The American Petroleum Institute jumped into the outside spending game in the North Carolina state politics this year. Most of its chosen legislative candidates won re-election -- but not all of them. Was outside spending by environmentalists a factor in the losses?
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The American Petroleum Institute made tens of thousands of dollars in outside expenditures to support six incumbent Republican state lawmakers in North Carolina who faced Democratic challengers in the recent election. Two of them lost -- Reps. Tim Moffitt of Asheville (left) and Mike Stone of Sanford (right).
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<p>The American Petroleum Institute made tens of thousands of dollars in outside expenditures to support six incumbent Republican state lawmakers in North Carolina who faced Democratic challengers in the recent election. Two of them lost -- Reps. Tim Moffitt of Asheville (left) and Mike Stone of Sanford (right).</p>