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  LOUISIANA CANDIDATES MAKE EDUCATION REFORM A KEY PART OF CAMPAIGN PLATFORMS
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"All Children Matter-Louisiana is dedicated to electing supporters of meaningful education reform, with an emphasis on public ch... Full Story

VOUCHER GROUP SPENDS BIG IN IOWA
Des Moines Register [10/22/2006]
"A national advocacy group for vouchers and other forms of "school choice" has made a big splash in Iowa races this fall by spen... Full Story

SPENDING ON TV ADS IN GOVERNOR'S RACE TOPS $7 MILLION
Associated Press [10/12/2006]
"MADISON, Wis. - With less than a month until Election Day, spending on television campaign advertising in Wisconsin's hotly con... Full Story

SCHOOL CHOICE GROUP GROWS AS FORCE IN STATE ELECTIONS
ALL CHILDREN MATTER TARGETS CANDIDATES OPPOSING SCHOOL CHOICE.
Education Week [9/27/2006]
"When Utah state Rep. David N. Cox persuaded fellow Republicans to vote against a school voucher bill last year, he did more tha... Full Story

SENATE LOSES MODERATE HELLON
Arizona Capitol Times [9/15/2006]
"And then there was one. The Senate’s two moderate Republicans and office mates were separated by a primary election upse... Full Story

"LOCAL CUBAN GRANDMAS HELPED STATE SEN. ALEX VILLALOBOS BEAT HIS TALLAHASSEE-BACKED, WELL-FINANCED CHALLENGER.
The Miami Herald [9/10/2006]
"Braving the rain and bucking Gov. Jeb Bush, the little old ladies of Senate District 38 trickled into the polls Tuesday to save... Full Story

JONES BLAMES SPECIAL INTERESTS FOR HIS SON’S LOSS
St. Petersburg Times [9/7/2006]
"State Sen. Dennis Jones blames special interest groups for his son’s surprise defeat in the race for the Republican nomination ... Full Story

CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR BREAK FUNDRAISING RECORD
The Associated Press State & Local Wire [9/7/2006]
"Ohio Democrat Ted Strickland raised 40 percent more cash than Republican Ken Blackwell last month and the candidates broke the ... Full Story

VILLALOBOS FOES SATURATE AIRWAVES;
ATTACK ADS IN A FLORIDA STATE SENATE RACE FLOODED THE AIRWAVES AS GROUPS LOOKING TO UNSEAT THE INCUMBENT HAVE POURED MORE THAN $1 MILLION INTO TV ADVERTISING.
The Miami Herald [9/1/2006]
"The third-party groups known for stuffing mailboxes with attack fliers in Florida's roughest state Senate race are now filling ... Full Story

"THE MORE YOU VOTE, THE BETTER YOU FEEL
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel [8/12/2006]
"State Senate candidate Donovan Riley is a big believer in democracy. So much so that he rarely misses a chance to vote.... Full Story

"WAL-MART, AMWAY STEP INTO STATE RACE
A GROUP THAT SUPPORTS SCHOOL VOUCHERS WILL BE INVOLVED IN A FLORIDA SENATE RACE.
The Miami Herald [8/8/2006]
"Miami Sen. Alex Villalobos' vote against the governor's voucher program has drawn the interest and money of a national school-c... Full Story

SCHOOL CHOICE LATE-BREAKING SENATE ISSUE (IN)
"STEVE GRAVES RECEIVED $9,723 FROM A GROUP THAT SUPPORTS SCHOOL CHOICE.
Muncie Star-Press [5/2/2006]
"MUNCIE -- Steve Graves, one of the three Democratic candidates for state senator in district 26, recently received a $9,723 con... Full Story

GOP SPLIT COULD DOOM TAX-CREDIT PROPOSAL
St. Louis Post-Dispatch [4/20/2006]
"St. Louis lawyer Ed Martin figures that his side has only another week or so before time will run out and it'll have to regroup... Full Story

