Campaign Money Watch
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Campaign Money Watch is an independent, non-profit, and non-partisan political activist organization, organized as a 527 group. It is primarily known for ads it ran against Republican candidate John McCain
in the run up to the United States presidential election, 2008
. The group takes in funding from labor unions such as the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
.
John McCain
John Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election....
in the run up to the United States presidential election, 2008
United States presidential election, 2008
The United States presidential election of 2008 was the 56th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on November 4, 2008. Democrat Barack Obama, then the junior United States Senator from Illinois, defeated Republican John McCain, the senior U.S. Senator from Arizona. Obama received 365...
. The group takes in funding from labor unions such as the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is the second- or third-largest labor union in the United States and one of the fastest-growing, representing over 1.4 million employees, primarily in local and state government and in the health care industry. AFSCME is part of the...
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