There are no current limits on the amount that can be contributed to legislative candidates.

That measure, also passed in 1988, applies to legislative candidates.

In 1988 a study found that political action committees provided between a third and a half of all campaign contributions to legislative candidates.

The total raised for legislative candidates two years ago was $41.2 million.

But that has not kept them from encouraging members of Congress to raise money for legislative candidates.

He has also made a limited number of public appearances with Democratic legislative candidates.

The previous spending record for a single legislative candidate was $1.8 million.

"I don't think it's a serious problem at all," he said of the millions contributed to legislative candidates.

In the 1993 presidential election, his party won only 1.68 percent of the vote, with the legislative candidates winning one seat.

She has produced a briefing book on the issues that is being sent to every Republican legislative candidate and county chairman in the state.