But the Bruin family and their employees put thirty thousand dollars into the governor's campaign last cycle.

In the 2006 campaign cycle Chocola had raised about $3.2 million.

Unregulated "soft money" from corporations, unions and rich donors is already running 20 percent ahead of the last campaign cycle at this point.

The symbiosis of television and politics becomes clearer with each high-financed campaign cycle.

In every two-year campaign cycle since 1976, Republicans have brought in more total money .

In the last campaign cycle, Democrats returned $1.5 million in contributions because they may have come illegally from foreigners.

The union has also been one of the biggest donors to Democratic coffers, giving the party and its candidates $2.6 million in the last campaign cycle.

Garrett had refused to debate Anne Wolfe several times over the campaign cycle.

Federal campaign law prohibits individuals from giving more than $2,000 in a campaign cycle.

During the 2010 campaign cycle, the Chamber spent $32 million, 93 percent of which was to help Republican candidates.