Target Enterprises

lots of mercer $http://targetla.com/off bs<div class="contents-border" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 33px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: titillium_weblight; line-height: 33px;">Target Enterprises was founded in 1979, and is a strategic media placement company based in Los Angeles, California. With over twenty full time employees, we have a reputation of aggressively pursuing and obtaining the best rates for our clients. Our company has managed advertising campaigns in every state in the nation. Target provides research, planning, and advertising placement for companies, ballot initiatives, political campaigns, independent expenditures, and corporate advocacy efforts. With an advanced use of data, proprietary research, and unsurpassed experience and expertise, we provide our clients with the strategic planning they need to target their precise audience in the most cost-effective way available. We measure our options throughout all available mediums, which includes digital, broadcast, cable, radio, print and outdoor. In today’s world of more outlets and more options, Target delivers a precise, direct, and personalized approach to make the most of our client’s ad dollars. We cover the entire spectrum of advertising options – not just television and radio.<p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 33px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: titillium_weblight; line-height: 33px;">Since every media market’s mediums have different pricing and penetration, no combination is consistently the right method. This is why Target does not rely on sub-vendors or seasonal staff to manage our placements. When we call a media outlet the person on the other end of the phone – the advertising directors, sales managers, and station heads – know who we are and what we expect; the best rates and the best placements. Known for our experience, unsurpassed knowledge of the regulatory environment, and relentless price negotiations.<p class="normal-29" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 33px; font-size: 29px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: titillium_weblight; line-height: 33px;">Target is widely respected in the advertising industry.</div><div class="tab-wrap" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 44px; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><h2 class="for-pc" style="border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-top-style: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 39px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 1; font-weight: normal; font-family: planerregular; color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><small style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 39px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Meet Our Partners</h2><ul style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; list-style: none; position: relative;"><li class="active first-section" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 33px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: titillium_weblight; line-height: 33px;">
Adam D. Stoll is the President of Target Enterprises. As President, Mr. Stoll oversees a team of media specialists in providing strategic planning and advertising placement services for a variety of corporate, political, and public affairs clients.</li><li class="active first-section" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 33px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: titillium_weblight; line-height: 33px;">Since joining Target, Mr. Stoll has taken a keen interest in innovating this niche industry – through the use of new media, new data, and ratings research. This effort, combined with established experience, has expanded Target’s client-base and carved a path for its continued success. Some recent clients include the National Association of Manufacturers, the Walt Disney Company, the Republican Governors Association, and Clear Channel Communications.</li><li class="active first-section" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 33px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: titillium_weblight; line-height: 33px;">Before joining Target, Mr. Stoll had a career working in both politics and the private sector. Stoll spent five years at Goldman Sachs & Company as a Vice-President in the Public Sector and Infrastructure Banking group.</li><li class="active first-section" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><div class="tab-contents" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 250px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 33px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: titillium_weblight; line-height: 33px;">Prior to joining Goldman, Mr. Stoll served as campaign manager for New York Governor George Pataki’s successful re-election effort. Mr. Stoll steered a massive statewide campaign – cited by ABC News as the “best run campaign in the nation” – winning Governor Pataki a historic third term with the second largest margin of victory for a Republican gubernatorial candidate in State history.<p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 33px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: titillium_weblight; line-height: 33px;">Mr. Stoll’s political experience includes working on a number of local, statewide, and national campaigns. In both 2004 and 2008, Mr. Stoll served as a Senior Advisor to the Republican National Convention. In 1996, Mr. Stoll served as Advertising Director for the Dole/Kemp campaign overseeing the entire national advertising program.<p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 33px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: titillium_weblight; line-height: 33px;">Mr. Stoll currently serves as a member of the Malibu Chapter of the Young President's Organization (YPO). Mr. Stoll has a B.A. from The American University in Washington, D.C. and resides with his wife, Lisa, and their three children in Los Angeles.</div></li><li class="active first-section" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 33px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: titillium_weblight; line-height: 33px;">---</li><li class="active first-section" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 33px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: titillium_weblight; line-height: 33px;">David Bienstock is Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Target Enterprises. Bienstock is recognized nationally as one of the foremost experts in this field, catering to candidates exclusively, as well as ballot initiatives and issue advertising nationwide. Under Bienstock’s direction, Target has been involved in over 300 candidate and ballot initiative races, and more than 50 corporate or commercial advertising initiatives throughout the United States.<p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 33px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: titillium_weblight; line-height: 33px;">Bienstock has been directly involved in many high-profile political races, including: the gubernatorial efforts of George W. Bush in Texas, Pete Wilson in California, Bob Dole's presidential bid in 1996, Richard Riordan's mayoral race in Los Angeles in 1997, and Arnold Schwarzenegger/Total Recall in California in 2003. He additionally has been a part of many high-profile ballot initiatives throughout the United States.<p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 33px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: titillium_weblight; line-height: 33px;">Due to his extensive knowledge of Federal Communications Commission broadcast regulations and the Fairness Doctrine, Bienstock is frequently called upon by major radio, television, and cable properties throughout the United States for guidance in structuring internal rate postures, and assisting broadcasters with various interpretations of FCC guidelines.</li></ul></div>==Robinson said the advertising agency for the RGA is Target Enterprises of Encino, Calf. The RGA’s third quarter report to the IRS shows $15.5 million worth of media buys through Target Enterprises. Target has asked several Michigan broadcasters to withhold records of its Michigan gubernatorial ad buys from their public files, and some broadcasters have complied with Target’s request for non-disclosure. Target was the advertising agency for the Rick Snyder’s campaign committee through the primary election. So much for Michigan first with the Outsourcer.

