ALEC-Related Contributions

Contributions from DISTILLED SPIRITS COUNCIL OF THE US

Negative contribution amounts denote returned contributions
State Year Candidate Office Result Amount
Calif. 2010 Anderson, Joel Senate Won $1,500
Ill. 2010 Lauzen, Chris Senate Won $250
Calif. 2010 Anderson, Joel Senate Won $2,200
S.C. 2010 Haley, Nikki Governor Won $500
Ga. 2010 Unterman, Renee S Senate Won $400
Va. 2009 Cosgrove Jr, John A House Won $500
Ore. 2008 Schrader, Kurt Senate Not Up For Election $1,000
Ind. 2008 Daniels, Mitch Governor / Lieutenant Governor Won $500
Ind. 2008 Daniels, Mitch Governor / Lieutenant Governor Won $1,000
Idaho 2008 Clark, James W House Won $250
Ind. 2008 Daniels, Mitch Governor / Lieutenant Governor Won $1,000
Ga. 2008 Unterman, Renee S Senate Won $500
Texas 2008 Seliger, Kel Senate Won $1,000
Ill. 2008 Lauzen, Chris Senate Not Up For Election $250
Ind. 2008 Daniels, Mitch Governor / Lieutenant Governor Won $1,000
Ind. 2008 Daniels, Mitch Governor / Lieutenant Governor Won $3,000
Ind. 2008 Daniels, Mitch Governor / Lieutenant Governor Won $3,000
La. 2007 Jindal, Bobby Governor Won $1,000
Va. 2007 Cosgrove Jr, John A House Won $500
Va. 2007 Howell, William J House Won $1,000
Calif. 2006 Denham, Jeff Senate Won $1,500
Idaho 2006 Risch, Jim Lieutenant Governor Won $2,500
Ill. 2006 Lauzen, Chris Senate Won $500
Ill. 2006 Lauzen, Chris Senate Won $500
Ind. 2006 Stutzman, Marlin A House Won $300
Ind. 2006 Daniels, Mitch Governor / Lieutenant Governor Not Up For Election $1,000
Va. 2005 Howell, William J House Won $1,000
Va. 2005 Griffith, H Morgan House Won $250
Ill. 2004 Lauzen, Chris Senate Not Up For Election $500
Ill. 2004 Lauzen, Chris Senate Not Up For Election $500
Miss. 2003 Barbour, Haley Governor Won $1,000
Va. 2003 Griffith, H Morgan House Won $250
Calif. 2002 Campbell, John Assembly Won $980
Colo. 2002 Spence, Nancy House Won $400
Ill. 2002 Lauzen, Chris Senate Won $500
Ill. 2002 Lauzen, Chris Senate Won $500
Kan. 2002 Merrick, Ray House Won $150
Ore. 2002 Schrader, Kurt Senate Won $500
Calif. 2002 Campbell, John Assembly Won $3,000
Fla. 2000 Feeney, Tom House Won $500
Fla. 2000 Posey, Bill Senate Won $500
N.Y. 2000 Pataki, George E Governor / Lieutenant Governor Not Up For Election $2,500
Fla. 1998 Feeney, Tom House Won $500
Fla. 1998 Jones, Dennis L House Won $500
Fla. 1998 Thrasher, John House Won $500
Idaho 1998 Clark, Jim House Won $500
S.C. 1998 Cato, Harry F House Won $200

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.