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The power of money over the primaries

Center for Politics and Governance director Sherri Greenberg explains how the Citizens United Supreme Court case and Super PACs have influenced the Republican campaigns.

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Sherri Greenberg is lecturer and director of the Center for Politics and Governance at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. She served for 10 years as a member of the Texas House of Representatives, completing her final term in January 2001. Her expertise includes state and national campaign politics, electronic government, and public finance and budgeting.

In this video, Greenberg explains the influence that money and the Super PACs (Political Action Committees) have had on the Republican candidates’ campaigns leading up to and during the primaries.

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