Campaign spending is out of control, O Bannon said. If anyone needs convincing of that, just look at what the candidates for the Indiana House of Representatives raised for this year s primary and general elections. But in fact, it s worse than that because the big spending was for only about one third of the 100 House seats. Previously those figures and contributors would not have been available to the public until the following January. O Bannon urged campaign finance reform during his 1996 run for governor.
Good disclosure shines a light on the process.
It discourages corruption and helps us all make better choices, O Bannon said.