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• Source: New York Times
• Date: October 28, 2006
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• Bylines: Aron Pilhofer , Jeff Zeleny
• Topics: Campaign Finance
• Data Types: Federal Data
• Description/Excerpt: An analysis by The New York Times of contributions from Oct. 1 to 18, the latest data available, shows that donations to Republicans from corporate political action committees dropped by 11 percentage points in favor of Democratic candidates, compared with corporate giving from January through September. Republicans still received 57 percent of contributions, compared with 43 percent for Democrats, but it was the first double-digit October switch since 1994.