ALEC-Related Contributions

Contributions to Michael K Simpson

Negative contribution amounts denote returned contributions
State Year Contributor Office Result Amount
Idaho 1996 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS House Won $300
Idaho 1996 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD House Won $1,000
Idaho 1996 AT&T House Won $300
Idaho 1996 CHEVRON CORP House Won $200
Idaho 1994 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS House Won $100
Idaho 1994 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD House Won $1,000
Idaho 1994 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD House Won $1,500
Idaho 1994 CHEVRON CORP House Won $250
Idaho 1992 TOBACCO INSTITUTE House Won $100
Idaho 1992 TOBACCO INSTITUTE House Won $200
Idaho 1992 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD House Won $500
Idaho 1992 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD House Won $500
Idaho 1990 TOBACCO INSTITUTE House Won $100
Idaho 1990 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD House Won $1,150

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.