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They Tried To Buy The Primaries
By Steve Rhodes
Data for top primary campaign contributors (contributions and loans) from January 1, 2009 to January 2, 2010 supplied by the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform. Comments by me.
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1. Mary McKenna, $2,732,000.
It must be nice to be a kept man, Andy.
2. SEIU HealthCare IL In PAC/SEIU IL Council, $2,066,000.
They give to Republicans too.
3. Scott Lee Cohen, $1,788,666.
But you couldn't buy a responsible press.
4. RP Lumber, Inc., Plummer General, Jason Plummer, Robert Plummer, $1,310,000.
Another rich kid coasting on daddy's money.
5. IL Education Assn IPACE, $872,500.
Backed Hynes, Dillard and Hoffman.
Posted on February 8, 2010
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