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	&lt;div class=&quot;field-item&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/dome/profiles/fred_smith&quot;&gt;Fred Smith&lt;/a&gt; has received $14,500 from other politician&amp;#39;s campaign funds since 2007.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to his &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sboe.state.nc.us/webapps/cf%5Frpt%5Fsearch/cf_report_sections.aspx?RID=89096&amp;amp;SID=STA-C1036N-C-002&amp;amp;CN=Fred%20Smith%20Governor%202008&amp;amp;RN=2007%20Mid%20Year%20Semi-Annual&quot;&gt;mid-year&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sboe.state.nc.us/webapps/cf%5Frpt%5Fsearch/cf_report_sections.aspx?RID=90020&amp;amp;SID=STA-C1036N-C-002&amp;amp;CN=Fred%20Smith%20Governor%202008&amp;amp;RN=2007%20Year%20End%20Semi-Annual&quot;&gt;year-end&lt;/a&gt; campaign finance reports, the Republican gubernatorial candidate received donations from 13 campaigns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The top contributors were state Rep. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=H&amp;amp;nUserID=157&quot;&gt;Mitch Gillespie&lt;/a&gt;, who gave $4,000; Rep. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=House&amp;amp;nUserID=26&quot;&gt;Leo Daughtry&lt;/a&gt;, who gave $3,000; and former Senate candidate Todd Siebels, who gave $2,000.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He also received $1,000 each from Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson and Sen. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=Senate&amp;amp;nUserID=28&quot;&gt;Jim Forrester&lt;/a&gt;, $750 each from Sens. &lt;a href=&quot;http://ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=Senate&amp;amp;nUserID=115&quot;&gt;Richard Stevens&lt;/a&gt; of Cary and &lt;a href=&quot;http://ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=Senate&amp;amp;nUserID=99&quot;&gt;Jerry Tillman&lt;/a&gt; of Randolph County, and $500 each from Reps. &lt;a href=&quot;http://ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=House&amp;amp;nUserID=482&quot;&gt;James H. Langdon&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=House&amp;amp;nUserID=57&quot;&gt;Carolyn Justus&lt;/a&gt; of Henderson County and &lt;a href=&quot;http://ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=House&amp;amp;nUserID=251&quot;&gt;Mark Hilton&lt;/a&gt; of Catawba County.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He also received donations from Rep. &lt;a href=&quot;http://ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=House&amp;amp;nUserID=420&quot;&gt;Phillip Frye&lt;/a&gt; of Mitchell County, former Rep. Russell Capps of Wake County and Catawba County Sheriff David Huffman. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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 <category domain="http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/carolyn_justus">Carolyn Justus</category>
 <category domain="http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/david_huffman">David Huffman</category>
 <category domain="http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/fred_smith">Fred Smith</category>
 <category domain="http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/governor_08">Governor &amp;#039;08</category>
 <category domain="http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/james_langdon">James Langdon</category>
 <category domain="http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/jerry_tillman">Jerry Tillman</category>
 <category domain="http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/jim_forrester">Jim forrester</category>
 <category domain="http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/leo_daughtry">Leo Daughtry</category>
 <category domain="http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/mark_hilton">Mark Hilton</category>
 <category domain="http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/mitch_gillespie">Mitch Gillespie</category>
 <category domain="http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/phillip_frye">Phillip Frye</category>
 <category domain="http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/richard_stevens">Richard Stevens</category>
 <category domain="http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/russell_capps">Russell Capps</category>
 <category domain="http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/terry_johnson">Terry Johnson</category>
 <category domain="http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/todd_siebels">Todd Siebels</category>
 <category domain="http://projects.newsobserver.com/project/under_the_dome">Under the Dome</category>
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