Friday, June 29, 2012

Facebook, drug companies friend Chris Koster

Apparently, Facebook has friended Chris Koster.

The funds didn't come directly, but Facebook, Astra Zeneca, Pfizer, and other big name mostly out-of-state companies poured $300,000 into Attorney General Chris Koster's re-election campaign, via way of the Democratic Attorney Generals Association.

Forty-eight hour reports filed today with the Missouri Ethics Commission show $290,000 in conributions to the Democratic Attorney Generals Association Missouri and then $300,000 going from the association to Koster.

The Democratic Attorney Generals Association received the following:

-Altria $25,000
-Anheuser Busch $25,000
-Pfizer $50,000
-Zeneca $25,000
-Visa $50,000
-Recording Industry Association of America $25,000
-Coca-Cola $25,000
-Dupont $25,000
-Facebook $25,000
-Leads Online $15,000

In addition to the $300,000 from the Democratic Attorney General Association, Koster received another $82,000 in oversized contributions today.

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