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James Webb’s U.S. Senate campaign has been receiving donations from all over the country, including Beverly Hills, Calif., New York and Atlanta, according to campaign finance records. When funds raised by Webb are separated by zip code, six of the top 14 donating areas are outside of Virginia. The breakdown for Republican incumbent George Allen, on the other hand, shows his largest donating zip codes are all inside the state. Webb has raised $1.3 million, while Allen has raised more than $10 million. Political analysts said it is imperative for Webb to raise more money if he is to be...

SANTA FE— Gov. Bill Richardson raised more than a half-million dollars for his re-election bid during the past month and has stockpiled $5.7 million in his campaign account for the upcoming general election race. The Democratic governor holds a huge fundraising advantage over Republican J.R. Damron, who reported a $43,827 cash balance in his campaign as of Tuesday— a week before the primary election. According to a campaign finance report filed Thursday, Richardson collected $553,084 in contributions from May 2 through May 30. His campaign spent $415,371 and has a cash balance of $5.7 million. Damron, a Santa Fe radiologist,...

Since October 1, I have received 133 pieces of campaign junk mail, from US house race, US senate race and the presidential race. They break down as follows: 1. 18 Bush/Cheney. This includes all groups not just the official campaigns (holds for all the below too). 2. 2 Kerry/Edwards 3. 40 Dem senate 4. 43 Rep senate 5. 21 Dem house 6. 11 Rep house 7. 7 527's all democratic in slant, but not mentioning any candidate name. There are still 2 mail deliveries to go so I can only believe that these numbers will increase. In 2000, I received...

For those who think that there is too much money in politics (and think most of it is Republican) there is just one word -- Soros. That is George Soros, the left-wing radical billionaire who has pledged to personally spend tens of millions of dollars to try to unseat George Bush in 2004. Defeating the Bush administration -- which he recklessly likened to Nazis and communists -- has become an obsessive focus of Soros life. His recent $10 million contribution to the new Democrat activist group America Coming Together was the largest single donation from an individual in history. Soros...

No link to a story yet, will post ASAP. But Former NC AG Commissioner, Meg Scott Phipps, who resigned in disgrace was just indicted by a federal grand jury on 28 counts, including wire and mail fraud.

There is a full page advertisement in the March 31st edition of the Gainesville Sun. Student Government is bringing The "Honorable" Former President Bill Clinton to Gainesville, FL. April 3 at the Stephen C. OConnell Center. The gates open at 3 pm and admission is FREE. Easy access via I-75.

Combining two familiar campaign themes yesterday, state Controller Carl McCall charged that Gov. Pataki has spent too much of the state's money on TV ads promoting New York and himself - and not enough on education. Pataki "spent about $100 million last year on television promoting George Pataki," said McCall, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate. "Well we're not going to do that. We're going to put that money into the education budget." Pataki aides have justified the ads by calling the governor an effective spokesman for state programs and tourism. But in May, the Republican incumbent cut off state-financed ads in...

<p>Sacramento -- A taxpayers group has accused Gov. Gray Davis of using his administrative staff to work on political events and help his re-election campaign.</p> <p>In a complaint filed Tuesday with the state's political watchdog agency, the Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association said the governor had misused public funds in pursuit of his own political goals.</p>

WASHINGTON -- A private, nonpartisan group Friday accused the Democratic Party of undercutting the campaign finance law that the party had publicly championed. Common Cause, a citizen-action organization that had worked closely with Democrats to pass the legislation last March, protested that Democratic lawyers are now seeking to weaken its ban on unlimited "soft money" contributions to the national parties. Common Cause President Scott Harshbarger, standing outside of the Democratic National Committee headquarters, singled out party Chairman Terry McAuliffe for undermining the new law. McAuliffe, the prolific fund-raiser for former President Bill Clinton, earlier this year hailed the soft money...

Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle is warning his South Dakota constituents about "out-of-state special interests" criticizing his voting record in Congress, but records show a majority of his campaign money came from out-of-state donors. Missing from that March 20 warning, which came in the form of a letter to South Dakotans, was the fact that campaign finance records show more than 85 percent of the money in Daschle's reelection war chest comes from contributors outside the state. Daschle sent the letter to defend himself against the "partisan obstructionist" label he says is being applied to him by his political opponents,...