ALEC-Related Contributions

Contributions to James Risch

Negative contribution amounts denote returned contributions
State Year Contributor Office Result Amount
Idaho 2006 DISTILLED SPIRITS COUNCIL OF THE US Lieutenant Governor Won $2,500
Idaho 2006 QWEST COMMUNICATIONS Lieutenant Governor Won $2,000
Idaho 2006 QWEST COMMUNICATIONS Lieutenant Governor Won $3,000
Idaho 2006 QWEST COMMUNICATIONS Lieutenant Governor Won $5,000
Idaho 2006 PFIZER Lieutenant Governor Won $250
Idaho 2006 PHRMA Lieutenant Governor Won $2,000
Idaho 2006 NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION Lieutenant Governor Won $500
Idaho 2006 GEO GROUP Lieutenant Governor Won $2,500
Idaho 2006 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD Lieutenant Governor Won $3,000
Idaho 2006 JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES Lieutenant Governor Won $500
Idaho 2004 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD Lieutenant Governor Not Up For Election $900
Idaho 2004 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD Lieutenant Governor Not Up For Election $700
Idaho 2004 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD Lieutenant Governor Not Up For Election $500
Idaho 2002 QWEST COMMUNICATIONS Lieutenant Governor Won $2,000
Idaho 2002 CORRECTIONS CORP OF AMERICA Lieutenant Governor Won $250
Idaho 2002 KRAFT FOODS Lieutenant Governor Won $200
Idaho 2002 PHRMA Lieutenant Governor Won $1,000
Idaho 2002 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD Lieutenant Governor Won $300
Idaho 2002 AT&T Lieutenant Governor Won $500
Idaho 2000 MERCK & CO Senate Won $250
Idaho 2000 KRAFT FOODS Senate Won $200
Idaho 2000 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD Senate Won $950
Idaho 2000 NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION Senate Won $100
Idaho 2000 VERIZON Senate Won $500
Idaho 2000 VERIZON Senate Won $250
Idaho 2000 AT&T Senate Won $100
Idaho 2000 CHEVRON CORP Senate Won $350
Idaho 2000 AT&T Senate Won $400
Idaho 2000 AT&T Senate Won $200
Idaho 2000 AT&T Senate Won $100
Idaho 1998 GTE CORP Senate Won $300
Idaho 1998 CORRECTIONS CORP OF AMERICA Senate Won $250
Idaho 1998 CORRECTIONS CORP OF AMERICA Senate Won $500
Idaho 1998 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD Senate Won $400
Idaho 1998 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD Senate Won $400
Idaho 1998 AT&T Senate Won $500
Idaho 1998 AT&T Senate Won $300
Idaho 1998 AT&T Senate Won $200
Idaho 1998 CHEVRON CORP Senate Won $200
Idaho 1996 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS Senate Won $100
Idaho 1996 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD Senate Won $1,500
Idaho 1996 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD Senate Won $500
Idaho 1996 NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION Senate Won $150
Idaho 1996 AT&T Senate Won $250
Idaho 1996 CHEVRON CORP Senate Won $150
Idaho 1992 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD Senate Lost - Primary Election $750

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.