Another Senate candidate is resisting the changing political calculus surrounding earmarks, in which candidates have begun shying away from touting the spending
“„Nearly every day, her campaign and Senate offices trumpet money that she’s helped secure for her home state — from $13,811 for the Hope Police Department to buy a new cruiser to a $102 million stimulus-funded grant for the state to pay for broadband Internet. [...]
“„”I’m going to fight hard for my state because, let me tell you, these dollars are going to go somewhere else if we don’t get them,” Lincoln told The Associated Press.