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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
Hayden S. Soloway 4/26/2012 Support $100.00
Hayden S. Soloway 4/26/2012 Support $135.00
Common Sense Matters 4/26/2012 NC House District 22 Oppose* William Brisson $9,078.00
NC Citizens for Freedom in Education IE PAC 4/25/2012 NC House District 22 Support William Brisson $4,786.32
NC Citizens for Freedom in Education IE PAC 4/25/2012 NC House District 60 Support Marcus Brandon $4,786.32
NC Citizens for Freedom in Education IE PAC 4/25/2012 NC House District 2 Support Jim Crawford $4,786.32
Common Sense Matters 4/25/2012 NC House District 2 Oppose* Jim Crawford $8,824.00
NC Citizens for Freedom in Education IE PAC 4/24/2012 NC House District 2 Jim Crawford $3,514.91
NC Citizens for Freedom in Education IE PAC 4/24/2012 NC House District 60 Marcus Brandon $3,514.91
NC Citizens for Freedom in Education IE PAC 4/24/2012 NC House District 22 Support* William Brisson $3,514.91
North Carolina Chamber IE 4/24/2012 NC House District 49 Support* Jim Fulghum $348.75
North Carolina Chamber IE 4/24/2012 NC House District 80 Support* Jerry Dockham $232.50
North Carolina Chamber IE 4/24/2012 NC House District 79 Support* Julia Howard $232.50
North Carolina Chamber IE 4/24/2012 NC House District 87 Support Edgar Starnes $3,792.93
North Carolina Chamber IE 4/24/2012 NC House District 87 Support* Edgar Starnes $261.56
North Carolina Chamber IE 4/24/2012 NC House District 2 Support* Jim Crawford $158.41
North Carolina Chamber IE 4/24/2012 NC House District 80 Support Jerry Dockham $5,581.40
North Carolina Chamber IE 4/24/2012 NC House District 80 Support* Jerry Dockham $158.41
North Carolina Chamber IE 4/24/2012 NC Senate District 45 Support Dan Soucek $3,792.93
Common Sense Matters 4/24/2012 NC House District 22 Oppose* William Brisson $9,078.00
North Carolina Chamber IE 4/24/2012 NC House District 79 Support Julia Howard $7,308.12
North Carolina Chamber IE 4/24/2012 NC House District 87 Support* Edgar Starnes $158.41
North Carolina Chamber IE 4/24/2012 NC House District 49 Support Jim Fulghum $3,037.50
North Carolina Chamber IE 4/24/2012 NC House District 22 Support* William Brisson $158.41
North Carolina Chamber IE 4/24/2012 NC House District 32 Support* Michael Wray $158.41
North Carolina Chamber IE 4/24/2012 NC House District 22 Support* William Brisson $523.12
North Carolina Chamber IE 4/24/2012 NC House District 22 Support William Brisson $13,750.96
North Carolina Chamber IE 4/24/2012 NC House District 79 Support* Julia Howard $158.41
North Carolina Chamber IE 4/24/2012 NC House District 2 Support* Jim Crawford $523.12
North Carolina Chamber IE 4/24/2012 NC House District 32 Support* Michael Wray $232.50
Page SUM $92,687.04