ALEC-Related Contributions

Contributions to Gail Bates

Negative contribution amounts denote returned contributions
State Year Contributor Office Result Amount
Md. 2010 BANK OF AMERICA House Won $100
Md. 2010 NATIONWIDE House Won $250
Md. 2010 VERIZON House Won $50
Md. 2010 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS House Won $300
Md. 2010 COMCAST House Won $200
Md. 2008 VERIZON House Not Up For Election $75
Md. 2008 COMCAST House Not Up For Election $150
Md. 2008 BANK OF AMERICA House Not Up For Election $100
Md. 2006 COMCAST House Won $125
Md. 2006 NATIONWIDE House Won $100
Md. 2006 VERIZON House Won $125
Md. 2006 VERIZON House Won $30
Md. 2006 NATIONWIDE House Won $100
Md. 2006 VERIZON House Won $30
Md. 2006 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS House Won $100
Md. 2004 VERIZON House Not Up For Election $100
Md. 2004 VERIZON House Not Up For Election $50
Md. 2004 WAL-MART House Not Up For Election $500
Md. 2002 VERIZON House Won $75

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.