November 13, 2011

Nonprofits Remain Quiet as Republican Primary Campaign Heats Up

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Brian Snyder/Reuters/Newscom

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is among the candidates for the Republican presidential nomination that charities are watching at town-hall meetings.

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Brian Snyder/Reuters/Newscom

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is among the candidates for the Republican presidential nomination that charities are watching at town-hall meetings.

By Suzanne Perry

Michelline Dufort, a nonprofit advocate in New Hampshire, has been tailing the Republican presidential candidates who are swarming through her state in anticipation of its 2012 primary—and asking them questions they don’t normally hear on the campaign trail.

She asked Jon Huntsman Jr. how he would work with nonprofits if he were elected. She told Rick Santorum she was concerned about proposals to limit the value of charitable deductions. She urged Newt Gingrich to consider