Spirit of Democracy
<p>==</p><p>A political action committee sponsored by moderate GOP super-donor <a href="http://www.calnewsroom.com/2014/05/21/state-assembly-73-charles-munger-pac-spends-more-than-all-candidates-combined/www.calnewsroom.com/tag/charles-munger/">Charles Munger</a>, Jr. has spent more than $300,000 on behalf of an Orange County Republican legislative candidate.
The <a href="http://www.calnewsroom.com/2014/05/21/state-assembly-73-charles-munger-pac-spends-more-than-all-candidates-combined/www.calnewsroom.com/tag/spirit-of-democracy-california/">Spirit of Democracy California</a>, which has received much of its <a href="http://cal-access.ss.ca.gov/PDFGen/pdfgen.prg?filingid=1816125&amendid=0">financial support</a> from Munger, has spent $322,713 to support Republican school board member <a href="http://www.calnewsroom.com/2014/05/21/state-assembly-73-charles-munger-pac-spends-more-than-all-candidates-combined/www.calnewsroom.com/tag/anna-bryson/">Anna Bryson</a>‘s campaign for the 73rd Assembly District. That’s more than all of the candidates in the race — <span style="text-decoration: underline;">combined</span>, according to the most recent figures posted at <a href="http://www.aroundthecapitol.com/districts/AD73/">ElectionTrack.com</a>.
The bulk of support for Bryson came on May 19 in the form of a quarter million dollars in television ads, according to state <a href="http://cal-access.ss.ca.gov/PDFGen/pdfgen.prg?filingid=1851675&amendid=0">campaign finance filings</a>.</p>
<h3>Munger’s Priority: “Pro-family” Orange County Conservative?</h3>
<p>Munger’s support for Bryson is a noticeable departure from his past
emphasis on electing moderate candidates that will expand the party’s
outreach to minority voters. A Capistrano Unified School District
Trustee, Bryson is a member of the <a href="http://www.calnewsroom.com/2014/05/21/state-assembly-73-charles-munger-pac-spends-more-than-all-candidates-combined/www.calnewsroom.com/tag/nra/">National Rifle Association</a> and has expressed support for putting guns in classrooms.
An Orange County blog, <a href="http://dissenttheblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/anna-bryson-gun-nut.html">Dissent the Blog</a>, has dubbed Bryson a “gun nut.” Shortly after the NRA proposed “installing armed guards on every campus,” Bryson told the <a href="http://www.ocregister.com/news/school-381821-district-gun.html">Orange County Register</a> that it was an idea worth further study.</p>
<blockquote><p>Anna Bryson, a trustee for Capistrano Unified, the
county’s second-largest school district, said she examined the NRA’s
stance Friday with great interest. She’s an NRA member and grew up in a
household of gun owners.
“We have made schools gun-free zones, weapons-free zones, and all of
the people who have evil intent are aware of it,” Bryson said. “I don’t
think that people with evil intent should have that comfort level. If
they walk through our doors, they should be wondering, ‘Is there someone
there who could harm me first?'”</p></blockquote>
<p>She’s also received strong support from traditional values groups that oppose abortion and gay marriage.
<a href="http://www.calnewsroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/OC-Pro-Family-Guide-June-2014.pdf"><img class="alignright wp-image-2405 size-medium" src="http://www.calnewsroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/OC-Pro-Family-June-2014-Voter-Guide-230x300.png" alt="OC Pro-Family June 2014 Voter Guide" height="300" width="230" /></a>Bryson
is one of three GOP candidates for the 73rd Assembly District to be
endorsed by the Life Priority Network, according to its June 2014 “<a href="http://www.calnewsroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/OC-Pro-Family-Guide-June-2014.pdf">Orange County Pro-Family Candidate List</a>.” To
be included on the list, candidates must “uphold strong traditional
family values and prudent fiscal practice, oppose the killing of preborn
children for sex selection, convenience and birth control, and oppose
assisted suicide and euthanasia.”
The same group has backed Bryson in her past campaigns for school board and the Orange County Republican Central Committee.</p>
<h3>Other IE Support for Bryson</h3>
<p>In addition to Munger’s independent expenditure, Bryson has been
bolstered by $60,000 in outside support from Ed Voice and the California
Charter Schools Association.
