Citizens Action Coalition Education Fund
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5420 North College Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46220

The table below illustrates how wealthy special interests - not average Hoosiers - provide the majority of funding for elections in Indiana.

Special interest money given (1994)

 
Contributor $$$ % of  total
Political parties $2,209,973 38%
Finance, insurance
& real estate
$588,818 10%
Business $593,934 10%
Labor Unions $476,412 8%
Health $466,743 7%
Teachers unions $398,529 7%
Legal $269,248 5%
Energy & natural resources $217,488 4%
Construction $174,852 3%
Transportation $159,829 3%
Communications $155,858 3%
Ideological/single issue $104,838 2%
Agriculture $54,748 1%
Other $16,217 1%

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