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  1. Pro-Romney super PAC: $100 million and counting

    By Kathy Kiely Oct 20, 2012 11:04 a.m.

    Restore Our Future has hit a fundraising milestone: The super PAC supporting Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has clocked $100 million in contributions since it was organized just two years ago this month.

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  2. Pro-gay marriage group pushes for ad removal

    By Jake Harper Oct 19, 2012 6:46 p.m.

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  3. Republicans in tight House races on top in the money game

    By Anupama Narayanswamy Oct 19, 2012 4:32 p.m.

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  4. Outside political spending continues to skyrocket

    By Jake Harper Oct 19, 2012 12:55 p.m.

    Of the $810 million in outside spending that Sunlight's Follow the Unlimited Money has tracked since the beginning of the campaign cycle, more than half has been laid out in the last six weeks.

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  5. Surprise! Corporations funded Democrats' convention

    By Keenan Steiner Oct 18, 2012 6:32 p.m.

    Though the party conventions are long over, the special interests that paid for them were only revealed to the public yesterday. It’s not a surprise that, despite a self-imposed ban on corporate cash to fund their Charlotte convention, the Democrats relied on plenty of it.

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  6. NAM authorized $1 million in undisclosed spending

    By Jake Harper Oct 17, 2012 6:08 p.m.

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  7. Democratic super PACs come into their own

    By Jacob Fenton and Nancy Watzman Oct 16, 2012 3:38 p.m.

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  8. Who let the dog out? Frosh Republican Allen West's tweet sics would-be pooch adoptees on the Marines

    By Jake Harper and Kat Lucero Oct 16, 2012 2:14 p.m.

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  9. Stealthy effort fuels get out the vote effort--in Israel

    By Nancy Watzman Oct 16, 2012 7:51 a.m.

    An assertive bipartisan get-out-the-vote effort known as “IVoteIsrael” and aimed at Americans living in that country appears to have ties to conservative billionaire Ronald S. Lauder, a supporter of Republican causes and of the hawkish Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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  10. Moderate millionaire floods far-flung House race

    By Keenan Steiner Oct 16, 2012 7:50 a.m.

    The super PAC of one of California’s richest political donors, who supports centrist Republicans, has dropped more money on an obscure House race than both candidates combined.

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  11. Rapper donor, mystery million and other fun finds in pop-up PAC filings

    By Sunlight Reporting Group Oct 15, 2012 6:01 p.m.

    (Updated 8:42 a.m. Oct. 16)

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  12. Shadowy super PAC spends $1 million in Connecticut House race

    By Bill Allison Oct 15, 2012 4:23 p.m.

    The Government Integrity Fund Action Network, a super PAC that to date has disclosed just $10,500 in contributions, today reported dropping a money bomb in a Connecticut House race: $1.1 million in to produce and air ads in opposition to Elizabeth Esty, the Democratic candidate in her state's 5th Congressional District.

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  13. Political big bucks in paradise: Hawaii Senate race draws outside donors

    By Kathryn Lucero Oct 15, 2012 4:22 p.m.

    Hawaii's first open Senate seat in more than three decades has attracted two high-profile women candidates and lots of outside money.

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  14. Americans for Tax Reform drops $2 million in one day

    By Jake Harper Oct 14, 2012 1:32 p.m.

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