Want to know more about who funded your state legislators' campaigns last year? The research-and-advocacy group Texans for Public Justice has released its new Money in PoliTex report for the 2008 elections.

Here's just a taste -- three of the report's major findings:

• The House’s 281 major-party candidates raised $70.3 million, with winners collecting $50.6 million (72 percent of the total).
• Thirty-one major-party candidates for 16 Senate slots raised $24.7 million, with winners accounting for $16.7 million (68 percent).
• The No. 1 interest group, Lawyers and Lobbyists, spent almost $15 million (16 percent).

Read more at this link on the TPJ Web site.

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