$129M in outside money poured into 2014 elections; darker the state, the more spent (NC is worst)

[Triana]

Outside spending has been particularly focused on North Carolina’s Senate race since the beginning of the 2014 campaign cycle. Groups not affiliated with the candidates, but working to help boost or defeat them, have spent a combined $11.46 million on the race between incumbent Democrat Kay Hagan and Republican challenger Thom Tillis, the speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives. In Mississippi, outside groups spent about $11.7 million on the race between GOP Sen. Thad Cochran and Chris McDaniel, the Tea-Party backed challenger whom Cochran narrowly defeated in a runoff last month.

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Recipient Name? Amount Recieved ?
Tillis, Thom R $8,899,654.39
Cochran, Thad $5,873,680.88
Mcdaniel, Chris $5,806,427.15
Cotton, Thomas $5,587,770.20
Grimes, Alison Lundergan $4,996,411.09
Gardner, Cory $4,866,755.52
Land, Terri Lynn $4,547,958.71
Jolly, David W $4,462,076.71
Sink, Alex $4,408,127.95
Kingston, Jack $3,730,235.00
Gomez, Gabriel $3,707,554.90
Sullivan, Dan $3,400,117.79
Mcconnell, Mitch $3,322,704.60
Markey, Edward J $3,316,002.08
Cassidy, William $3,176,579.06
Simpson, Michael K $2,893,014.93
Hagan, Kay R $2,370,789.97
Pryor, Mark L $2,333,351.81
Ernst, Joni K $2,096,382.93
Begich, Mark $1,829,853.43
Booker, Cory A $1,696,269.30

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http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2014/07/17/outside-political-political-spending-economic-boom-in-d-c/

[littlemissmartypants]

1. And this is exactly what Rev. Dr. Barber is preaching about.

Reference post: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1017&pid=203808

Thanks Triana.

[littlemissmartypants]

2. Tillis is a Koch addict. nt

[Triana]

3. NC is OWNED by Kochs & Duke Energy

Lock, stock, barrel. The state is DONE. I can't wait to GTF out of it.

[littlemissmartypants]

4. Where to? Is there anywhere they haven't touched?

I have to stay and fight. All the best to you.

[Triana]

5. California..much less influenced by those crooks...

..which isn't to say Cali isn't influenced by Kochs because there's nowhere on Earth that Kochs aren't trying to own and control everything. But at least in Cali, they don't own the whole damn state (yet).