Realtors are biggest campaign givers to Californians in Congress

Reporting from Washington—The National Assn. of Realtors is the largest campaign contributor to members of Congress from California in recent years, according to a watchdog study that depicts the nation as a sort of United States of Special Interests.

The analysis by MapLight, a nonpartisan research organization focused on the influence of money in politics, determined the top five campaign contributors to each state’s congressional delegation.

The Realtors group contributed a total of $497,000 to California House members from July 2009 through last June and to the state’s two senators from July 2005 through last June.

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