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Murtha’s Donors In Last-Minute $1 Million Donation Haul Include Defense Execs

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Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

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By Emelie Rutherford Before the final ballots were cast in yesterday's elections, Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) appeared to have beaten his GOP challenger on the fundraising front--garnering more than $3 million in donations, at least $1 million of which came in the unexpectedly close race's final days. And those last-minute donors include an array of senior executives from defense firms reliant on Murtha, the powerful House Appropriations Defense subcommittee chairman. Election results were tallied after Defense Daily's deadline yesterday. In…

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