ALEC-Related Contributions

Contributions to Dolores Mertz

Negative contribution amounts denote returned contributions
State Year Contributor Office Result Amount
Iowa 2008 WAL-MART House Won $1,000
Iowa 2008 WYETH PHARMACEUTICALS House Won $400
Iowa 2008 HOFFMAN-LAROCHE House Won $100
Iowa 2008 ALLIANT ENERGY House Won $500
Iowa 2008 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS House Won $500
Iowa 2008 ALLIANT ENERGY House Won $500
Iowa 2008 KOCH INDUSTRIES House Won $500
Iowa 2008 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS House Won $500
Iowa 2008 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $1,000
Iowa 2008 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $250
Iowa 2008 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $1,000
Iowa 2008 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $500
Iowa 2008 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD House Won $250
Iowa 2008 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD House Won $250
Iowa 2008 MIDAMERICAN ENERGY House Won $600
Iowa 2008 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD House Won $500
Iowa 2008 DUPONT House Won $200
Iowa 2008 DUPONT House Won $200
Iowa 2008 VERIZON House Won $200
Iowa 2008 NATIONWIDE House Won $250
Iowa 2006 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $500
Iowa 2006 DUPONT House Won $200
Iowa 2006 DUPONT House Won $200
Iowa 2006 MIDAMERICAN ENERGY House Won $250
Iowa 2006 MIDAMERICAN ENERGY House Won $250
Iowa 2006 KOCH INDUSTRIES House Won $1,000
Iowa 2006 HOFFMAN-LAROCHE House Won $100
Iowa 2006 VERIZON House Won $300
Iowa 2004 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $500
Iowa 2004 DUPONT House Won $100
Iowa 2004 DUPONT House Won $100
Iowa 2004 MIDAMERICAN ENERGY House Won $500
Iowa 2004 MIDAMERICAN ENERGY House Won $250
Iowa 2004 KOCH INDUSTRIES House Won $1,000
Iowa 2004 NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION House Won $150
Iowa 2004 HOFFMAN-LAROCHE House Won $100
Iowa 2004 VERIZON House Won $100
Iowa 2004 ALLIANT ENERGY House Won $250
Iowa 2002 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $250
Iowa 2002 DUPONT House Won $100
Iowa 2002 DUPONT House Won $100
Iowa 2002 MIDAMERICAN ENERGY House Won $200
Iowa 2002 ALLIANT ENERGY House Won $200
Iowa 2002 VERIZON House Won $100
Iowa 2002 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $250
Iowa 2000 DUPONT House Won $150
Iowa 2000 MIDAMERICAN ENERGY House Won $200
Iowa 2000 NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS House Won $150
Iowa 2000 NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS House Won $150
Iowa 2000 ALLIANT ENERGY House Won $100
Iowa 1998 ENRON CORP House Won $100
Iowa 1998 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS House Won $250
Iowa 1998 GTE CORP House Won $100
Iowa 1998 MIDAMERICAN ENERGY House Won $500
Iowa 1998 NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION House Won $100
Iowa 1998 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $500

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.