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Related: About this forumBoehner spent $19,000,000 on his race that was never in question
http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00003675I saw that he was the top spending candidate in the House from his "own" money in his own race.
Gee....wonder where that money went to.... Gee wonder why he is Speaker of the House....
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Boehner spent $19,000,000 on his race that was never in question (Original Post)
underpants
Nov 2012
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WCGreen
(45,558 posts)1. If you look at his report I will bet you will find a whole mess of $2500 contributions
to people running for congress as well as a bunch of checks to the various republican parties in Ohio.
RogerM
(150 posts)2. Redistribution of wealth by the speaker
Distribution to other races most likely
cleduc
(653 posts)3. With his Leadership PAC, he got $24 mil and spent $23 mil
http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/expend.php?cycle=2012&cid=N00003675&type=C
but a bunch of it, $11.3 mil was transferred to the National Republican Congressional Cmte and $400k to Ohio Republican Party-Federal Account. He also may have helped them with lists and mailings.
but a bunch of it, $11.3 mil was transferred to the National Republican Congressional Cmte and $400k to Ohio Republican Party-Federal Account. He also may have helped them with lists and mailings.
C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)4. Must have been...
one hell of a victory party (hic).
Boehner is well on his way to being the
orange-toned Foster Brooks of the GOP.
undeterred
(34,658 posts)5. What a waste.
I gotta say this for James Sensenbrenner. He's rich, but he's really cheap and would never waste that kind of money on a safe seat. Which is sensible.