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'Ron Cameron'

New from Jane Mayer: Little Rock's Ronnie Cameron, Mountaire Poultry, Republican money, Trump deregulation

A Little Rock poultry tycoon with deep pockets for Republicans like Donald Trump and a religious conservative bent is explored in the new issue of New Yorker.
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The super money open line: Arkies make the list of top givers

Here's the open line. And, courtesy of the Washington Post, a list of the biggest contributors to elections this year, left and right,  leading with Las Vegas casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife at $112 million. There's an Arkansas angle.
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Why big money conservatives back GOP candidates for attorney general, like Leslie Rutledge

Arkansas conservative money turns up in a Missouri race for attorney general, just another indication of how rich conservatives like the Koch brothers are using state legal officers to wage their war against environmental regulation.

The U.S. oligarchs and presidential politics

The New York Times concludes that 158 families have provided half the spending so far on 2016 presidential campaigns. A couple of Arkansans make the list, but their compilation overlooked on significant Arkansan who's given plenty.
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Searching for clues to singular supporters of Huckabee, other minor candidates

Jonathan Swan of The Hill delves into the motivations of major givers to presidential candidates "whom conventional wisdom gives no chance of becoming the Republican presidential nominee in 2016." They include a poultry magnate backing Mike Huckabee.

Huckabee financial report due today; poultry man adds $3 million to Huck cause

Mike Huckabee announced for president May 5 and, under federal rules, was required to file a personal financial disclosure statement within 30 days. He's twice asked for and been given an extension, the most recent giving July 31 as the deadline. So far, no report is on file. But a Huckabee Super PAC reported $3.5 million in contributions, most from a Little Rock poultry tycoon.
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Spare the pepper spray, spoil the child

Also, Huckstering, SWEPCO bows out, pathetic KKK, justice delayed in same-sex marriage case and Ron Cameron's big political spending by the numbers.

Arkansan on Politico list of top campaign givers talks of pushback against left

Politco's Kenneth Vogel reports on the 100 biggest poitical campaign givers in 2014 and includes some of the most extensive remarks I've seen yet about the prolific giving by poultry tycoon Ron Cameron of Little Rock, who gave $4.2 million, 13th on the list
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Arkansans make the list of major super PAC donors

Two Arkansans figure prominently in the flood of contributions to super PACs this election cycle, spending driven by a handful of the super wealthy.

The They Know Which Way The Wind Blows Edition

The politics of the proposal to increase the state minimum wage, rich Arkies giving boatloads of money to Republicans, the resignation of UALR Athletic Director Chris Peterson, gas stations and Little Rock politics and the Little Rock drug arrest gone bad that left an innocent bystander dead — all covered on this week's podcast.
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Arkansans Cameron, Bradbury and Stephens among wealthy taking advantage of removed cap on political spending

Three Arkansans are among a list of 310 super wealthy taking advantage of the removal of the on individual campaign contributions with contributions already this election cycle in excess of the previous cap of $123,200

Arkansan supercharges Koch Super PAC with $500,000

Poultry magnate Ron Cameron of Little Rock, long an associate of the Koch brothers and big contributor to conservative political causes, has answered their call for contributions to their new Super PAC, Freedom Partners Action Fund.
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