Election 2010: Teachers' Unions Put Time, Money into Campaigns
For all the attention we pay to congressional races, teachers' unions tend to focus with much greater intensity on state-level elections, at least as measured by the amount of campaign cash they give. In a story this week, I take a look at unions' activities on the campaign trail this fall, and where they're chaneling their political donations.
Perhaps not surprisingly, teachers' unions have devoted much more money to state-level Democrats, $8.2 million, than they have to Republicans, $938,000, according to the National Institute on Money in State Politics. The National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers are also pouring a lot of cash—