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What do special interests get for providing $9 of every $10 in Utah legislators’ campaigns?

Voters in lawmakers districts provided just 5% of donations.

(Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) A free lunch sponsored by Farmer's Insurance is served to Utah legislators in the Capitol Rotunda on February 12, 2016. Last year, special interests provided 87% of campaign donations to legislators, again raising questions about how much influence that may buy.

(Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) A free lunch sponsored by Farmer's Insurance is served to Utah legislators in the Capitol Rotunda on February 12, 2016. Last year, special interests provided 87% of campaign donations to legislators, again raising questions about how much influence that may buy.