The sources of Gravel's campaign funds, some of which came from political action committees outside the state, also became an issue in the contest.

Usually but not always this comes from political action committees.

Of his total receipts last year, $746,146 came from individuals and $10,000 from political action committees.

The rest came from political action committees and other supporters.

Garza said that most of King's contributions came from lobbyists and political action committees beyond the district.

They note that the big-money contributions at the heart of the problem come not just from political action committees, but from individuals.

In the 1987-88 election cycle, he raised $391,199 - $205,414 of it came from political action committees -and spent $226,986.

Of the $2.2 million he raised for his 1986 Senate re-election race, 38 percent came from political action committees.

Some of the money has come from executives and political action committees of the companies she ruled against.

Honeycutt raised $1,337,777, of which $1,326,777 came from individuals and $11,000 from political action committees.