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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
State Employees Association of N.C. 2/17/2012 Lt. Governor Support Linda Coleman $13,000.00
Advocates for Justice 2/20/2012 NC House District 22 Oppose William Brisson $6,986.00
Advocates for Justice 3/13/2012 NC House District 22 Oppose William Brisson $8,000.00
Alliance for Access to Dental Care Inc. 3/14/2012 NC House District 80 Support Jerry Dockham $16,000.00
Alliance for Access to Dental Care Inc. 3/14/2012 NC House District 41 Support Tom Murry $31,398.00
Alliance for Access to Dental Care Inc. 3/14/2012 NC House District 67 Support Justin Burr $64,759.00
Alliance for Access to Dental Care Inc. 3/14/2012 NC House District 98 Support Thom Tillis $227,941.57
Alliance for Access to Dental Care Inc. 3/14/2012 NC House District 65 Support Bert Jones $3,056.43
Alliance for Access to Dental Care Inc. 3/14/2012 NC House District 25 Support Jeff Collins $19,605.40
Alliance for Access to Dental Care Inc. 3/14/2012 NC House District 85 Support Mitch Gillespie $7,250.00
Advocates for Justice 3/15/2012 NC House District 22 Oppose William Brisson $5,110.00
State Employees Association of N.C. 3/17/2012 Lt. Governor Support Linda Coleman $1,650.78
Mainstreet Merchants for a Better North... 3/20/2012 NC House District 79 Support Julia Howard $2,405.00
Mainstreet Merchants for a Better North... 3/20/2012 NC House District 27 Support Michael Wray $1,820.00
Mainstreet Merchants for a Better North... 3/20/2012 NC House District 80 Support Jerry Dockham $2,160.00
Mainstreet Merchants for a Better North... 3/20/2012 NC Senate District 48 Support Tom Apodaca $1,310.00
Mainstreet Merchants for a Better North... 3/20/2012 NC Senate District 3 Support Clark Jenkins $1,820.00
Mainstreet Merchants for a Better North... 3/20/2012 NC Senate District 26 Support Phil Berger $2,405.00
Mainstreet Merchants for a Better North... 3/20/2012 NC House District 22 Support William Brisson $1,921.00
Advocates for Justice 3/22/2012 NC House District 22 Oppose William Brisson $5,110.00
Advocates for Justice 3/22/2012 NC House District 22 Oppose William Brisson $1,876.00
Mainstreet Merchants for a Better North... 4/4/2012 NC Senate District 11 Support Buck Newton $1,380.00
Mainstreet Merchants for a Better North... 4/4/2012 NC Senate District 29 Support Jerry Tillman $1,430.00
Advocates for Justice 4/5/2012 NC House District 22 Oppose William Brisson $2,576.00
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 4/10/2012 NC House District 2 Support Winkie Wilkins $750.00
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 4/10/2012 NC House District 2 Support Winkie Wilkins $320.00
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 4/10/2012 NC House District 2 Support Winkie Wilkins $93.87
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 4/10/2012 NC House District 2 Support Winkie Wilkins $30.00
Common Sense Matters 4/10/2012 NC House District 22 Support Matt Dixon $9,620.00
Common Sense Matters 4/12/2012 NC House District 22 Support Matt Dixon $9,078.00
Page SUM $450,862.05