Even politicians aren't immune from the national recession. New figures from the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign show that campaign fundraising by Wisconsin lawmakers is at its lowest level in a decade.

For the first six months of 2009, lawmakers and their campaign committees raised $922,000, down 40 percent from the $1.5 million raised during the first half 2007, the most recent comparable budget year. That's the lowest level since the first half of 1999, when $875,000 was raised.

The Democracy Campaign said an Assembly ban on fundraising during the budget also likely played a role in lowering the fundraising.

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