Our Tax Dollars helped boost GOP campaigns

[MissWaverly]

In the months leading up to the 2002 election, then-Commerce Secretary Don Evans, Bush's
former campaign finance chairman, made eight appearances or announcements with Republican
incumbents in districts deemed by White House aides either as competitive districts or
battleground presidential states. During the stops, he doled out millions of dollars in grants,
including in two public announcements with Rep. Heather Wilson, a New Mexico Republican in a
competitive district. Republicans ultimately regained control of the Senate and expanded
their majority in the House of Representatives in the 2002 elections.

In 2004, Evans and his aides significantly scaled back appearances with candidates,
but an assistant treasury secretary returned to New Mexico to announce with Republicans
Sen. Pete Domenici and Rep. Steve Pierce the release of $2.5 million in economic development funds.

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