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Stephens, Childs Fund Club's Slam of Huckabee

by Josh Gerstein
Wed, 12 Dec 2007 at 3:06 PM

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A television ad criticizing Republican presidential candidate Michael Huckabee's willingness to raise taxes as governor of Arkansas is being funded largely by an Arkansas banker, Jackson Stephens Jr., and a Massachusetts financier, John Childs.

ClubforGrowth.net, which placed the ads, told the Federal Election Commission Monday that they are backed by donations of $200,000 from Mr. Stephens and $100,000 from Mr. Childs.

ClubforGrowth.net reported an initial buy of $161,000 for airtime. The group has said that the ad is running in Iowa, South Carolina and nationally on Fox News.

Two smaller donations are also being used to fund the spots: $50,000 from a Lambertville, N.J woman identified as an "investor" in other federal filings, Virginia James; and $25,000 from a Sheboygan, Wis. financier, Terry Kohler.

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