Conservatives have spent years claiming Washington holds too much power. We make this argument about education, land use, energy, healthcare, elections, you name it. A republic of 50 sovereign states wasn’t built for every political disagreement to end with Washington’s decision. Utah should run itself like Utah. Montana should get to be Montana.

But there’s this odd exception: money in politics.

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