ALEC-Related Contributions

Contributions from BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD

Negative contribution amounts denote returned contributions
State Year Candidate Office Result Amount
Kan. 2010 Wagle, Susan Senate Not Up For Election $500
Kan. 2004 Oneal, Michael (Mike) R House Won $250
Mo. 2002 Emery, Ed House Won $300
Mo. 2002 Emery, Ed House Won $300
Mont. 2002 Himmelberger, Dennis House Lost - General Election $25
N.D. 2002 Berg, Rick House Won $200
Wis. 2000 Underheim, Gregg Assembly Won $250
N.J. 1999 Felice, Nicholas R Assembly Won $300
N.J. 1999 Felice, Nicholas R Assembly Won $500
N.J. 1999 Garrett, E Scott Assembly Won $400
N.J. 1999 Garrett, E Scott Assembly Won $550
Va. 1999 Cantor, Eric I House Won $500
Mo. 1998 Graves, Sam Senate Won $525
Ore. 1998 Kitzhaber, John Governor Won $2,500
Texas 1998 Madden, Jerry A House Won $250
Wash. 1998 Mcmorris, Cathy A House Won $250
Wash. 1998 West, James E Senate Won $575
Wash. 1998 West, James E Senate Won $150
Wis. 1998 Thompson, Tommy G Governor / Lieutenant Governor Won $500
Wis. 1998 Thompson, Tommy G Governor / Lieutenant Governor Won $2,500
Wis. 1998 Thompson, Tommy G Governor / Lieutenant Governor Won $1,000
Ariz. 1996 Burns, Robert House Won $75
Ariz. 1996 Burns, Robert House Won $75
Mont. 1996 Thomas, Fred Senate Won $50
Mont. 1994 Foster, Michael Lewis Senate Won $50

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.