Tag Archives: National Institute on Money in State Politics

How much are anti-gun control groups spending on state politics?

By Dposorio | Published: December 21, 2012

Using data made available by the National Institute on Money in State Politics, I downloaded and compiled a history of political spending in state politics by anti-gun control interests like the NRA. I did this for all 50 states and for the years 2006-2012. My goal was to be able to answer a simple question: [...]

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The Cost of Winning a Senate Race

By Dposorio | Published: May 9, 2012

To illustrate the large difference in the amount of money needed to win a US Senate seat (quite a lot) and the amount needed to win a state Senate seat (much, much less), a recent Mother Jones article used some calculations that I thought were somewhat lacking – so I decided to make improvements. To [...]

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