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Hiding Their Influence:
Methodology
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The political contribution and expense figures contained in Hiding Their Influence are based solely on financial reports on file at the Texas Ethics Commission and cover the time period from January 1, 2000 to June 30, 2002.
The goal of making this report’s information available to the public in advance of the November 2002 general election necessitated its publication and release at this time. However, this publication and distribution schedule makes it impossible to include financial activity occurring during the final five months of the 2002 campaigns.
Using the 1998 general election as a template—it shows that the trial lawyers identified in this report inject the bulk of their money into political races in the closing days—reserving their largest contributions for the final weeks.
Subsequent reports will track those last-minute contributions and identify new contributory sources.