Politics & Government
Contractor Contributions Funneled Into Local GOP Campaigns Through GOPAC, Report Says
$10,000 in donations went to Berkeley GOP candidates in 2011 municipal races, article states
New Jersey government contractors banned from making major campaign contributions to state and local politicians are now donating big to a national Republican group that is showering the Garden State GOP with money, a Star-Ledger review has found.
The contributions to GOPAC — a Washington-based nonprofit political advocacy group famous for helping Republicans take control of Congress in the 1990s — reveal how such groups allow contractors to get around state and local laws designed to keep them from making big donations in New Jersey.
GOPAC says it trains Republican candidates in "effective ways to communicate conservative ideas and solutions."
To read the entire article, click here: http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/05/national_republican_group_gives_nj_contractors_a_new_wa...
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