To be clear, there are quite a few others who spread money around the legislature.  Perhaps they do so for ideological reasons, perhaps for others.  Makes one curious, doesn't it?  But it's not illegal. When the legislators who have received donations are the ones making the decision to buy a donor's $35M building, it's reasonable for voters to suspect that they were influenced.  But each voter will have to reach their own conclusions on 24 October when early voting begins.