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Super PACs, nonprofits favored Romney over Obama

By the numbers Source: FEC/Center for Responsive Politics Source: FEC/Center for Responsive Politics Super PACs and nonprofits unleashed by the Citizens United Supreme Court decision have spent more than $840 million on the 2012 election, with the overwhelming majority favoring Republicans, particularly GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney. An estimated $577 million, or roughly 69 percent, […]

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