Election 2012
Super PAC, Outside Money Comes to Lakeville's Mayoral Race
American's for Prosperity, considered one of the largets Republican Super PACs in the country, is dabbling with attack mailers in Lakeville at the same time it's revealed one candidate has raised more than $6,000 in cash from outside the city.
Editor's note: It's not news that folks in Lakeville are getting attack ads in their mailboxes. That's pretty common. It is news when those mailers come from national Super PACs since it's not typical for groups who generate millions of dollars to support presidential races to get involved in local mayoral elections. Nor is it typical for a mayoral candidate of a suburban town to raise more than $6,000 in cash from places and groups in other states. The confluence of these two items has made this topic newsworthy. Lakeville's mayoral race is getting strange. Usually mayoral races are entirely local. Local candidates getting local support and local donations. But this year's mayoral race is generating some outside attention. Over the …
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Harvey Simpson
1:58 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
I don't see any Koch brother special interest money. I don't have a problem with the 8000 that was raised by Lakeville residents for Lakeville Mayor. I do have a problem with the other 10000 that was raised outside of the lakeville. Have a good day Joe. more ›