The Great Lakes region<span> of North America is a bi-national Canadian-American </span>region <span>that includes portions of the eight U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as well as the Canadian province of Ontario. hope this helps!</span>
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The best and most correct answer among the choices provided by the question is the first choice. The statement "<span>Interest groups are free to contribute time, money, and resources to candidates for poltical office. " is TRUE. </span>I hope my answer has come to your help. God bless and have a nice day ahead!