Total reported payments, 2016 cycle: $80,810,484<div id="DataTables_Table_0_wrapper" class="dataTables_wrapper no-footer"><table class="DataTable datadisplay dataTable no-footer" id="DataTables_Table_0" role="grid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; background: rgb(224, 230, 236); width: 622px;"><thead><tr role="row" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><th class="sorting" tabindex="0" aria-controls="DataTables_Table_0" rowspan="1" colspan="1" aria-label="Rank: activate to sort column ascending" style="padding: 3px 10px 3px 3px; text-align: center; background: url(" assets="assets" icons="icons" arrow-both-dd5f374084489add793555a117dcadfdeb32f5f601fd37781811813305d0665f.svg="arrow-both-dd5f374084489add793555a117dcadfdeb32f5f601fd37781811813305d0665f.svg" right="right" px="px" center="center" no-repeat="no-repeat" rgb="rgb" vertical-align="vertical-align" middle="middle" width="width">Rank</th><th class="sorting" tabindex="0" aria-controls="DataTables_Table_0" rowspan="1" colspan="1" aria-label="Customer/Payor: activate to sort column ascending" style="padding: 3px 10px 3px 3px; 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text-align: center; background: url(" assets="assets" icons="icons" arrow-both-dd5f374084489add793555a117dcadfdeb32f5f601fd37781811813305d0665f.svg="arrow-both-dd5f374084489add793555a117dcadfdeb32f5f601fd37781811813305d0665f.svg" right="right" px="px" center="center" no-repeat="no-repeat" rgb="rgb" vertical-align="vertical-align" middle="middle" width="width">Number of Payments</th><th class="sorting" tabindex="0" aria-controls="DataTables_Table_0" rowspan="1" colspan="1" aria-label="First Payment: activate to sort column ascending" style="padding: 3px 10px 3px 3px; text-align: center; background: url(" assets="assets" icons="icons" arrow-both-dd5f374084489add793555a117dcadfdeb32f5f601fd37781811813305d0665f.svg="arrow-both-dd5f374084489add793555a117dcadfdeb32f5f601fd37781811813305d0665f.svg" right="right" px="px" center="center" no-repeat="no-repeat" rgb="rgb" vertical-align="vertical-align" middle="middle" width="width">First Payment</th><th class="sorting" tabindex="0" aria-controls="DataTables_Table_0" rowspan="1" colspan="1" aria-label="Last Payment: activate to sort column ascending" style="padding: 3px 10px 3px 3px; text-align: center; background: url(" assets="assets" icons="icons" arrow-both-dd5f374084489add793555a117dcadfdeb32f5f601fd37781811813305d0665f.svg="arrow-both-dd5f374084489add793555a117dcadfdeb32f5f601fd37781811813305d0665f.svg" right="right" px="px" center="center" no-repeat="no-repeat" rgb="rgb" vertical-align="vertical-align" middle="middle" width="width">Last Payment</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr role="row" class="odd"><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">1</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/expenditures.php?cmte=C00541292&cycle=2016#topvendors" style="background: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Conservative Solutions PAC</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$51,091,008</td><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">423</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;">07-24-2015</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;">03-10-2016</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">2</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/expenditures.php?cmte=C00490730&cycle=2016#topvendors" style="background: transparent; text-decoration: none;">RGA Right Direction</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$9,267,815</td><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">20</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;">10-08-2015</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;">10-31-2016</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd"><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">3</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/expenditures.php?cmte=C00620476&cycle=2016#topvendors" style="background: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Florida First Project</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$4,758,090</td><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">21</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;">07-14-2016</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;">11-04-2016</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">4</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/expenditures.php?cmte=N00001489&cycle=2016#topvendors" style="background: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Friends of Pat Toomey</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$4,665,395</td><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">13</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;">05-01-2015</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;">06-10-2016</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd"><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">5</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/expenditures.php?cmte=C00558445&cycle=2016#topvendors" style="background: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Arizona Grassroots Action</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$2,957,466</td><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">26</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;">03-22-2016</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;">10-14-2016</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">6</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/expenditures.php?cmte=C90011677&cycle=2016#topvendors" style="background: transparent; text-decoration: none;">American Future Fund</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$2,820,250</td><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">3</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;">09-01-2016</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;">10-31-2016</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd"><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">7</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/expenditures.php?cmte=C00581777&cycle=2016#topvendors" style="background: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Maryland Usa</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$1,970,730</td><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">12</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;">01-19-2016</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;">09-19-2016</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">8</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/expenditures.php?cmte=C00504530&cycle=2016#topvendors" style="background: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Congressional Leadership Fund</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$1,959,156</td><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">7</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;">09-09-2016</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;">10-21-2016</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd"><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">9</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/expenditures.php?cmte=C00603365&cycle=2016#topvendors" style="background: transparent; text-decoration: none;">New York Wins</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$793,764</td><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">5</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;">05-13-2016</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;">06-10-2016</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">10</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/expenditures.php?cmte=C00101105&cycle=2016#topvendors" style="background: transparent; text-decoration: none;">National Fedn of Independent Business</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$449,000</td><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">2</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;">10-27-2016</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;">10-27-2016</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd"><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">11</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/expenditures.php?cmte=C00617308&cycle=2016#topvendors" style="background: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Effective Leadership For America</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$34,000</td><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">4</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;">08-01-2016</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;">08-17-2016</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">12</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/expenditures.php?cmte=C00487470&cycle=2016#topvendors" style="background: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Club for Growth Action</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$26,600</td><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">1</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;">08-17-2016</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;">08-17-2016</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd"><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">13</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/expenditures.php?cmte=N00031134&cycle=2016#topvendors" style="background: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Pat Meehan for Congress</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$17,210</td><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">2</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;">03-03-2016</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;">03-30-2016</td></tr></tbody></table></div>NOTE: All the numbers on this page are for the 2015-2016 election cycle and based on Federal Election Commission data available electronically on Friday, October 28, 2016.

