Yesterday, we showed you this report by The Washington Independent that a whopping 95 percent of Conservative candidate Doug Hoffman's cash came from outside the district. Today, the Independent crunched some more numbers and found that Democrat Bill Owens also got most of his cash from outside the district -- 86 percent of it.
Only $121,596 of Owens' total (as of Oct. 15) $843,441 came from the district. The biggest donor, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, contributed about 11 percent.
By contrast, $12,360 of the $265,341 Hoffman raised by that same date came from inside the district. His biggest donor was the conservative Club for Growth, which raised more than a third of that.

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Walter Mitty
November 3, 2009 7:09 PM
Will be the same for Joe Wilson and challenger, Rep. Bachmann and challenger and Rep. Grayson and challenger
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holyhandgrenaid
November 3, 2009 7:36 PM in reply to Walter Mitty
Indeed. I seriously feel that like the candidates themselves, all funding should come from within the district, with the possible exception of specifically limited aid from the national parties.
Enough carpetbagging and out-of district interests already.
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