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More and more money is flowing into political campaigns, from races for state judges and legislators up to  U.S. president. 

Candidates mainly use the funds to buy advertisements on television, as part of a strategy to persuade as many people as possible to turn out and vote for them. 

But while candidates are using money from donors to tell their stories to would-be voters, the source of those dollars can tell a story about the candidates, too. 

The wide-open race for the battleground-state seat is expected to be one of the nation’s premier Senate contests this year.

Reporters sorted through thousands of heavily redacted documents to reveal how the legislature spends your tax dollars on private lawyers.

The mutually beneficial system, which is entirely legal, enriches the campaigns of Pa. lawmakers, who in turn hire firms for all types of legal matters — and all paid for by taxpayers.