The reading from Module that I did was “Money talks, candidates listen” by Laurel Rosenhall. This article talks about how several California council presidents and school boards, ranchers, judges, Republicans and Democrats as well families — both contestants for the parliament, who have signed up on how things actually operate and they were all contestants for the legislative assembly. State Senate and Assembly candidates' campaigns raised $157.5 million the year before – a surplus of 14% from the previous election – a record-based amount. However, the money invested by various trade committees soared to a far sharper amount. As per the calculations of MapLight, who studies money in politics, independent commissions impacting legislative races were up 37 percent last year. These organizations – a number of labour unions, companies and industrial unions – contributed over $53 million. But to trace money is difficult when it is an independent campaign.