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Wed Jun 7, 2017, 11:20 AM Jun 2017

Out-of-district money flows into effort to oust Democratic senator

If a measure to recall state Sen. Josh Newman ever qualifies for the ballot, donors from outside the Fullerton Democrat’s district will have had a major part in making it happen.

Campaign filings by the main pro-recall campaign committee make clear that the effort to oust the Fullerton Democrat so far has a heavy San Diego flavor.

Of the more than $44,000 in contributions reported by the Reform California committee since early April, at least $29,000 has come from donors in San Diego County, where recall leader Carl DeMaio, a former city councilman and congressional candidate, hosts a radio show, according to a pair of filings by the committee in recent days.

About $2,000 has been raised by donors listing residences within Newman’s 29th Senate District, the filings show.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article154515194.html#storylink=cpy


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