• The Washington Post, Thursday, July 8, 2010 12:06 AM

Labor unions have dominated spending on independent campaign ads so far this election season, despite a recent Supreme Court decision that freed spending by corporations, a Washington Post analysis shows. Corporate money is not flooding into campaigns as many predicted would happen after the landmark decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.

So far this year, $24.7 million in independent spending has been reported to the Federal Election Commission, campaign filings show. Unions have spent $9.7 million (or 39% of the total), compared with $6.4 million (26%) spent by individuals and $3.4 million spent by corporations. One caveat: not all spending on political ads is included in the totals. Issue ads, which mention candidates and their positions but offer no candidate endorsement, aren't reported to the feds.

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