Dominic Pileggi is the PA GOP state senate majority leader, and a driver of the bill being rushed through the GOP controlled state government to change the allocation of electoral votes in the next presidential election to divide votes by congressional districts, which the GOP has already drawn to its advantage.
Why would a state senator, even the majority leader, need 2.7 million dollars in campaign contributions?
Here's the list, broken down by category of donor, from votesmart:
Donations by Sector (2010)
Agriculture $17,700
Construction $138,550
Communications & Electronics $59,250
Energy & Natural Resources $228,096
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate $340,702
General Business $106,023
Health $158,550
Government Agencies/Education/Other $69,275
Ideology/Single Issue $321,500
Lawyers & Lobbyists $582,060
Labor $253,050
Transportation $66,150
Uncoded $167,385
Party $3,580
Unitemized Contributions $3,546
Candidate Contributions $240,201
Non-Contributions $15,281
Total: $2,770,899
Read more: http://www.votesmart.org/... by Project Vote Smart
Dom, what did you do with the money?
(cross posted at Possible Experience)