Vermont news outlets reported last week on funds raised to date by Vermont Senate candidates but they provided no information on the origins of the funds nor the political principles used to raise them.
As briefly summarized in this blog entry, Senator Leahy has been an active participant in the Washington game of PAC and other Special Interest funding of campaigns. In contrast, as his Democratic Primary challenger, I do NOT accept PAC or any other Special Interest funding.
As the political principles used to raise campaign funds could not be further apart between the two Democratic candidates, Vermonters deserve a more detailed accounting.
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