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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
North Carolina Citizens for Protecting Our... 10/31/2012 NC Supreme Court Support* Sam Ervin $57,085.00
North Carolina Citizens for Protecting Our... 10/31/2012 NC Supreme Court Support* Sam Ervin $13,743.00
North Carolina Citizens for Protecting Our... 10/31/2012 NC Supreme Court Support* Sam Ervin $57,085.00
North Carolina Citizens for Protecting Our... 10/31/2012 NC Supreme Court Support* Sam Ervin $33,711.00
North Carolina Citizens for Protecting Our... 10/31/2012 NC Supreme Court Support* Sam Ervin $13,530.00
North Carolina Citizens for Protecting Our... 10/31/2012 NC Supreme Court Support Sam Ervin $35,412.00
North Carolina Citizens for Protecting Our... 10/31/2012 NC Supreme Court Support* Sam Ervin $64,361.00
NC Values Coalition 10/31/2012 NC Supreme Court Support* Paul Newby $4,000.00
NC Values Coalition 10/31/2012 NC Supreme Court Oppose* Sam Ervin $4,000.00
Common Sense Matters 10/31/2012 NC House District 55 Oppose* Mark Brody $250.00
Common Sense Matters 10/31/2012 NC House District 116 Oppose Tim Moffitt $4,317.00
Common Sense Matters 10/31/2012 NC House District 115 Oppose Nathan Ramsey $5,965.00
Real Facts NC 10/31/2012 NC House District 35 Support Lori Millberg $2,295.00
Common Sense Matters 10/31/2012 NC House District 115 Oppose Nathan Ramsey $5,965.00
Real Facts NC 10/31/2012 NC House District 35 Support Lori Millberg $2,436.00
Common Sense Matters 10/31/2012 State Auditor Oppose* Debra Goldman $211.50
Common Sense Matters 10/31/2012 NC House District 35 Oppose* Chris Malone $211.50
Common Sense Matters 10/31/2012 NC Senate District 19 Oppose Wesley Meredith $1,693.00
Common Sense Matters 10/31/2012 NC House District 116 Oppose Tim Moffitt $4,432.00
Common Sense Matters 10/31/2012 NC Senate District 25 Oppose Gene McIntyre $822.00
Common Sense Matters 10/31/2012 NC House District 116 Oppose Tim Moffitt $206.00
Common Sense Matters 10/31/2012 NC Senate District 48 Oppose Warren Daniel $378.00
Common Sense Matters 10/31/2012 NC House District 51 Oppose Mike Stone $1,003.00
Common Sense Matters 10/31/2012 NC House District 35 Oppose Chris Malone $5,686.00
Common Sense Matters 10/31/2012 NC House District 41 Oppose Tom Murry $1,119.00
Common Sense Matters 10/31/2012 NC House District 35 Oppose Chris Malone $127.00
Common Sense Matters 10/31/2012 NC House District 45 Oppose John Szoka $5,382.00
Common Sense Matters 10/31/2012 NC House District 115 Oppose Nathan Ramsey $1,006.00
Common Sense Matters 10/31/2012 NC House District 93 Oppose Jonathan Jordan $1,054.00
Common Sense Matters 10/31/2012 NC Senate District 25 Oppose Gene McIntyre $9,081.00
Page SUM $336,567.00