The latest campaign finance reports show even more how much of a role liberal activist Dean Debnam played to get a new Democratic majority elected to the Wake County school board.

This year-end report filed Friday by Wake Citizens for Good Government, which was formed by Debnam in 2009, shows the PAC donated $25,000 during the school board campaign.

The biggest chunk of $10,000 went to the N.C. Democratic Party, whose final report isn't viewable yet but is expected to show something was spent in Wake on the school board races.

Common Sense Matters targeted Wake County school board candidate Heather Losurdo with more than $27,000 in attack mailers the week before the election, part of more than $80,000 the liberal advocacy group spent against her during the campaign.

A new campaign finance report released Monday by the Wake County Board of Elections shows that Common Sense Matters targeted Losurdo with $27,154 in mailers on Nov. 2-3. Based on this and earlier filings, the group spent at least $82,258.18 attacking Losurdo.

The actual number Common Sense Matters spent against Losurdo is higher because it doesn't include an unknown portion of $10,431.06 on postage for mailers targeting both Losurdo and school board chairman Ron Margiotta. All together, the reports show that Common Sense Maters spent $111,701.75 in mailers throughout the school board campaign.

The last-minute mailers from Common Sense Matters were made possible by a Nov. 4 infusion of $28,500 from the N.C. Futures Action Fund, led by Democratic activist Dean Debnam. All together, Debnam's group gave Common Sense Matters $133,500 during the campaign.

The groups not affiliated with Wake County school board member Kevin Hill and challenger Heather Losurdo pumped out a lot of campaign mailers.

As noted in today's article, at least $70,000 was spent by outside groups in targeted mailers in the District 3 runoff election. Some of the mailers got pretty rough.

For instance, Dean Debnam, a local Democratic activist who advocates for progressive causes, didn't see any problems with the mailers his N.C. Futures Action Fund bankrolled for Common Sense Matters.

Common Sense Matters tells voters in this campaign mailer that "the Tea Party doesn't want you to vote in Tuesday's (Wake County school board) runoff election."

"The Tea Party is on the brink of controlling Wake County public schools; now it all comes down to Tuesday's runoff election," says the mailer. "If Tea Party activist Heather Losurdo wins, so does the Tea Party — because then they will continue their partisan, slash-and-burn agenda that's hurting our public schools. So it's no wonder that Tea Party extremists have poured more than $14,000 into Losurdo's campaign."

The mailer includes a screen capture of Losurdo being interviewed by WTVD, where she said "Yes, I support the Tea Party."

The mailer is one in a series sent by Common Sense Matters, which is affiliated with local Democrats. One of the donors is the N.C. Futures Action Fund, a group led by Democratic activist Dean Debnam.

Common Sense Matters tells voters in this campaign mailer that "if you stop (Wake County school board candidate) Heather Losurdo, you stop the Tea Party."

"The Tea Party is counting on you to skip next Tuesday's runoff election, so they can take control of the Wake County School Board," says the mailer. "They're hoping you won't stop Heather Losurdo, who is backed by Tea Party radicals with a right-wing agenda that is hurting our public schools. So it's no wonder that Tea Party extremists have poured more than $14,000 into Losurdo's campaign."

The mailer includes a picture of Losurdo speaking at a Tea Party rally.

The mailer is one in a series sent by Common Sense Matters, which is affiliated with local Democrats. One of the donors is the N.C. Futures Action Fund, a group led by Democratic activist Dean Debnam.

Common Sense Matters accuses Wake County school board candidate Heather Losurdo of being a "Tea Party extremist" who "has a radical agenda for our schools" in this campaign mailer sent last week.

"Right now, the Wake County school board is just one vote away from being controlled by Tea Party candidates," says the mailer. "If Heather Losurdo wins in the November 8 runoff election, then the Tea Party wins too.

That's because Losurdo is running to continue the same radical agenda that has endangered our schools accreditation and threatened $80 million in school funding. If Heather Losurdo gives the Tea Party total control of Wake County's schools, the results will be devastating."

The mailer is one in a series sent by Common Sense Matters, which is affiliated with local Democrats. One of the donors is the N.C. Futures Action Fund, a group led by Democratic activist Dean Debnam.

Common Sense Matters asks voters to "stand up to (Wake County school board candidate) Heather Losurdo and the Tea Party agenda" in this campaign mailer sent last week.

The mailer says "On November 8, stop the Tea Party takeover by stopping Heather Losurdo." The mailer accuses Losurdo of being "backed by Tea party radicals" and charges that "the Board's right-wing agenda has been devastating."

"Hoe much more damage will the Tea Party do to our schools if Heather Losurdo wins on November 8?" says the mailer, which is part of the strategy promoted by Democratic activist Dean Debnam to use an anti-Tea Party message to defeat Republican candidates

The mailer is one in a series sent by Common Sense Matters, which is affiliated with local Democrats. One of the donors is the N.C. Futures Action Fund, a group led by Debnam.

Common Sense Matters says that Wake County school board member Kevin Hill "will stop the Tea Party Agenda" in this campaign mailer sent last week.

The mailer says "The Tea Party is now one vote away from taking over our schools." It says "we can stop the Tea Party takeover" and "vote November 8."

The mailer charges that "if Heather Losurdo wins, the Tea Party will control our schools." It also charges that "Wake County school board candidate Heather Losurdo is backed by Tea Party radicals with a right-wing agenda that is hurting our schools."

The mailer is one in a series sent by Common Sense Matters, which is affiliated with local Democrats. One of the donors is the N.C. Futures Action Fund, the group led by Democratic activist Dean Debnam.

New campaign finance reports show that Common Sense Matters has raised more than $100,000 for the Wake County school board elections, with at least $55,000 of it targeted toward defeating Heather Losurdo.

A new report filed Wednesday shows that the N.C. Futures Action Fund, led by Democratic activist Dean Debnam, provided an additional $40,000 to Common Sense Matters last week. Debnam's group had previously given $65,000 to Common Sense Matters, lifting the total contribution to $105,000.

The new report shows that Common Sense Matters has spent $31,618.15 on mailers targeting Losurdo just during the runoff. This raises Common Sense Matters' overall school board election spending to $84,546.95.

Breaking it out, at least $55,103.38 has been spent on mailers attacking Losurdo. At least $19,012.51 was spent on mailers targeting school board chairman Ron Margiotta. There's also an additional $10,431.06 on postage spent on mailers targeting both candidates so it's hard breaking that out per person.

It looks like we should expect another flurry of mailers from Common Sense Matters targeting Wake County school board candidate Heather Losurdo in her runoff campaign.

A campaign finance report received Tuesday by the Wake County Board of Elections shows that the 527 group received $25,000 last Tuesday from the N.C. Futures Action Fund, the group led by Dean Debnam. This comes after the more than $52,000 that Common Sense Matters spent on mailers going after Losurdo and school board chairman Ron Margiotta before Oct. 11.

When you throw in the other Democratic-leaning 501 and 527 groups that were involved pre-Oct. 11, tens of thousands of dollars more could be spent in the next three weeks in mailers and television ads to defeat Losurdo.