Donor Disclosure

Democracy North Carolina, a campaign finance watchdog group, has praised 21 lawmakers for doing "a superior job" identifying occupations and employers of their donors on campaign finance forms. Though candidates are required to make their best effort to identify all donors, many fall short, listing only names, dates and amounts. The group singled out legislators who raised more than $15,000 and provided full information on 98 percent or more of donors, including Senate leader Marc Basnight and House Speaker Joe Hackney, both Democrats.
Also praised, from the House, were: Democrats Tricia Cotham, Jim Crawford, Margaret Dickson, Rick Glazier, Bruce Goforth, Deborah Ross, Russell Tucker, Jennifer Weiss and Verla Insko, and Republican David Lewis. And from the Senate: Democrats Charlie Albertson, Doug Berger, Linda Garrou, Clark Jenkins and A.B. Swindell, and Republicans Pete Brunstetter, Neal Hunt, Richard Stevens and Jerry Tillman. (Dome, THE NEWS & OBSERVER, 7/13/08).