Weeks ago news organizations reported the campaign donation totals reported by the six candidates vying to replace U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, who's running for governor.

But what isn't yet accessible to readers are searchable records for individual and political action committee donation records, which show the contributors' name, city, state and more.

That's because senators and senate candidates aren't required to file their campaign-finance reports electronically to the Federal Election Commission. Instead they file paper reports with the Senate. Those pages are then mailed to the commission, which hires a contractor to type all ...

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