Other GOP candidates in the race are Rancho Santa Margarita City Councilman <a href="http://www.calnewsroom.com/wp-admin/www.calnewsroom.com/tag/jesse-petrilla/">Jesse Petrilla</a>, small business owner <a href="http://www.calnewsroom.com/tag/paul-glaab/">Paul Glaab</a>, Dana Point Councilman <a href="http://www.calnewsroom.com/wp-admin/www.calnewsroom.com/tag/bill-brough/">Bill Brough</a>. The lone Democrat expected to advance past the June primary election is <a href="http://www.calnewsroom.com/wp-admin/www.calnewsroom.com/tag/wendy-gabriella/">Wendy Gabriella</a>, a teacher and civil attorney.
Campaign Filing: <a href="http://www.calnewsroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Charles-Munger-Anna-Bryson-IE.pdf">Spirit of Democracy California Independent Expenditure</a></p>
<h3>Independent Expenditures Supporting Anna Bryson</h3>
<table width="764"><tbody><tr><td width="68">DATE</td><td width="289">NAME</td><td width="93">AMOUNT</td><td width="314">DESCRIPTION</td></tr><tr><td>5/19/2014</td><td>SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFORNIA</td><td>$250,000.00</td><td>T.V. OR CABLE AIRTIME AND PRODUCTION COSTS</td></tr><tr><td>5/15/2014</td><td>SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFORNIA</td><td>$21,332.70</td><td>CAMPAIGN LITERATURE AND MAILINGS</td></tr><tr><td>5/19/2014</td><td>SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFORNIA</td><td>$6,378.03</td><td>CAMPAIGN LITERATURE AND MAILINGS</td></tr><tr><td>5/15/2014</td><td>SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFORNIA</td><td>$17,500.00</td><td>POLLING</td></tr><tr><td>5/15/2014</td><td>SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFORNIA</td><td>$17,073.55</td><td>SURVEY RESEARCH</td></tr><tr><td>5/16/2014</td><td>SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY CALIFORNIA</td><td>$10,429.44</td><td>CAMPAIGN LITERATURE AND MAILINGS</td></tr><tr><td>4/25/2014</td><td>CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOC.</td><td>$10,000.00</td><td>POLLING AND SURVEY RESEARCH</td></tr><tr><td>5/14/2014</td><td>CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOC.</td><td>$21,332.70</td><td>CAMPAIGN LITERATURE AND MAILINGS</td></tr><tr><td>5/19/2014</td><td>EDVOICE IE COMMITTEE</td><td>$18,200.00</td><td>POLLING – IN-KIND</td></tr><tr><td>5/19/2014</td><td>EDVOICE IE COMMITTEE</td><td>$10,429.44</td><td>LIT</td></tr></tbody></table><p>==
2014</p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/indexpend.php?cycle=2012&cmte=C00521211">http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/indexpend.php?cycle=2012&cmte=C00521211</a></p>
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<table class="datadisplay" style=" border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; width: 630px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><tbody><tr style=" background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">MUNGER, JR, CHARLES
PALO ALTO, CA 94301</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">PHYSICIST</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">04/21/14</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$100,000</td></tr><tr style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">MUNGER, JR, CHARLES
PALO ALTO, CA 94301</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">PHYSICIST</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">05/12/14</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$35,000</td></tr><tr style=" background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">HAYDE, MICHAEL K
IRVINE, CA 92614</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">WESTERN NATIONAL GROUP</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">05/12/14</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$25,000</td></tr><tr style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">MCKERNAN, THOMAS
ARCADIA, CA 91006</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">RETIRED</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">05/14/14</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$5,000</td></tr><tr style=" background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">MUNGER, JR, CHARLES
PALO ALTO, CA 94301</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">PHYSICIST</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">12/20/13</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$5,000</td></tr><tr style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">MUNGER, JR, CHARLES
PALO ALTO, CA 94301</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">PHYSICIST</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">03/19/14</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$3,750</td></tr><tr style=" background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">MUNGER, JR, CHARLES
PALO ALTO, CA 94301</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">PHYSICIST</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">04/19/14</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$3,750</td></tr><tr style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">MUNGER, JR, CHARLES
PALO ALTO, CA 94301</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">PHYSICIST</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">05/19/14</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$1,875</td></tr><tr style=" background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">HAKES, HOWARD
LA CRESCENTA, CA 91214</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">HITCHCOCK AUTOMOTIVE RESOURCE</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">05/02/14</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$1,000</td></tr><tr style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">HITCHCOCK, FREDERICK E
LAS VEGAS, NV 89145</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">HITCHCOCK AUTOMOTIVE RESOURCE</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p>===</p>
<p>
2012
</p>
<table class="datadisplay" style=" border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; width: 630px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><tbody><tr style=" background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">MUNGER, JR, CHARLES
