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• Source: Orlando Sentinel
• Date: September 03, 2006
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• Bylines: Dan Tracy
• Topics: Campaign Finance
• Data Types: State Data
• Description/Excerpt: Dan Tracy of the Orlando Sentinel used state campaign finance data to show that "building on a GOP takeover of the Legislature a decade ago and the election of Gov. Jeb Bush two years later, the Republican Party of Florida has turned control of state government into a torrent of campaign cash. During that nine-year-period, the state GOP has raised a total of $172.7 million, according to an Orlando Sentinel analysis of the money raised by both parties since 1997. That compares with $103 million by the Democrats." Florida Democrats now rely on labor unions and trial lawyers for one of every six dollars they raise.