Group's records suggest candidate coordination
MATT GOURAS, Associated Press
Updated 8:03 a.m., Tuesday, November 6, 2012
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Bank records show a conservative group took payment from a Republican legislative candidate at about the time it sent out independent mailers attacking his opponent, which opponents say illustrates how the advocacy group illegally coordinates its efforts with candidates.
The Western Tradition Partnership bank records show Dan Kennedy's 2010 winning campaign for a state House seat wrote the group a check for $557.50 after it had filled mailboxes with attacks against primary opponent Debra Bonogofsky of Billings.
The bank records were released under court order Friday to PBS' "Frontline," which published them.
The state attorney general's office argues that American Tradition Partnership — the new name for WTP — wrongly hides behind its nonprofit status to funnel money into Montana elections while hiding its donors and spending.
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