GOP Governors pay a price for hiding $1 million donation to Rick Perry

Slater:
As it turns out, Rick Perry and a Republican governor's group have paid a price for trying to disguise a last-minute $1 million contribution to Perry four years ago from Houston homebuilder Bob Perry. The two are not related. But Bob Perry is the governor's biggest campaign donor. In 2006, the Republican Governors Association delivered $1 million in the final days of Rick Perry's reelection campaign. The group didn't report to the Texas Ethics Commission and it was only after the election that federal IRS filings showed that the $1 million to Perry coincided with money to the group from the millionaire homebuilder, who has benefited from decisions by the Perry administration. At the time, the Perry camp was running a TV ad denouncing Democratic challenger Chris Bell for accepting a $1 million contribution from a wealthy benefactor. Democrats said Perry didn't want voters to know he was doing the same thing.
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Perry campaign settles lawsuit charging he hid $1 million contribution

The Rick Perry campaign has paid $426,000 to his 2006 Democratic opponent to settle a lawsuit accusing the governor of trying to hide a $1 million contribution from Houston homebuilder Bob Perry (no relation). Democrat Chris Bell filed the lawsuit claiming the money was illegally funneled through the Republican Governors Association in the final days of the 2006 campaign. Voters didn't know the full extent of the funding arrangement until after the election. Slater reports:
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