PALO ALTO, CA 94301</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">PHYSICIST</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">10/05/12</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$800,000</td></tr><tr style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">MUNGER, JR, CHARLES
PALO ALTO, CA 94301</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">PHYSICIST</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">10/19/12</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$500,000</td></tr><tr style=" background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">MUNGER, JR, CHARLES
PALO ALTO, CA 94301</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">PHYSICIST</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">10/15/12</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$300,000</td></tr><tr style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">MUNGER, JR, CHARLES
PALO ALTO, CA 94301</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">PHYSICIST</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">09/12/12</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$150,000</td></tr><tr style=" background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">MUNGER, JR, CHARLES
PALO ALTO, CA 94301</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">PHYSICIST</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">05/17/12</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$117,000</td></tr><tr style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">SAN MANUEL BAND OF MISSION INDIANS
LOS ANGELES, CA 90010</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"> </td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">05/30/12</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$50,000</td></tr><tr style=" background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">MUNGER, JR, CHARLES
PALO ALTO, CA 94301</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">PHYSICIST</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">12/12/12</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$20,000</td></tr><tr style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">MUNGER, JR, CHARLES
PALO ALTO, CA 94301</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">PHYSICIST</td><td style=" padding: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">06/28/12</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$14,00</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p> </p>
<p>
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<p>
2012</p>
<p>
: $2,089,616
Total For Democrats: $0
Total Against Democrats: $284,800
Total For Republicans: $1,736,824
Total Against Republicans: $67,992</p>
<p>
Candidate State Party Office Total For Against</p>
<p>
Capps, Lois CA D House $284,800 $0 $284,800
Cook, Paul CA R House $824,636 $824,636 $0
Emken, Elizabeth CA R Senate $2,851 $2,851 $0
Imus, Gregg CA R House $67,992 $0 $67,992
Maldonado, Abel CA R House $906,486 $906,486 $0
Romney, Mitt R President $2,851 $2,851 $0
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<p style=" padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">The <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/detail.php?cmte=Spirit+of+Democracy+America" style=" color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Spirit of Democracy America</a> super PAC</span>, which registered with the Federal Election Commission on May 14, has no website.
Money, however, was not a problem. The super PAC reported spending more than $160,000 supporting Republican Rep. <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary.php?cycle=2012&id=CA08" style=" color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Paul Cook</a> with a series of media buys during his tightly contested primary campaign in California’s 8th congressional district — a total that accounted for 64 percent of all the outside spending in the race.
The source of the funds that fueled Spirit’s expenditures in that race, though, is still unknown. Thanks to a particular quirk in FEC reporting rules, the group was able to run ads in the run-up to the California primary without disclosing its donors. When voters went to the polls June 5 and sent Cook on to the general election ballot, they did so without knowing where a heavy hitting super PAC came up with the money it used to try to influence their votes. </p>
<div style=" margin: 5px 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span style=" color: rgb(33, 43, 74);">The office of Spirit’s treasurer, </span><font color="#ff0000">Thomas Hiltachk</font><font color="#212b4a"> — a partner at a law firm with which the group shares an address — did not respond to requests for comment. </font>
<p style=" color: rgb(33, 43, 74); padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px;">
And Spirit of Democracy America is not alone. It and eight other super PACs that collectively spent nearly $1.3 million in recent primaries disclosed just $37,318 in 2012 cycle contributions prior to the time votes were cast, according to a <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/" style=" color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Center for Responsive Politics</a> analysis. </p>
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<div style=" color: rgb(33, 43, 74); margin: 5px 0px;">Any super PAC choosing to submit its reports to the FEC on a quarterly schedule must file a pre-election report detailing its finances — including donors’ names — before a primary in which it is active. But then there’s a black hole – a period of 20 days before the primary election, during which the group can take in and spend money without disclosing its donors until the next quarterly filing.</div>
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<div style=" color: rgb(33, 43, 74); margin: 5px 0px;">In other words, by timing their expenditures just right in the races on which they focused, these super PACs are able to keep their donors under the radar until after the primaries. The public will learn who the contributors were on July 15. </div>
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<div style=" margin: 5px 0px;">Some of the groups participated in the 2010 elections, which means there’s a record of their earlier contributors. But for some of the groups that were spending during the primary campaigns, there are still no donors in the public record and no indication of the groups’ leadership.
