Dark money flows in TN from inside, outside
the state
Dark money flowed into several Tennessee campaigns in the election
season recently ended, some darker than others but all indicating —
along with some other factors — a trend toward anonymity in
politicking that apparently follows national inclinations.
And maybe it works, so we can expect more in the future.
In other recent election cycles, dark money — funding where the
donors are undisclosed to the public — has generally come from
national organizations. StudentsFirst, for example, reports in
Tennessee only that six-figure chunks of cash came from the national
headquarters in Sacramento, Calif., then was spent bashing state
legislative candidates or local school board candidates who don’t
support the “education reform” organization’s agenda or supporting
those who do.
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