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One U.S. lawmaker’s call for American schools to mirror the Islamic madrassa system has brought him under media scrutiny, yet the expansion of his campaign war-chest continues unabated – a development helped by cash from individuals that include a high-ranking law-enforcement appointee of Barack Obama as well as powerful financial and industrial groups.
According to Federal Election Commission quarterly filings submitted this week, U.S. Rep. Andre Carson, D-Ind., appears well-positioned, at least financially, to fend off Republican challenger Carlos May in November.
Even with $531,000 in reported expenditures, Carson still has $490,000 in campaign cash remaining.May, who is director of the Indianapolis Mayor’s Office for Latino Affairs, has about $16,000 and $46,000 in his Carlos May 2012 and Carlos May for Congress accounts, respectively; however, following a $206,000 infusion during the most recent period ending June 30, Carson’s total receipts for the 2011-2012 election cycle jumped to $778,000.
Kerry J. Forestal, whom Obama in 2010 had appointed U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of Indiana, incrementally helped the Carson campaign. Indeed, aside from a $1,000 donation to the Keep Indiana Blue PAC in 2009, FEC records show that Forestal has not donated to any other federal election campaign but Carson’s.
Forestal on Feb. 4, 2008, for example, gave $1,000 to Andre Carson for Congress, helping him defeat Republican John Elrod one month later in a special election and making Carson one of the only two Muslims serving in Congress at the time.
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