Plenty of money for politics in AmeriKa.
"Patrick’s PAC has fruitful quarter; Fund-raising nets $274,180" August 02, 2011|By Michael Levenson and Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff
In the three months since launching his federal political action committee, Governor Deval Patrick has raised just over a quarter-million dollars, mostly from a small circle of wealthy donors and corporations heavily regulated by the government, according to federal records released yesterday.
The governor, who has said he is raising money to help him travel the country and campaign for President Obama in 2012, hauled in $274,180 for his committee, Together PAC, between March 22 and June 30, according to the Federal Election Commission. Along with the release of his memoir and his book tour, Patrick’s decision to set up the committee represents one of the firmest steps he has taken to raise his national political profile.
The donations came from 70 individuals - among them prominent lawyers, developers and longtime Democratic donors, most of them in Massachusetts - as well as from nine major corporations, including Allstate Insurance, AT&T, Hewlett Packard, Pfizer, and General Electric.
The governor also voluntarily returned one $5,000 donation that he acknowledged accepting in violation of his policy of not taking donations from individuals or entities connected to the gambling industry....
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