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NC senators got more money from the NRA than most lawmakers
https://www.google.com/amp/amp.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article177044206.htmlOctober 04, 2017
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Only one of the 535 members of Congress has gotten more help from the NRA than Republican Sen. Richard Burr, according to The Center for Responsive Politics. Only three, including Burr, got more than GOP Sen. Thom Tillis.
NRA groups have spent nearly $7 million on behalf of Burr. That includes $5.6 million that NRA groups spent last year against his Democratic opponent, Deborah Ross. That was more than the NRA spent against any candidate with the exception of Hillary Clinton.
And Tillis has gotten $4.5 million in help, including independent expenditures against his 2014 opponent, then-incumbent Democrat Kay Hagan.
It was easy for the NRA to pick sides. Burr and Tillis each had perfect scores on NRA-backed legislation. The group gave Hagan a grade of D+, and Ross an F.
Nationally, the NRA spent more than $54 million last year, most in the form of independent expenditures on TV ads, mailings and phone banks.
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