Where Do Dewine, Brown Get Money? ; Candidates for Senate Share Some Sources, but the Gap Is Always Large When They Do.

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Sen. Mike DeWine criticizes his opponent, Rep. Sherrod Brown, for being in the pocket of organized labor, while Brown says DeWine is too beholden to the energy industry, the drug industry and Wall Street.

But an analysis of the two candidates' campaign contributions by Political MoneyLine, a Web site that tracks money in politics, finds some surprises. The biggest supporters for DeWine, R-Ohio, are his fellow Republican senators. And single-issue groups, while ranking second behind labor for PAC money to Brown, gave the Democrat $226,499.

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Where Do Dewine, Brown Get Money? ; Candidates for Senate Share Some Sources, but the Gap Is Always Large When They Do.

DeWine raised about double the amount from Political Action Committees than Brown did. Most of those group...

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