Taylor Griffin Being Funded From Out-Of-State

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So, I came across something recently over at OpenSecrets. It's the North Carolina races data for the upcoming election, and what I found interesting is that Taylor Griffin, who is Walter Jones's opponent, is ranked 5th highest for contributions to his campaign from out-of-state. Here is the data:

Top Recipients of Out-of-State Contributions

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[TR="bgcolor: #E0E6EC"]
[TD]Burr, Richard (R)[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]$1,529,165[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #F0F3F6"]
[TD]McHenry, Patrick (R)[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]$322,200[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #E0E6EC"]
[TD]Foxx, Virginia (R)[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]$157,950[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #F0F3F6"]
[TD]Tillis, Thom (R)[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]$109,148[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #E0E6EC"]
[TD]Griffin, Taylor (R)[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]$83,900[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #F0F3F6"]
[TD]Holding, George (R)[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]$62,800[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #E0E6EC"]
[TD]Meadows, Mark R (R)[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]$53,435[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #F0F3F6"]
[TD]Rouzer, David (R)[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]$49,371[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #E0E6EC"]
[TD]Ellmers, Renee (R)[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]$47,360[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #F0F3F6"]
[TD]Butterfield, G K (D)[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]$38,600[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

Note that that makes up nearly 71.5% of his total overall contributions to this point, which I guess isn't much of a surprise, but then again, this is the guy who thinks he knows what makes up a "representative government":

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/charlesmay54">@charlesmay54</a> That's what representative government is all about.</p>— Taylor Griffin (@tgriffinnc) <a href="https://twitter.com/tgriffinnc/status/677519142539366400">December 17, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Just thought I'd point this out.