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SUNDAY NOVEMBER 2, 2014
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SPENDING: Where did all the money come from; where is it being spent; find out before Tuesday FROM PAGE A1 investment firm based in Scottsdale. A meric a n Encore has put another more than $750,000 into anti-DuVal ads, plus an a d d it io n a l $ 6 5 0 , 0 0 0 promoting Ducey. T h at g roup i s t he successor to the Koch brothers financed Center to Protect Patient Rights run by Phoenix p ol it ic a l c on su lt a nt Sean Noble. The group is organized under federal tax laws as a “social welfare” organization and does not disclose its donors. Its ties to Ducey and Arizona politics actually go back two years to when Ducey was leading the campaig n to defeat Proposition 204 which would have implemented a permanent 1-cent sales tax, largely to fund education. A meric a ns for Re sponsible Leadership put $ 500,000 into that 2012 effort. But facing charges of violating campaign finance laws in California, former Arizona House Speaker Kirk Adams, head of that group, had to reveal its money came from the Center to Protect Patient Rights — now American Encore. But it’s even more c omplex t h a n t h at : Noble disclosed that CPPR’s money came from Virginia-based Americans for Job Security which does not disclose the source of its funds. I n t h i s ye a r ’s g ubernatorial race, ano t h e r g r o u p wh i c h does not disclose donors, the 60 Plus Association, has spent mor e t h a n $ 5 5 0,0 0 0 attacking DuVal. A n d C o n s e r v at ive Leadership for Arizona spent $ 50,000 promoting Ducey in the general election — on top of $200,000 it spent helping him gain the nomination — and another nearly $120,000 in antiDuVal efforts. Its largest donor is Christine Toretti, a Pennsylvania bu si nesswom a n a nd political activist. On the other side of the equation, most of the more than $900,000 spent in the general election so far on antiDucey ads comes from R e s t o r e A r i z o n a’s Future, with the biggest source of its cash being the Democratic G over nor s A s s o ci a tion. There also is anot her $ 15 5,0 0 0 f rom Revitalize Arizona. That group’s finances are a bit of a Russian nesting doll. Reports show all of its money coming from yet another committee called Residents for Accountability. While some of that is traceable back to labor unions, a big chunk comes from yet another group, Rev iv e A r i z o n a N ow, whose contributors include education groups. The only other statewide race that comes close in the f low of dol lars is the hotlycontested bid to be come t he new st ate attorney general. The Republican Attorneys General Association has poured $2.9 million into commercials attacking Democrat Felecia Rotellini, with another $ 39,000 into ads supporting Republican nominee Mark Br nov ich . Br nov ich
himself has spent close to $200,000. For Rotellini, a group dubbed the Grand Canyo n C o m m it t e e fo r Justice and Fairness, financed by the Democratic Attorneys General Association, has spent $1.3 million on anti-Brnovich ads, with another $450,000 from Revitalize Arizona. Rotellini herself has spent another $1.4 million in her election bid. Br nov ich , by c ontrast, has had to rely on t he outside c ash being spent to defeat his Democrat foe, reporting only about $200,000 in expenses. And virtually all of that was spent in his primary fight against incumbent Tom Horne. The contest for secretary of state also has turned into a situation where the outside funds riva l s — a nd some times exceeds — what the candidates themselves have raised and
are spending. Republican Michele Reagan spent more than $150,000 on her general election fight against Democrat Terry Goddard. But Reagan, who spent another $400,000 in the Republican prim a r y, r ep or t e d s he has another $150,0 0 0 on hand for last-minute campaigning. Goddard has accepted public financing, prohibiting him from taking outside donations other than a series of $160 donations as seed money. He listed close to $ 275,000 in general election expenses on top of another $245,000 he spent in his unopposed primary bid. At t he sa me ti me, t he 6 0 Plu s A sso ciation has spent mor e t h a n $ 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 attacking Goddard. And Arizona’s Legacy, the political action committee formed by Gov. Jan Brewer, has pumped close to $ 320,000 into
commercials promoting Reagan. Brewer has shown a particular interest in this race, as it was Goddard who challenged her for governor four years ago. All four candidates seeking the two open seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission also are running with public money. That means $97,620 for their primaries and $146,430 in general election cash. B ut t h e s p e n d i n g on the race has been far greater. Save Our Future Now lists more than $1.3 million in commercials attacking Democrat Sandra Kennedy, a former commissioner seeking to get her old job back. Democrats have ch a r ge d t h at g r oup is being financed by Pi nnacle West Capital Corp., the parent company of A rizona Public Service, a utility reg ulated by the commission. An APS
spokesman wi l l neither confirm nor deny that financing involvement other than to say the company believes it has a right to weigh in on political races where its interests may be affected. Save Our Future Now has put another $77,450 into promoting Republican Doug Little’s general election bid and close to $760,000 for Republican Tom Forese. That doesn’t count the more than $400,000 the organization spent promoting Little and Forese in the GOP primary. So far, though, the group has not aimed its financial guns at Jim Holway, the other Democrat in the race. The contest for superintendent of pub l ic i n s t r uc t ion h a s been the lowest-profile of a l l t he contested statewide races. R e p u bl i c a n D i a n e Douglas, using public funds, is limited to the
same totals as the corporation commission candidates. Her profile has pretty much been limited to signs. Democrat David Garcia reported spending about $200,000 so far in his race against her, on top of a nearly identical amount in his successful primary race over Sharon Thomas. But Thomas also has benefitted from more than $ 500,000 in outside cash, more than ha l f of t hat comi ng from Restore Education Funding Now. And that g roup, in tur n, gets all of its money from Revive Arizona Now which is financed by education and labor organization. Republican Jef f DeWit, having spent more than $ 300,000 to win the three-way GOP primary for state treasurer, lists general election expenses of less than $37,000, as he has no opposition.
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