The piece chronicled the grass-roots organizing Raney did on Bush's behalf, as well as noting that, nationwide, Big Coal donated $3.8 million for the 2000 election, tripling its 1996 contributions.
Newsom maintained he was allowed a seat on the so-called "D triple C" under state election law because he is the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor.
The commission's decision to turn off the UV authentication feature, Ms. Maza said, "triples the chances for election fraud to occur in May".
Tamil Nadu's chief minister, Jayaram Jayalalitha, will probably turn out to be the biggest regional winner in this election, perhaps tripling her party's tally of nine national MPs.
The limit on individual contributions to federal candidates would have tripled to $3,000 an election, and the cumulative contributions by individuals to candidates and parties would have risen to $75,000 a year.
I worked for the party professionally for 27 years, I helped it to recover from many crises, helped to win 13 parliamentary by-elections and triple the number of Liberal Democrat MPs at Westminster.
WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - U.S. billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson has set a new record in political donations by giving $70 million to help Republicans in the 2012 elections, nearly triple the previous highest amount, according to news outlet Politico on Monday.
Pauline Hanson's One Nation has tripled its support since the election according to Newspoll, reaching 6% of the lower house vote around Australia and double-digit support in Queensland.
In this environment, the government started the new year with a resolution: to make pensions the only part of the welfare bill to be ringfenced at the next election by a "triple-lock" guarantee.