S.C. IN FOREFRONT OF NATIONAL DEBATE AS SANFORD PUSHES TUITION TAX CREDIT
WAR OF IDEAS ESCALATES
The State [1/3/2005]
"Democracy. Accountability. Public money for public schools, say the fans of public schools. Competition. The free market... Full Story

OUTSIDERS FUELED ELECTION
$7 MILLION WAS TWICE WHAT CANDIDATES RAISED FOR STATE RACES
Rocky Mountain News [1/3/2005]
"Outside groups raised more than $7 million to influence key state legislative races this year, more than double what the candid... Full Story

OUT-OF-STATE DONORS ARE BIG PLAYERS IN TAX CREDIT DEBATE
Salt Lake Tribune [12/26/2004]
"Legislative races in Riverton and Taylorsville would not figure to be high on the radar screen of political trend-setters in Vi... Full Story

GOP HEAVY HITTERS BACK NEW PAC
Evansville Courier & Press [10/27/2004]
"INDIANAPOLIS - A new Indiana political action committee with national ties has popped up and is running ads against Democrats i... Full Story

... AND HIDDEN MOTIVES
St. Petersburg Times [10/27/2004]
"A Michigan-based group created to promote vouchers has joined the election discourse in Florida, but hasn't made its agenda cle... Full Story

PAC BACKING HUNTSMAN
THE PRO-TUITION VOUCHER GROUP VOUCHING FOR HIM
Deseret Morning News [10/26/2004]
"A pro-tuition-tax-credit PAC is independently bankrolling ads supporting GOP gubernatorial candidate Jon Huntsman Jr., who has ... Full Story

PRO-VOUCHER GROUP DROPS CASH ON STATE CAMPAIGNS (FL)
A FLIER FUNDED BY THE MICHIGAN GROUP BACKS REP. FRANK FARKAS.
St. Petersburg Times [10/26/2004]
"ST. PETERSBURG - The flier features a picture of state Rep. Frank Farkas and lists his goals to improve the state's public educ... Full Story

GROUPS PUSH FOR PASSAGE OF TUITION TAX-CREDIT BILL (SC)
The State [7/25/2004]
"What do political groups in Michigan and Washington, D.C., have to do with South Carolina schools? Too much, some think.... Full Story

SCHOOL CHOICE THE BEST OPTION IN FAILING DISTRICTS
The State [7/25/2004]
"A June 17 Associated Press article had this sobering headline: “Study: Black, poor students in S.C. likely to fall farther behi... Full Story

"ATTACKS FLY, BUT NONE HITS PRATT
"MAYORAL FRAY THICKEST AROUND BARRETT, CLARKE
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel [4/13/2004]
"There may be 10 candidates in Milwaukee's mayoral shooting gallery, but to voters watching the latest round of campaign ads on ... Full Story

MAYORAL CANDIDATES HAVE SPENT $1.6 MILLION
"BARRETT, CLARKE, PRATT LOOK TO REACH UNDECIDED VOTERS WITH NEW TV ADS
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel [4/11/2004]
"The 10 mayoral candidates already have topped $1.6 million in spending, but Milwaukee voters will be hearing plenty more from t... Full Story

MICH. PAC GAVE CASH TO 24 VA. POLITICIANS
Richmond Times-Dispatch [11/28/2003]
"A Michigan-based group that advocates vouchers and tuition tax credits is establishing itself as an emerging force in Virginia ... Full Story

LOUISIANA GOVERNOR'S RACE SURE TO SET PRECEDENT
Fox News [11/13/2003]
"One way or the other, Louisiana is going to end up with a first following Saturday's gubernatorial election. ... Full Story

MICHIGAN ADVOCACY GROUP DONATES TO VA CANDIDATES
The Virginian-Pilot (Roanoke) [11/1/2003]
"A Michigan political advocacy group promoting school vouchers and choice is expecting to spend $250,000 in October and November... Full Story

SCHOOL CHOICE PAC HAILS JONES' DEFEAT
VOTE AGAINST VOUCHERS LED TO OUSTER OF INCUMBENT
All Children Matter [10/5/2003]
"All Children Matter – Louisiana State PAC, an organization supporting candidates favoring school choice and education reform,... Full Story