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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
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 10/4/2012 NC House District 37 Oppose Paul Stam $14.00
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 10/25/2012 NC House District 37 Oppose Paul Stam $14.20
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 10/22/2012 NC House District 37 Oppose Paul Stam $14.20
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 10/3/2012 NC House District 116 Oppose Tim Moffitt $20.80
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 10/25/2012 NC House District 40 Oppose Marilyn Avila $21.60
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 10/16/2012 NC House District 40 Support Watt Jones $21.80
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 10/25/2012 NC House District 36 Oppose Nelson Dollar $21.80
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 10/22/2012 NC House District 36 Oppose Nelson Dollar $21.80
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 10/4/2012 NC House District 36 Oppose Nelson Dollar $22.00
Real Jobs NC 9/21/2012 NC House District 45 Support* John Szoka $26.00
Real Jobs NC 9/21/2012 Governor Support* Pat McCrory $26.00
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 4/10/2012 NC House District 2 Support Winkie Wilkins $30.00
NC Citizens for Freedom in Education IE PAC 10/26/2012 NC House District 72 Support Ed Hanes $33.33
NC Citizens for Freedom in Education IE PAC 10/26/2012 NC Senate District 32 Support Earline Parmon $33.33
NC Citizens for Freedom in Education IE PAC 10/26/2012 NC House District 71 Support Evelyn Terry $33.33
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 10/26/2012 NC Supreme Court Support Sam Ervin $38.58
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 10/26/2012 Governor Support Walter Dalton $38.58
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 10/30/2012 NC Senate District 15 Support Sig Hutchinson $38.58
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 10/30/2012 NC House District 41 Support Jim Messina $38.58
North Carolina Citizens for Protecting Our... 11/9/2012 Governor Support Walter Dalton $39.00
North Carolina Citizens for Protecting Our... 11/9/2012 NC House District 49 Support Keith Karlsson $39.00
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 10/22/2012 NC House District 41 Oppose Tom Murry $46.20
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 10/3/2012 NC House District 41 Oppose Tom Murry $46.80
North Carolina Citizens for Protecting Our... 11/9/2012 Governor Support Walter Dalton $48.00
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 10/20/2012 NC House District 41 Oppose Tom Murry $48.71
North Carolina Citizens for Protecting Our... 11/9/2012 NC House District 51 Support Bill Tatum $49.00
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 10/17/2012 NC House District 49 Oppose Jim Fulghum $50.00
NC Values Coalition 11/1/2012 NC House District 93 Support* Jonathan Jordan $50.00
North Carolina Citizens for Protecting Our... 11/9/2012 NC House District 35 Support Lori Millberg $53.00
North Carolina Citizens for Protecting Our... 11/9/2012 Governor Support Walter Dalton $53.00
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