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<h1>Georgia Report: RGA spends $3.2 million to stop Roy Barnes</h1>

4:54 pm October 11, 2010, by jgalloway

Some have said that the officialdom of the Republican Governors Association in Washington would rather crawl over broken glass than see Roy Barnes return as governor of Georgia. It may not come to that.

But it sure has been expensive. <a href="http://gareport.com/story/2010/10/11/rga-spends-3-2-million-on-governor%E2%80%99s-race/">Tom Crawford at the Georgia Report </a>has this financial tidbit:

The RGA set up a political action committee called RGA Georgia 2010 that is making independent expenditures on behalf of [Republican Nathan] Deal in the governor’s race. Disclosure reports filed last week show that the RGA PAC has now spent more than $3.2 million, largely on negative ads attacking Barnes.

That’s more than twice the amount of money spent by the Democratic Governors Association (DGA), which has turned over a total of $1.5 million to the Democratic Party of Georgia to support the Barnes campaign.

In effect, the RGA has assumed responsibility for producing and airing the negative ads that Deal normally would have paid for out of his own campaign coffers. That flow of Washington dollars has helped Deal erase any fundraising advantage that Barnes might have had earlier in the campaign.

The RGA is largely run by people who came out of Perdue’s political operation in Georgia. Nick Ayers, a Perdue campaign aide, is executive director of the RGA and Chris Schrimpf, who until recently worked in Perdue’s communications office, handles media relations for the organization.

As of Sept. 30, RGA Georgia 2010 reported independent expenditures totaling $3,207,423 in the governor’s race.

The largest part of that money, $2.68 million, has flowed to Target Enterprises, a media-buying firm based in Encino, Calif. Smaller amounts have been paid to the Scott Howell & Co. media production firm ($207,555); Dickey Strategic Relations ($142,446), the consulting firm run by Perdue’s former media spokesman, Derrick Dickey; and the Fabrizio McLaughlin polling firm ($87,500).

The DGA sent its $1.5 million to the Democratic Party of Georgia to spend in support of the Barnes campaign.

Reports filed by the Democratic Party show that the party has spent more than $1.8 million this year with LUC Media Group, the media-buying firm founded by Bobby Kahn, who ran Barnes’ campaigns in 1998 and 2002.

The Democrats spent $20,212 for media production services provided by Raymond Strother, who was also involved in Barnes’ earlier campaigns for governor.

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