Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Texas Southwest:
AUSTIN – Campaign contributions are designed to fund runs for office – advertising, mailings and voter turnout drives to help candidates win.
But North Texas lawmakers also spend thousands of their campaign dollars on fine dining, luxury hotel stays and gifts from designer retailers; tens of thousands on car leases, home rental, and even private airplanes; and hundreds of thousands on contributions to other candidates, including friends and colleagues.
A Dallas Morning News review of campaign finance reports filed by the area's lawmakers in the last two years shows that nearly half of what they spent – about $2.2 million – went for things unrelated to their campaigns.
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