Political scientist says despite worries, corporate election spending hasn’t spiraled out of control

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When the U.S. Supreme Court lifted restrictions on corporateelection spendingin January,criticspredictedfloods of corporate cash would pour into this year’s election.But a UW-Madison political science professor says those predictions haven’t panned out.
Gil Halsted reports.

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