Notice the headline-sound equal huh?
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see totals below
Tea Party PAC Spends Big for Scott Brown; Unions Pay Up for Martha Coakley
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/01/18/tea-party-pac-spends-big-for-scott-brown-unions-pay-up-for-mart?icid=sphere_blogsmith_inpage_poldailySpending Supporting Brown or Attacking Coakley:
* The Tea Party Express PAC: $285,000 on e-mail and Internet newsletters and media buys.
* The Chamber of Commerce: $1,001,400 for media buys.
* Americans for Job Security, an organization created by the American Insurance Association: $479,268 for media buys.
* American Future Fund, a conservative anti-tax group (John Kerry says created the "Swift Boat" attacks on him): $409,000
* Cooperative of American Physicians, an association of California-based doctors: $35,400 for robo-calls.
* National Organization for Marriage, a group against gay marriage: $50,000 on calls.
* National Republican Trust PAC, a PAC dedicated to "protecting the legacy of Ronald Reagan" and supported by Dick Morris: $96,000 on media buys.
* National Rifle Association PAC: $19,000 for postcards.
Spending Supporting Coakley or Attacking Brown:
* Service Employees International Union: $685,000 on television and Internet ads.
* Citizens for Strength and Security, a 527 group that counts SEIU and the Communications Workers of America as donors: $590,000 for media buys.
* AFSCME, the union for federal, state and local workers: $100,000 for radio ads.
* Planned Parenthood PAC, pro-choice activists: $10,000 for get-out-the-vote calls.
* League of Conservation Voters PAC, environmental policy activists: $350,000 for media buys and ad production.
* EMILY's List, organization to elect pro-choice Democratic women to office: $72,000 for radio ads.
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So the spending breaks down this was
For Brown (against Coakley) $2,375,068
For Coakley (against Brown?) $1,807,000