Do colleges closer to the capital get more money?

I was persuing some blogs when I ran across the article from a few months ago on Inside Higher Ed "Location, Location, Location" about studies that attempt to explain patterns in which some institutions end up doing better in funding from their state than others (or less worse than others), factoring in their missions. The article generalizes that location plays a fairly significant role in what institutions receive more funding. It also notes that states that tend to have more Democrats and professionalized legislatures tend to spend more on higher education.