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After attending this much smaller event, Bonnema says he and his wife agreed to give a $5,000 contribution to the pro-Huckabee nonprofit.

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Contributors included Bonnema and a handful of other apparently wealthy Texans, at least one of whom, Gene E. Phillips, also held a large fund-raiser for Huckabee's campaign in Dallas in December.

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Bonnema says he knows that the money he gave to Common Sense Issues was supposed to finance calls to make primary state voters "aware of issues."

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Bonnema says that two or three weeks later he was invited to a more exclusive event in Dallas sponsored by Common Sense Issues.

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Bonnema said he has met Huckabee only once, at the Dallas fund-raiser.

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A colorful Texas character, Bonnema has been involved in the past with various high-profile pursuits related to his Christian faith.

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Bonnema was aware that Common Sense was financing calls to make voters "aware of issues," but says he was unaware of any controversy over the practice.

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Bonnema declined to identify the person who invited him to the Common Sense Issues event, but he says he did not see this person at the earlier Huckabee fund-raiser.

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Eighteen months ago Bonnema also helped finance and participated in an expedition by a religious group to find Noah's Ark. Bonnema says that the expedition found what appeared to be traces of an ancient ship 13,126 feet up the slope of Mt. Soleiman, a peak in the Caucasus mountain range in Iran.

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Before deciding to back Huckabee, Bonnema says he supported Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback, a religious conservative who dropped out of the race in October.

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