The Post reports that Gov. Kaine’s PAC is receiving large donations.
Since he took office in 2006, Kaine has raised about $6.5 million for his political action committee, Moving Virginia Forward. Of that money, nearly half of it came from about 75 people or corporations that have given at least $20,000 each.
One man, billionaire Randal J. Kirk, accounts for nearly one-tenth of the money Kaine has raised since 2006. Kirk has given the PAC $650,000, including a $100,000 check last month.
“It’s a good societal investment, and it is not a large amount for me, so I invest it in a place that can be good for society,” said Kirk, an investment and pharmaceutical mogul in Radford, Va.
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Virginia is one of five states with no limit on how much an individual or a corporation can contribute to a candidate or state political committee, according to the National Conference of State Legislators.
In Maryland, which has some of the nation’s toughest restrictions, a candidate cannot accept more than $4,000 over four years from an individual.