Ex-candidates are giving back to those who gave

“It's a noble action on their part.

'Once those donors get that money back in the mail, it should make them feel very good about the candidates they originally supported.”

Some North Texans don't have to file their tax returns to get big refund checks in the mail.

Dozens of area residents who donated to the campaigns of Republicans Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani are getting some of that money back.

After ending their presidential bids in February, Romney and Giuliani began returning $84,920 and $53,200, respectively, to Tarrant County donors, according to a Star-Telegram analysis of Federal Election Commission data.

'It's a very interesting action on the part of Mitt Romney and Rudolph Giuliani that their people sent back donations they didn't use,' said Allan Saxe, an associate political science professor at the University of Texas at Arlington. 'It's a noble action on their part. Read more