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On the recordJuly 29, 2009
In my home State of Connecticut, we addressed these problems. The inordinate amount of time spent fundraising was unfair, and the public perceptions of pay-to-play and the runaway cost of campaigns were the main reason why the State of Connecticut implemented a public financing system.
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Susan Davis
Democratic · California

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Davis discusses Connecticut's public financing system as a solution to fundraising issues.

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