ALEC-Related Contributions

Contributions to Donald M Benton

Negative contribution amounts denote returned contributions
State Year Contributor Office Result Amount
Wash. 2008 WAL-MART Senate Won $700
Wash. 2008 WAL-MART Senate Won $100
Wash. 2008 WAL-MART Senate Won $700
Wash. 2008 CONOCOPHILLIPS Senate Won $800
Wash. 2008 CHEVRON CORP Senate Won $800
Wash. 2008 MICROSOFT Senate Won $400
Wash. 2008 BOEING CO Senate Won $800
Wash. 2008 QWEST COMMUNICATIONS Senate Won $800
Wash. 2008 AT&T Senate Won $700
Wash. 2008 AT&T Senate Won $100
Wash. 2008 AT&T Senate Won $600
Wash. 2008 HSBC NORTH AMERICA Senate Won $500
Wash. 2008 NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION Senate Won $700
Wash. 2008 US SMOKELESS TOBACCO Senate Won $700
Wash. 2008 US SMOKELESS TOBACCO Senate Won $700
Wash. 2008 AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS Senate Won $400
Wash. 2008 BANK OF AMERICA Senate Won $800
Wash. 2008 BANK OF AMERICA Senate Won $800
Wash. 2008 NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION Senate Won $700
Wash. 2008 SCHERING-PLOUGH Senate Won $700
Wash. 2008 REYNOLDS AMERICAN Senate Won $500
Wash. 2008 MOTOROLA Senate Won $250
Wash. 2008 REYNOLDS AMERICAN Senate Won $800
Wash. 2008 VERIZON Senate Won $800
Wash. 2004 AMERICAS HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS Senate Won $250
Wash. 2004 BP NORTH AMERICA Senate Won $250
Wash. 2004 BP NORTH AMERICA Senate Won $250
Wash. 2004 CONOCOPHILLIPS Senate Won $500
Wash. 2004 CONOCOPHILLIPS Senate Won $500
Wash. 2004 MICROSOFT Senate Won $675
Wash. 2004 MICROSOFT Senate Won $500
Wash. 2004 JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES Senate Won $625
Wash. 2004 JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES Senate Won $675
Wash. 2004 BOEING CO Senate Won $575
Wash. 2004 SABMILLER Senate Won $500
Wash. 2004 ABBOTT LABORATORIES Senate Won $250
Wash. 2004 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD Senate Won $300
Wash. 2004 PFIZER Senate Won $600
Wash. 2004 QWEST COMMUNICATIONS Senate Won $675
Wash. 2004 QWEST COMMUNICATIONS Senate Won $625
Wash. 2004 NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION Senate Won $675
Wash. 2004 NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION Senate Won $375
Wash. 2004 BANK OF AMERICA Senate Won $625
Wash. 2004 BANK OF AMERICA Senate Won $625
Wash. 2004 KRAFT FOODS Senate Won $625
Wash. 2004 KRAFT FOODS Senate Won $625
Wash. 2004 NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS Senate Won $500
Wash. 2004 NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS Senate Won $675
Wash. 2004 WAL-MART Senate Won $675
Wash. 2004 WAL-MART Senate Won $675
Wash. 2004 AT&T Senate Won $500
Wash. 2004 AT&T Senate Won $300
Wash. 2004 AT&T Senate Won $375
Wash. 2004 AT&T Senate Won $25
Wash. 2000 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS Senate Won $300
Wash. 2000 CHEVRON CORP Senate Won $600
Wash. 2000 MICROSOFT Senate Won $500
Wash. 2000 BOEING CO Senate Won $600
Wash. 2000 BOEING CO Senate Won $600
Wash. 2000 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD Senate Won $300
Wash. 2000 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD Senate Won $500
Wash. 2000 NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION Senate Won $600
Wash. 2000 NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION Senate Won $600
Wash. 2000 MERCK & CO Senate Won $250
Wash. 2000 KRAFT FOODS Senate Won $200
Wash. 2000 AT&T Senate Won $600
Wash. 2000 MCDONALDS Senate Won $600
Wash. 1996 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS Senate Won $200
Wash. 1996 CHEVRON CORP Senate Won $500
Wash. 1996 CHEVRON CORP Senate Won $500
Wash. 1996 BOEING CO Senate Won $250
Wash. 1996 BOEING CO Senate Won $500
Wash. 1996 BOEING CO Senate Won $250
Wash. 1996 BOEING CO Senate Won $250
Wash. 1996 TOBACCO INSTITUTE Senate Won $200
Wash. 1996 TOBACCO INSTITUTE Senate Won $200
Wash. 1996 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD Senate Won $250
Wash. 1996 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD Senate Won $250
Wash. 1996 AT&T Senate Won $250
Wash. 1996 AT&T Senate Won $250
Wash. 1996 AT&T Senate Won $250
Wash. 1996 AT&T Senate Won $250
Wash. 1996 MCDONALDS Senate Won $550
Wash. 1996 WAL-MART Senate Won $500
Wash. 1994 CHEVRON CORP House Won $250
Wash. 1994 BOEING CO House Won $300
Wash. 1994 BOEING CO House Won $400
Wash. 1994 DUPONT House Won $250
Wash. 1994 AT&T 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.