ALEC-Related Contributions

Contributions to James Van Fossen

Negative contribution amounts denote returned contributions
State Year Contributor Office Result Amount
Iowa 2008 KOCH INDUSTRIES House Lost - General Election $1,000
Iowa 2008 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS House Lost - General Election $1,000
Iowa 2008 JOHN DEERE & CO House Lost - General Election $250
Iowa 2008 JOHN DEERE & CO House Lost - General Election $500
Iowa 2008 JOHN DEERE & CO House Lost - General Election $500
Iowa 2008 JOHN DEERE & CO House Lost - General Election $500
Iowa 2008 JOHN DEERE & CO House Lost - General Election $500
Iowa 2008 QWEST COMMUNICATIONS House Lost - General Election $500
Iowa 2008 MIDAMERICAN ENERGY House Lost - General Election $500
Iowa 2008 MIDAMERICAN ENERGY House Lost - General Election $1,200
Iowa 2008 MIDAMERICAN ENERGY House Lost - General Election $800
Iowa 2008 US SMOKELESS TOBACCO House Lost - General Election $1,000
Iowa 2008 VERIZON House Lost - General Election $250
Iowa 2006 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $500
Iowa 2006 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $1,000
Iowa 2006 US SMOKELESS TOBACCO House Won $2,000
Iowa 2006 US SMOKELESS TOBACCO House Won $1,000
Iowa 2006 QWEST COMMUNICATIONS House Won $1,000
Iowa 2006 ALTRIA House Won $750
Iowa 2006 WAL-MART House Won $2,750
Iowa 2006 MIDAMERICAN ENERGY House Won $500
Iowa 2006 MIDAMERICAN ENERGY House Won $1,000
Iowa 2006 KOCH INDUSTRIES House Won $500
Iowa 2006 VERIZON House Won $300
Iowa 2006 ALLIANT ENERGY House Won $500
Iowa 2004 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $1,000
Iowa 2004 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $500
Iowa 2004 US SMOKELESS TOBACCO House Won $250
Iowa 2004 DUPONT House Won $100
Iowa 2004 QWEST COMMUNICATIONS House Won $500
Iowa 2004 QWEST COMMUNICATIONS House Won $1,000
Iowa 2004 QWEST COMMUNICATIONS House Won $250
Iowa 2004 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS House Won $200
Iowa 2004 ALTRIA House Won $250
Iowa 2004 MIDAMERICAN ENERGY House Won $250
Iowa 2004 MIDAMERICAN ENERGY House Won $500
Iowa 2004 MIDAMERICAN ENERGY House Won $500
Iowa 2004 ALLIANT ENERGY House Won $100
Iowa 2004 ALLIANT ENERGY House Won $200
Iowa 2002 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $250
Iowa 2002 MICROSOFT House Won $500
Iowa 2002 MICROSOFT House Won $500
Iowa 2002 US SMOKELESS TOBACCO House Won $500
Iowa 2002 QWEST COMMUNICATIONS House Won $1,000
Iowa 2002 US SMOKELESS TOBACCO House Won $300
Iowa 2002 QWEST COMMUNICATIONS House Won $100
Iowa 2002 QWEST COMMUNICATIONS House Won $100
Iowa 2002 PFIZER House Won $300
Iowa 2002 MIDAMERICAN ENERGY House Won $300
Iowa 2002 MIDAMERICAN ENERGY House Won $500
Iowa 2002 MIDAMERICAN ENERGY House Won $300
Iowa 2002 MIDAMERICAN ENERGY House Won $500
Iowa 2002 VERIZON House Won $100
Iowa 2002 VERIZON House Won $100
Iowa 2002 ALLIANT ENERGY House Won $200
Iowa 2002 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $250
Iowa 2002 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $250
Iowa 2002 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $250
Iowa 2002 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $750
Iowa 2002 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $350
Iowa 2002 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $250
Iowa 2002 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $350
Iowa 2002 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $250
Iowa 2002 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $750
Iowa 2002 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $250
Iowa 2002 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $500
Iowa 2000 ENRON CORP House Won $150
Iowa 2000 QWEST COMMUNICATIONS House Won $250
Iowa 2000 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS House Won $125
Iowa 2000 MIDAMERICAN ENERGY House Won $750
Iowa 2000 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD House Won $125
Iowa 2000 NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION House Won $300
Iowa 2000 AT&T House Won $150
Iowa 2000 AT&T House Won $150
Iowa 2000 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $250
Iowa 2000 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $500
Iowa 2000 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $500
Iowa 2000 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $500
Iowa 1998 GTE CORP House Won $100
Iowa 1998 MIDAMERICAN ENERGY House Won $100
Iowa 1998 MIDAMERICAN ENERGY House Won $100
Iowa 1998 MIDAMERICAN ENERGY House Won $200
Iowa 1998 MIDAMERICAN ENERGY House Won $300
Iowa 1998 NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION House Won $100
Iowa 1998 AT&T House Won $100
Iowa 1998 AT&T House Won $200
Iowa 1998 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $750
Iowa 1998 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $250
Iowa 1998 JOHN DEERE & CO House Won $100
Iowa 1998 JOHN DEERE & CO 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.