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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... 11/5/2012 NC House District 36 Support Lisa Baker $233.11
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 11/5/2012 NC House District 45 Support Eddie Dees $233.11
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 11/5/2012 NC House District 49 Support Keith Karlsson $233.11
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 11/5/2012 NC House District 118 Support Ray Rapp $233.11
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 11/5/2012 NC House District 37 Support Jason Wvnsch $233.11
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 11/5/2012 NC House District 40 Support Watt Jones $233.11
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 11/5/2012 NC House District 88 Support Martha Alexander $233.11
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 11/5/2012 NC House District 44 Support Rick Glazier $233.11
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 11/5/2012 NC House District 50 Support Valerie Foushee $233.11
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 11/4/2012 NC Senate District 19 Oppose Wesley Meredith $80.78
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central... 11/4/2012 NC Senate District 19 Support George Tatum $80.78
North Carolina Judicial Coalition 11/2/2012 NC Supreme Court Support Paul Newby $25,000.00
Citizens for Accountability 11/2/2012 Lt. Governor Support* Dan Forest $21,256.80
Justice For All NC 11/2/2012 NC Supreme Court Support* Paul Newby $25,000.00
North Carolina Judicial Coalition 11/1/2012 NC Supreme Court Support Paul Newby $9,700.00
Real Jobs NC 11/1/2012 NC House District 118 Oppose* Ray Rapp $4,695.04
Real Jobs NC 11/1/2012 NC Senate District 50 Oppose* John Snow $11,801.08
Real Jobs NC 11/1/2012 NC Senate District 18 Oppose* Doug Berger $8,370.62
Americans for Tax Reform 11/1/2012 NC House District 3 Support Michael Speciale $14,506.00
Real Jobs NC 11/1/2012 NC House District 93 Oppose* Cullie Tarleton $5,968.00
Real Jobs NC 11/1/2012 NC House District 1 Support* Bob Steinburg $5,108.48
NC Values Coalition 11/1/2012 NC Senate District 9 Support* Thom Goolsby $63.64
Real Jobs NC 11/1/2012 NC Senate District 18 Oppose* Doug Berger $8,370.62
Americans for Tax Reform 11/1/2012 NC House District 44 Support Richard Button $13,688.00
NC Values Coalition 11/1/2012 NC Senate District 44 Support* Warren Daniel $81.51
Americans for Tax Reform 11/1/2012 NC House District 36 Support Nelson Dollar $14,781.00
NC Values Coalition 11/1/2012 NC House District 93 Support* Jonathan Jordan $50.00
Real Jobs NC 11/1/2012 NC House District 92 Support* Charles Jeter $4,426.24
Real Jobs NC 11/1/2012 $2,942.28
Justice For All NC 11/1/2012 NC Supreme Court Support* Paul Newby $100,000.00
Page SUM $278,068.86