ALEC-Related Contributions

Contributions to Sheila Sorensen

Negative contribution amounts denote returned contributions
State Year Contributor Office Result Amount
Idaho 2002 QWEST COMMUNICATIONS Senate Won $700
Idaho 2002 CORRECTIONS CORP OF AMERICA Senate Won $250
Idaho 2002 VERIZON Senate Won $250
Idaho 2002 VERIZON Senate Won $150
Idaho 2002 AT&T Senate Won $250
Idaho 2000 VERIZON Senate Won $500
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 $500
Idaho 1998 CORRECTIONS CORP OF AMERICA Senate Won $250
Idaho 1998 AT&T Senate Won $300
Idaho 1998 AT&T Senate Won $200
Idaho 1998 AT&T Senate Won $500
Idaho 1998 CHEVRON CORP Senate Won $200
Idaho 1996 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS Senate Won $100
Idaho 1996 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD Senate Won $500
Idaho 1996 AT&T Senate Won $250
Idaho 1996 CHEVRON CORP Senate Won $150
Idaho 1994 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS Senate Won $1,500
Idaho 1994 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS Senate Won $23
Idaho 1994 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD Senate Won $500
Idaho 1994 NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION Senate Won $150
Idaho 1994 JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES Senate Won $200
Idaho 1992 DUPONT Senate Won $300
Idaho 1992 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD Senate Won $1,000
Idaho 1992 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD Senate Won $750
Idaho 1992 CHEVRON CORP Senate Won $200
Idaho 1990 DUPONT House Won $200
Idaho 1990 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD House Won $600
Idaho 1990 NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION House Won $100
Idaho 1990 CHEVRON CORP House Won $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.