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Money is flooding into North Carolina politics. Especially since the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision, which loosened rules on political spending by corporations, unions and other groups, a growing share of that election money is coming from outside groups - those not connected to a candidate or party. And often, the donors are a secret.

FollowNCMoney is North Carolina's first searchable database of independent spending for state-level races. We hope this is a valuable resource for the public, journalists, policy-makers and others wanting to understand the role of money in our democracy.

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Last updated: 12:30 am., January 24

NORTH CAROLINA OUTSIDE MONEY TRACKER

Below is a table of non-party and non-candidate expenditures in North Carolina state-level races for the 2012 election cycle. Included are independent expenditures by 501c4s, 501c6s, 527s, PACs, Super PACs and other "outside" spending groups.

Click on the name of the group/committee to show a list of all expenditures by that group. Click on the NC state office name (e.g., NC House District 1) for a list of all expenditures affecting that race. Click on the name of the candidate for all expenditures targeting that candidate. Click on table headers to sort by committee, expenditure date, race, candidate and expenditure amount.

Committeesort icon Datesort icon Racesort icon Candidatesort icon Amountsort icon
Carolina Business Coalition Education Fund 6/11/2012 NC House District 116 Support* Tim Moffitt $166.25
Carolina Business Coalition Education Fund 6/11/2012 NC Senate District 19 Support* Wesley Meredith $332.50
North Carolina Citizens for Progress 6/8/2012 Governor Oppose Pat McCrory $132,952.50
Grassroots NC Forum for Firearm Education... 6/4/2012 NC Senate District 27 Support Trudy Wade $1,615.30
Grassroots NC Forum for Firearm Education... 6/4/2012 NC House District 117 Support Roger Snyder $248.50
North Carolina Citizens for Progress 5/30/2012 Governor Oppose* Pat McCrory $309,225.00
Republican Governors Association 5/29/2012 Governor Oppose* Walter Dalton $10,538.93
Republican Governors Association 5/24/2012 Governor Oppose* Walter Dalton $18,275.00
North Carolina Citizens for Progress 5/22/2012 Governor Oppose* Pat McCrory $185,535.00
North Carolina Citizens for Progress 5/18/2012 Governor Oppose* Pat McCrory $51,110.00
North Carolina Citizens for Progress 5/18/2012 Governor Oppose* Pat McCrory $247,380.00
Republican Governors Association 5/15/2012 Governor Oppose* Walter Dalton $1,235,361.00
Republican Governors Association 5/15/2012 Governor Oppose* Walter Dalton $18,812.50
Republican Governors Association 5/15/2012 Governor Oppose* Walter Dalton $3,655.00
Republican Governors Association 5/15/2012 Governor Oppose* Walter Dalton $65,019.00
Grassroots NC Forum for Firearm Education... 5/14/2012 NC House District 2 Support Jim Crawford $611.26
Grassroots NC Forum for Firearm Education... 5/14/2012 NC House District 117 Support Roger Snyder $1,249.50
NC Homeowners Alliance 5/3/2012 NC House District 2 Support Jim Crawford $2,450.00
Common Sense Matters 5/3/2012 NC House District 2 Oppose* Jim Crawford $9,105.00
Common Sense Matters 5/3/2012 NC House District 22 Support Matt Dixon $9,022.00
Common Sense Matters 5/2/2012 NC House District 22 Support Matt Dixon $9,022.00
Common Sense Matters 5/2/2012 NC House District 2 Support Winkie Wilkins $8,927.00
Grassroots NC Forum for Firearm Education... 5/2/2012 NC Senate District 41 Support Jeff Tarte $1,544.13
Employees PAC (Formerly SEANC/Empl Pol... 5/1/2012 Lt. Governor Support* Linda Coleman $3,703.10
Employees PAC (Formerly SEANC/Empl Pol... 5/1/2012 NC House District 32 Support* Dollie Burwell $5,000.00
Employees PAC (Formerly SEANC/Empl Pol... 5/1/2012 NC Senate District 45 Oppose* Dan Soucek $7,500.00
Service Employees Intl Union (Formerly SEIU... 5/1/2012 Lt. Governor Support Linda Coleman $150,380.00
Employees PAC (Formerly SEANC/Empl Pol... 5/1/2012 NC House District 109 Oppose* Wil Neumann $5,000.00
Common Sense Matters 5/1/2012 NC House District 2 Oppose* Jim Crawford $8,729.00
Service Employees Intl Union (Formerly SEIU... 5/1/2012 Lt. Governor Support Linda Coleman $3,703.10
Page SUM $2,506,172.57