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<p style=" padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">The spending patterns of the Conservatives Acting Together PAC, or <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/detail.php?cmte=Conservatives+Acting+Together+PAC" style=" color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">CATPAC</a>, demonstrate the loophole. The super PAC filed a pre-primary report on May 16 disclosing all donors and expenditures from April 5 to May 9. CATPAC reported having received just $20,500 in contributions, and that it was down to less than $25 cash on hand.
Yet the day after its report, CATPAC made a nearly $100,000 radio buy supporting<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary.php?cycle=2012&id=TX25" style=" color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Michael Williams</a>‘ bid for the GOP nomination in Texas’ 25th congressional district. </p>
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<div style=" margin: 5px 0px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">So who was the behind that near six-figure ad buy?
<p style=" padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px;">
CATPAC’s treasurer, Jill Mellinger, did not reply when <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/news/" style=" color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><i>OpenSecrets Blog</i></a> asked her about the group’s strategy for raising money for the $98,170 media buy one day after it reported having just $25 in the bank.
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Another of these groups played a role in one of the highest-profile primaries of the year: Tea party favorite <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary.php?cycle=2012&id=INS1" style=" color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Richard Mourdock</a>‘s successful raid on 35-year GOP Sen. <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00001764&cycle=2012" style=" color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Richard Lugar</a>‘s seat. <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/detail.php?cmte=USA+Super+PAC" style=" color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">USA Super PAC</a> was started April 5 by fellow Indiana resident and conservative attorney James Bopp, who represented Citizens United’s challenge to federal election laws before the case made it to the Supreme Court. The group spent about $108,000 supporting Mourdock in the week before the primary, and has not disclosed any of its donors. Because the PAC was organized after the end of March but did not make any expenditures until within 20 days of the election, it did not have to file a campaign finance report with the FEC before the election.
Bopp told <i>OpenSecrets Blog</i> that the lack of disclosure was an accident of FEC rules, not a deliberate strategy to protect donor anonymity.
“It’s just the way the filing schedule worked,” he said.</p>
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<div>goes back to 04</div>
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<table class="tablesorter" id="tab" style=" border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; font-family: arial; margin: 10px 0pt 15px; font-size: 10pt; width: 629px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px;"><tbody><tr class="odd"><td> </td></tr><tr class="even"><td style=" color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Fox, Richard</td><td class="center" style=" text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">R</td><td class="center" style=" text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">CA</td><td style=" color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">House</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$82,674</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$82,674</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$0</td><td class="center" style=" text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </td><td class="center" style=" text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style=" color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">Amador, Tony</td><td class="center" style=" text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">R</td><td class="center" style=" text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">CA</td><td style=" color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">House</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">$63,704</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">$63,704</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">$0</td><td class="center" style=" text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);"> </td><td class="center" style=" text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);"> </td></tr><tr class="even"><td style=" color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Kleinman, Pablo</td><td class="center" style=" text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">R</td><td class="center" style=" text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">CA</td><td style=" color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">House</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$4,755</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$4,755</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$0</td><td class="center" style=" text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </td><td class="center" style=" text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style=" color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">Nestande, Brian</td><td class="center" style=" text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">R</td><td class="center" style=" text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">CA</td><td style=" color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">House</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">$1,259</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">$1,259</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">$0
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<div>just munger 5K</div>
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