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Last updated: February 16, 2012 3:44 p.m.

Campaign Watch

Karen Francisco | The Journal Gazette

Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett's latest large contribution report is for a $25,000 contribution from hedge-fund operator Daniel S. Loeb, 15 Central Park West in New York City.

BusinessInsider.com reported in 2010 that Loeb's Third Point hedge fund had "taken a short position against for-profit education companies as a result of 'the government's increased willingness to use its regulatory muscle.' "

Statewide candidates must submit campaign contribution reports five times during an election year and twice in a non-election year, unless the contribution exceeds $1,000. Those contributions must be reported within seven days.

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Karen Francisco, senior editorial writer for The Journal Gazette, has been an Indiana journalist since 1981. She writes frequently about education for The Journal Gazette opinion pages and here, where she looks at the business, politics and science of learning as it relates to northeast Indiana, the state and the nation. She can be reached at 260-461-8206 or by e-mail at kfrancisco@jg.net.
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