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The biggest funding difference between Lt. Gov. Patrick and Speaker
Straus stems from Ideological/Single Issue contributors. Before
ideological brawls broke out between the two legislative chambers,
Ideological/Single Issue donors gave Patrick almost $2 million--or 674
percent more than they gave to Straus.