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Democrats spend very little on minority-run consulting firms, study finds

June 25, 2014 at 10:55 a.m. EDT

National Democratic campaign committees have spent more than $500 million on consultants over the past two elections, but less than 2 percent of it has gone to firms that are run at least in part by racial minorities.

That's the key finding of a new study conducted by PowerPAC+, which seeks to promote minority voices within the Democratic Party.