ALEC-Related Contributions

Contributions to Tom Buford

Negative contribution amounts denote returned contributions
State Year Contributor Office Result Amount
Ky. 2010 AMERICAS HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS Senate Won $300
Ky. 2010 AT&T Senate Won $500
Ky. 2010 WYETH PHARMACEUTICALS Senate Won $400
Ky. 2010 HUMANA Senate Won $500
Ky. 2010 HUMANA Senate Won $500
Ky. 2010 WAL-MART Senate Won $500
Ky. 2010 MERCK & CO Senate Won $500
Ky. 2010 MERCK & CO Senate Won $500
Ky. 2010 MERCK & CO Senate Won $250
Ky. 2010 BANK OF AMERICA Senate Won $500
Ky. 2010 COCA-COLA Senate Won $250
Ky. 2008 PFIZER Senate Not Up For Election $500
Ky. 2008 WYETH PHARMACEUTICALS Senate Not Up For Election $300
Ky. 2008 GOLDEN RULE FINANCIAL CORP Senate Not Up For Election $500
Ky. 2008 HUMANA Senate Not Up For Election $500
Ky. 2008 BANK OF AMERICA Senate Not Up For Election $500
Ky. 2006 HUMANA Senate Won $500
Ky. 2006 HUMANA Senate Won $500
Ky. 2006 MERCK & CO Senate Won $500
Ky. 2006 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS Senate Won $250
Ky. 2006 PFIZER Senate Won $500
Ky. 2006 WYETH PHARMACEUTICALS Senate Won $300
Ky. 2006 AMERICAS HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS Senate Won $250
Ky. 2004 MERCK & CO Senate Not Up For Election $400
Ky. 2002 JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES Senate Won $250
Ky. 2000 AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS Senate Not Up For Election $500
Ky. 1998 UPS Senate Won $500
Ky. 1998 AT&T Senate Won $200
Ky. 1996 AT&T Senate Not Up For Election $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.