ALEC-Related Contributions

Contributions from WENDYS

Negative contribution amounts denote returned contributions
State Year Candidate Office Result Amount
W.Va. 2008 Manchin Iii, Joe Governor Won $1,000
Calif. 2008 Villines, Michael N Assembly Won $1,000
Ill. 2008 Kosel, Renee House Won $250
Ill. 2008 Kosel, Renee House Won $250
Miss. 2007 Barbour, Haley Governor Won $1,000
Va. 2007 Howell, William J House Won $1,000
Ohio 2006 Stivers, Steve Senate Not Up For Election $1,000
Ga. 2004 Ehrhart, Earl House Won $1,000
Ill. 2004 Dillard, Kirk W Senate Not Up For Election $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.