Parties amassed debt in election effort
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Both political parties assumed millions of dollars in debts in the waning days of the congressional campaign as the election intensified and the prospects of a power shift became more apparent.
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Democrats seeking votes for their Iraq-withdrawal plan have stuffed the bill it's in with billions of dollars for farms, flu preparedness, New Orleans levees, home heating and other causes.
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Politics is a big-money business: In the current presidential election, President Bush and Sen. John Kerry have raised a combined total of nearly half a billion dollars, according to filings with the Federal Elections Commission.
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Republican Party leaders yesterday laid the groundwork for a possible challenge of Democrat Christine Gregoire&#39;s victory over Dino Rossi in the hand recount for governor, claiming a number of irregularities in the way King County handled ballots.
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The UK Independence Party spent more than Labour and the Lib Dems in the Euro elections, new figures show.
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Much of the nation&#39;s media makes it seem as if soft-money spending on campaign ads by the so-called &quot;shadow parties&quot; is a Republican thing.
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Political parties are seen as the institutions most afflicted by corruption, according to a survey released by a non-governmental organization that monitors corruption.
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Usually, the heightened competitiveness of an election contest can be detected by the increased visibility of the challenger candidate. But sometimes, it is an unusually big investment by the incumbent party thatÃ¢ÂÂs the giveaway.
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Congressional candidates spent a record &#36;911.8 million in last year's races, and several 2006 contests are already showing signs they will carry big price tags.
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Facts and figures on spending in the presidential race:
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The Republicans' senatorial campaign arm, which lagged behind other national party committees in fundraising the past two years, emerged from the Nov. 7 election in debt and is soliciting donations to get out of the red.
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Democrats on Wednesday charged that  the national Republican party was linked to a group accused of  trying to stop Democrats from registering to vote in at least  two Western battleground states, Nevada and Oregon.
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One-time GOP front-runner's failure to personally reach out to voters has proven costly to campaign.
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In several battleground states across the country, a consulting firm funded by the Republican National Committee has been accused of deceiving would-be voters and destroying Democratic voter registration cards.
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The top candidates in both parties find their bank accounts depleted just as the most expensive phase of the race is about to begin.
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WASHINGTON With just weeks before the election -- there&#39;s concern that the rules on political fund-raising could be &quot;in chaos.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush and John Kerry have accepted $75 million each in government financing for their campaigns for the White House but tens of millions more will be spent by the parties and partisan interest groups to influence the race.