. >> dan krasner is co-founder of a nonprofit group. >> increasingly across the country lobbyists arectually writing the laws. they are walking into a legislative office and saying here's the bill we want you to file. >> krasner's organization found the nursing industry spent more than $3.2 million on campaigns in 2007 and 2013. the owner of kids corner gave an additional $367,000. >> when it comes to a member of the florida house of representatives or the florida senate and you're talking about tens of thousands of dollars that's enough if targeted in the right way can put a candidate over the top to win an election. >> we do support legislators who support long term care, absolutely. >> and what does that mean? >> the nursing homes depend on the legislature particularly for our funding. >> and what happens to legislators who don't support long term care? >> well, i think what we want to see in the legislature is legislators who truly do understand our mission and what we try to do. so yes. during the elections, if we could find legislators who have long term care experience, we are