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special interest
n.
A person, group, or organization attempting to influence legislators in favor of one particular interest or issue.
special-inter·est (spshl-ntrst, -tr-st, -trst) adj.
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Noun1.special interest - an individual or group who are concerned with some particular part of the economy and who try to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor
interest group, interest - (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims; "the iron interests stepped up production"
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More states are considering reforms to insulate their courts from special-interest excesses by reforming their judicial elections or advancing proposals to scrap them entirely.
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And yet the position is so highly coveted that campaigns for it command millions of dollars in special-interest contributions.
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A less obvious, but potentially more potent reform would require members to sign the special-interest spending "earmarks" they insert into legislation.
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