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Texas Matters

Texas Matters: Super PAC, Super Flim-Flam

By David Martin Davies

Published March 22, 2015 at 12:04 PM CDT

Politics runs on money – lots and lots of money. And money brings out people of the most slippery of ethics. That’s what Ken Davis – a Texas oilman and multi millionaire discovered when he decided to fund a conservative super PAC. Robert Faturechi reports for Pro Publica and wrote the article “Super PAC Men: How Political Consultants Took a Texas Oilman on a Wild Ride”