Several Democratic candidates are targeting Blackwater.
Congressional candidate Marshall Adame, U.S. Senate candidate Jim Neal and U.S. Rep. David Price have attacked the Moyock-based security contractor, the Virginian-Pilot reports.
Adame, a diplomat who spent in Iraq, called them "guns for hire."
Price, a Chapel Hill Democrat, introduced legislation requiring more oversight of contractors after Blackwater guards killed 17 Iraqi civilians in September.
And Neal, who is running against state Sen. Kay Hagan for the Democratic nomination, responded "Hell, no," when asked whether the U.S. military should "outsource warfare."
Company founder Erik Prince has donated at least $113,000 to Republican candidates since 1995, including $1,750 to Adame's opponent, incumbent Rep. Walter Jones.
He has not donated to any Democrats.
Update: Blackwater Current blogger Joe Neff says including Prince's family members, the total number of donations is over a quarter million, all to Republicans. One exception: A stealth donation to the Green Party.
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Re: State Democrats target Blackwater
But Price, chairman of the subcommittee on homeland security appropriations, is the only one of those three who has the ability to do anything about it right now.