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Senate Democrats' Top Fundraiser Hates Money In Politics

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BuzzFeed - Can Sen. Jon Tester win back the Senate for Democrats while also staying true to his stand against big money in elections? CQ-Roll Call/Bill Clark WASHINGTON — The man who will lead fundraising for Senate Democrats in the 2016 cycle has an unusual trait: He is against big money in politics. Like many Montana Democrats, Sen. Jon Tester has long railed against dark money in politics — but the new chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) also has opposed measures that would increase the flow of money into more conventional fundraising methods, too. Earlier this month, Tester voted against the omnibus bill to fund the government. That bill contained a provision that increases the amount of money individual donors can contribute to national committees — like the one Tester now runs. Now, an individual donor can give more than $1 million to the committees Tester's office said the senator was unavailable for an interview when BuzzFeed News reached out for

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