Candidates spent money promoting partisan opponents to game General Election.
Campaigns
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<p>A San Diego state senator raised contributions for a prospective campaign from tobacco and energy companies, but later unceremoniously closed his campaign committee after passing some of the funds to another local candidate in a special election.</p>
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<p>Voters in Chula Vista received a campaign mailer this week with a front page picture of a candidate, a woman, and two young children in what would appear to be a family portrait, but the woman is not his wife or partner, and the kids are not his children.</p>