It is the story of a small community on the California coast that galvanizes to defeat a huge commercial development proposed by out-of-state interests.

We've had a lot of out-of-state interest.

The campaign saw allegations of misconduct raised with incumbent Ralph H. Cameron claiming Hayden had used a slush fund received from out-of-state interests.

"It's been a campaign of misinformation by well-financed out-of-state interests, and it worked," Mr. Skunda said.

The only real catch is that Moveon money exposes candidates to the charge that they are bought by out-of-state interests or Clinton-loving liberals.

In 1986, control passed to out-of-state interests for the first time, as the Telegram was sold to Chronicle Publishing Company of San Francisco, California.

As a result, in the elections of 2010, New Mexicans and all Americans saw a new breed of attack ads from out-of-state interests.

Yet for all the out-of-state interest, this race has a very local feel.

ALG has been criticized for representing wealthy out-of-state interests under the guise of local grassroots activism.

In this context, "discrimination" simply means differential treatment of in-state and out-of-state economic interests that benefits the former and burdens the latter.