PACs Generous to Senate Primary Candidates

By Pierce Woodward on Wednesday, September 4, 2002.
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Political Action Committees or PACS collect money and distribute it political candidates on behalf of a variety of special interest groups. By the end of June, Senator Bob Smith and Representative John E. Sununu had received a combined $1.3 million dollars from PACs.

NHPR Correspondent Pierce Woodward examines a few of the industries that have been especially generous with NH's two Republican U.S. Senate Candidates.

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