ALEC-Related Contributions

Contributions to Harry Cato

Negative contribution amounts denote returned contributions
State Year Contributor Office Result Amount
S.C. 2010 AMERICAS HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS House Lost - Primary Election $1,000
S.C. 2010 TRAVELERS COMPANIES House Lost - Primary Election $1,000
S.C. 2010 WAL-MART House Lost - Primary Election $1,000
S.C. 2010 AT&T House Lost - Primary Election $1,000
S.C. 2010 CENTURYLINK House Lost - Primary Election $500
S.C. 2010 AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS House Lost - Primary Election $500
S.C. 2010 AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS House Lost - Primary Election $500
S.C. 2008 EXXONMOBIL House Won $700
S.C. 2008 BP NORTH AMERICA House Won $300
S.C. 2008 WAL-MART House Won $1,000
S.C. 2008 SPRINT NEXTEL House Won $1,000
S.C. 2008 GLAXOSMITHKLINE House Won $1,000
S.C. 2008 AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS House Won $500
S.C. 2008 INTERNATIONAL PAPER House Won $1,000
S.C. 2008 DIAGEO House Won $250
S.C. 2008 NATIONWIDE House Won $1,000
S.C. 2006 SPRINT NEXTEL House Won $500
S.C. 2006 PFIZER House Won $500
S.C. 2006 BANK OF AMERICA House Won $1,000
S.C. 2006 AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS House Won $1,000
S.C. 2006 WAL-MART House Won $1,000
S.C. 2006 DIAGEO House Won $500
S.C. 2006 EXXONMOBIL House Won $700
S.C. 2006 BP NORTH AMERICA House Won $500
S.C. 2006 BP NORTH AMERICA House Won $1,000
S.C. 2006 CONOCOPHILLIPS House Won $400
S.C. 2004 AMERICAS HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS House Won $250
S.C. 2004 BANK OF AMERICA House Won $1,000
S.C. 2004 AT&T House Won $1,000
S.C. 2004 DUPONT House Won $500
S.C. 2004 AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS House Won $250
S.C. 2004 KRAFT FOODS House Won $1,000
S.C. 2004 NATIONWIDE House Won $1,000
S.C. 2002 JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES House Won $250
S.C. 2002 JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES House Won $150
S.C. 2002 VERIZON House Won $500
S.C. 2002 VERIZON House Won $500
S.C. 2002 DUPONT House Won $500
S.C. 2002 GENERAL ELECTRIC House Won $500
S.C. 2002 NATIONWIDE House Won $1,000
S.C. 2002 DIAGEO House Won $100
S.C. 2002 BP NORTH AMERICA House Won $500
S.C. 2000 JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES House Won $200
S.C. 2000 AT&T House Won $1,000
S.C. 2000 DUPONT House Won $500
S.C. 2000 DUPONT House Won $500
S.C. 2000 INTERNATIONAL PAPER House Won $300
S.C. 2000 GTE CORP House Won $350
S.C. 2000 GTE CORP House Won $250
S.C. 2000 NATIONWIDE House Won $1,000
S.C. 2000 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS House Won $500
S.C. 1998 DISTILLED SPIRITS COUNCIL OF THE US House Won $200
S.C. 1998 GOLDEN RULE FINANCIAL CORP House Won $1,000
S.C. 1998 DUPONT House Won $400
S.C. 1998 DUPONT House Won $500
S.C. 1998 INTERNATIONAL PAPER House Won $500
S.C. 1998 GTE CORP House Won $250
S.C. 1998 JOSEPH E SEAGRAM & SONS House Won $200
S.C. 1998 NATIONWIDE House Won $500
S.C. 1996 DUPONT House Won $300
S.C. 1996 NATIONWIDE House Won $250

About this Project

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a nonprofit membership organization of state legislators. It produces model legislation that, according to articles in The Nation, Bloomberg, and elsewhere, is heavily influenced by industry groups. Each year, according to ALEC, almost 1,000 bills based on this model legislation are introduced in state legislatures. Use this database to find campaign contributions from some ALEC-affiliated groups to some ALEC-member state legislators. | Related story: Our Step-By-Step Guide to Understanding ALEC’s Influence On Your State Laws »

About the Data

The ALEC membership data was compiled by the Center for Media and Democracy and the campaign contribution data is from the National Institute on Money in State Politics.

Specific citations for each ALEC affiliate are available on the Center for Media and Democracy’s ‘ALEC Exposed’ website. However, because ALEC’s membership list is private, it’s difficult to confirm when each of the groups listed were ALEC members, and it is likely that there are other groups not in this database that are members of ALEC.