ALEC-Related Contributions

Contributions to Deb Peters

Negative contribution amounts denote returned contributions
State Year Contributor Office Result Amount
S.D. 2010 PFIZER Senate Won $150
S.D. 2010 WYETH PHARMACEUTICALS Senate Won $200
S.D. 2010 AT&T Senate Won $500
S.D. 2010 MIDAMERICAN ENERGY Senate Won $100
S.D. 2010 QWEST COMMUNICATIONS Senate Won $250
S.D. 2008 QWEST COMMUNICATIONS House Won $100
S.D. 2008 PFIZER House Won $100
S.D. 2006 GLAXOSMITHKLINE House Won $350
S.D. 2006 JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES House Won $200
S.D. 2006 PFIZER House Won $250
S.D. 2006 NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION House Won $700
S.D. 2006 QWEST COMMUNICATIONS House Won $200
S.D. 2006 SCHERING-PLOUGH House Won $100
S.D. 2006 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS House Won $22
S.D. 2006 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS House Won $100
S.D. 2006 WYETH PHARMACEUTICALS House Won $100

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.