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Craig Fitzhugh wants to create a democracy fund: The fund would essentially be a matching fund for qualifying contributions from private individuals who reside in the district or county of the candidate. A qualifying contribution is “more than $10 and less than $100″ and in order to participate, the candidate would have to raise X number of qualifying contributions as follows: Governor: 7,000 of which no more than 1/3 can come from that Candidate’s congressional district. State Senator: 400 State Representative: 200 With accepting public financing funds, the candidate would thus limit the amount he can raise from private individuals...

TVC Condemns TN Democrat For Distributing Flyer Belittling Special Olympics Kids For Immediate Release October 14, 2004 Washington, DC, -- “Tennessee State Representative Craig Fitzhugh should be ashamed of himself for allowing his campaign office to distribute a flyer belittling Special Olympics children,” said Traditional Values Coalition Chairman Louis P. Sheldon, today. “This disgusting flyer is an insensitive attack against children with disabilities.”