30 million verses 4 million and scared out of their wits

[lovuian]

Walker spent 30 million with outside money form the Koch brothers verses Barrett who had 4 million

[leftyohiolib]

1. money shouldnt matter people should know better

[lovuian]

2. yes but the point is look at how much they had to spend

and still the turnout was huge

[samplegirl]

3. Buying our elections

reality sets in!

[lovuian]

4. But it was very close

wasn't it Someday money isn't going to win

[red dog 1]

5. Quirk in Wisconsin law allowed Walker to bypass spending limits

From:
Andrea Seabrook
National Public Radio
June 5, 2012

SKY'S THE LIMIT IN CAMPAIGN CASH FOR WISCONSIN GOVERNOR


Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker vastly out-raised and outspent his Democratic challenger in the state's recall election, largely on the strength of major donations from across the country.

One reason for that was a quirk in Wisconsin law, which lets a governor in Walker's situation bypass limits on political donations.

Wisconsin law says candidates for governor normally may not take donations of more than $10,000 each. That was the limit under which Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, the Democrat, operated in the recall election being decided Tuesday at the polls.

But as governor, Walker had a different set of rules. A somewhat obscure state law passed in 1987 says that when a governor is facing a recall challenge, the normal donation limits are suspended "for the payment of legal fees and other expenses."

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