Institute on Money in State Politics summary of state election data and trends. Includes information from legislative seat races, gubernatorial races and Supreme Court races.

About 85 percent of voters believe the decisions of Illinois judges are influenced by campaign contributors, political party leaders, and special interest groups, according to a recent public opinion

Texans for Public Justice summary of the top individual donors during the 2004 election cycle.

http://www.tpj.org/press_releases/pdf/topdonors04.pdf

Democracy North Carolina research on the Pollution Lobby. Includes the following reports:

One-page flyer with Update on Pollution Lobby's PAC Spending (2005)

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Campaign Contributions and Roll Call Votes in Illinois.

Business is booming for oil and gas interests in Colorado. In 2002, it is estimated that oil and gas companies in Colorado will extract a record $2 billion worth of oil and gas out of the ground.

Campaign contributions from the Communications and Technology industries buy political access and influence in Colorado politics.

In the later half of the 1990s uncontrolled growth emerged as the number one concern of Coloradans due to negative impacts on traffic, open space, affordable housing, water availability and overall qu

In the early stages of the 2002 legislative session, state legislators proclaimed that increasing access to healthcare and making prescription