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Map Shows Pro/Con Props Spending

The campaigns for and against Idaho’s Propositions 1, 2, 3 have brought in a lot of money, a lot of it from out-of-state. All told, the two sides have received donations totaling $4.88 million, according to campaign disclosure forms filed with the Idaho Secretary of State’s Office.  The data show 953 people or entities have donated to the campaigns.  Seventy-seven percent of those contributions went to the repeal effort. Click around the map (follow link) to see the top 100 donors who want repeal (vote no) the laws, and the top 100 donors who want to keep them in place (vote yes)/Emilie Ritter Saunders & Molly Messick, StateImpact. More here.

Question: Anything jump out to you re: spending for and against Idaho education reform propositions?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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