiana
Date Contributed = 10/20/2010
Amount Contributed = 2000.00Price for Congress
Roswell, Georgia
Date Contributed = 10/21/2010
Amount Contributed = 1000.00Total Itemized Contributions = [$]11900.00
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Can’t you just feel that grassroots corporate fever?
PACs! Washington insiders! It’ll be like Roy Blunt (r-lobbyists) never left…