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A week after the California Senate rejected a moratorium on fracking in the
state, a watchdog group said those who opposed the bill or abstained from
voting on it received significantly more campaign money from the oil and
gas industry than supporters of the measure.

Senators who opposed the bill received 14 times as much in campaign
contributions from the industry, on average $25,227, than those who
supported the measure, who on average received $1,772  during the four
years ending Dec. 31, 2012.

The analysis was conducted by MapLight, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research
organization that seeks to reveal money's influence on politics.

Sen. Jeanne Fuller (R-Bakersfield) voted against the bill after receiving
$52,300 in campaign contributions from the industry, the most of any
senator who voted on the bill, MapLight said. Among Democrats who opposed
the bill, Sen. Cathleen Galgiani of Stockton received the most from the
industry: $24,950.

The moratorium failed on a 16-16 vote after eight Democrats abstained.

MapLight found that the Democrats who abstained from voting received, on
average, 4.5 times as much campaign cash from the industry as Democrats who
supported the bill.

Still, among active Democratic Senators who abstained, Sen. Ben Hueso of
Logan Heights received $12,400 from the industry and Sen. Ricardo Lara of
Bell Gardens accepted $21,300.


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