Doyle Contract-gate.

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Consulting execs give Doyle $45K

Donations made after firms win state contracts

Months after landing lucrative state contracts, executives from two out-of-state consulting firms gave donations totaling nearly $45,000 to Gov. Jim Doyle's re-election campaign.

The donations to Doyle marked the first time that anyone from either company - Chicago-based Equis Corp. and Indianapolis-based Crowe Chizek - gave significant cash to any candidate in Wisconsin, according to an analysis of campaign finance records by the nonpartisan Wisconsin Democracy Campaign.

Killer quote:

"Once we started working in Wisconsin, individuals had seen firsthand Gov. Doyle's leadership in transforming Wisconsin's government and they as individuals wanted to support him," she said.

I bet.