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INTERACTIVE: Committees spread donations to far-flung campaigns

January 2, 2010 | Sarah McHie, California Watch

Political donors and politicians often contribute large sums of money to local party committees.The committees, in turn, dispatch the money to candidates around the state. By doing so, candidates can receive contributions in amounts that circumvent state campaign finance limits.


 

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Tags: campaign finance, money laundering
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January 5, 2010
Nice job on these. You might to add directional arrows on the Berryhill chart and the date of the original contribution on the SEIU chart.
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January 7, 2010
Awesome. Great job!
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