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October 14, 2010
With a $500,000 contribution on Tuesday, Cisco is now tied with Viacom as the two largest contributors in opposition to Prop 24 with each giving $1,600,000. Salesforce.com and BNSF Railway gave first-time donations this week with $125,000 and $10,000 respectively.
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The fate of California's redistricting laws will be determined at the ballot box this year by the winner of two opposing initiatives. Prop. 27 is supported by Democratic campaign committees, unions and a well-heeled entertainment mogul named Haim Saban. The opposition to Prop. 27 and support of Prop. 20 is being funded almost entirely by two individuals: Charles T. Munger Jr., a self-employed physicist who has contributed over $11 million to the campaign group "Yes on 20, No on 27." and an additional million from Munger's wife Charlotte A. Lowell, an attorney.
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October 08, 2010
Based on analysis of campaign finance data, roughly 70 percent of the $8,398,509 that has been donated as of Oct. 7th in support of Prop. 23 are from sources outside of California. On the other side, analysis of donors against Prop. 23 shows that just 15 percent of the $15,695,276 received are from sources out of state.
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October 07, 2010
Oct. 7, 2010 - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has given more than $227,000 to the campaign committees of Democrats elected to Congress since the beginning of the 2002 election cycle, their Republican counterparts have received more than $580,000 during the same period.
Owen Poindexter
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October 04, 2010
Contributions to groups campaigning in support of Prop 26 total over $8.2 million and have come largely from the pro-business group California Chamber of Commerce, a collection alcoholic beverage producers, followed by oil and insurance companies. Supporting money outpaces the opposition total ($1.2 million) by a ratio of nearly 7 to 1.
Chad Outler
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Oct. 4, 2010 - Visa gave contributions totaling more than $400,000. Mastercard made contributions nearing $600,000. American Express was by far the most generous, making contributions that amount to more than $2,000,000.
Jeffrey ErnstFriedman
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October 01, 2010
Gloria Allred, the attorney representing Nicky Diaz Santillan, the housekeeper involved in the illegal immigrant issue hovering over the gubernatorial campaign of GOP candidate Meg Whitman, has made multiple contributions to Democratic candidates in the past, including a $150 contribution to Jerry Brown in 2006 for his attorney general campaign.