At VoteWater we focus on “dirty money” because politicians who take money from polluting special interests are more likely to vote for those special interests, and against clean water.

There’s a direct correlation.

Our “Dirty Money Project” — tracking campaign cash from polluters to elected officials at the federal, state and county commission level over the past six years — will soon be ready for prime time. Meanwhile, for those of you wondering how much dirty money candidates for your local county commission are getting, we can help.

Candidates must file finance reports with their county Supervisor of Elections, detailing all contributions (and expenditures). The links below will take you to those finance reports for each county listed; you can see the aggregate total raised by each candidate and download the details.

• Click here for St. Lucie County campaign finance info
• Click here for Martin County campaign finance info
• Click here for Palm Beach County campaign finance info
• Click here for Broward County campaign finance info
• Click here for Miami-Dade County campaign finance info
• Click here for Monroe County campaign finance info
• Click here for Collier County campaign finance info
• Click here for Lee County campaign finance info

And if you see big bucks from Big Sugar and other agricultural interests, from phosphate mining firms, big utilities or development-related interests — as we said, there’s a direct correlation between what candidates get and how they vote.

Vote accordingly.