Wisconsin recall election breaks state’s political spending records
Published: 12:44 PM 06/04/2012….Many high-dollar donations have come from anti-union billionaires including Dick DeVos, David Koch, and Sheldon Adelson. Walker’s top three contributors contributed more money to his campaign than Barrett’s campaign has collected overall….
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Rep. Vicky Hartzler @RepHartzler
A victory tonight for fiscal responsibility and job creation. May it spread from Wisconsin across the nation. 9:28 PM – 5 Jun 12
Seriously?
Wisconsin Recall Election – total raised:
Walker, Scott [R] $30,505,082.66
Barrett, Tom [D] $3,938,574.59
Trivedi, Hariprasad $120,089.63
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If corporations were people and could vote it would have been a landslide. Oh, wait…
Missouri is not Wisconsin and the Koch Brothers probably aren’t willing to spend it all on every Congressional race. Probably.
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