ALEC-Related Contributions

Contributions from BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF TEXAS

Negative contribution amounts denote returned contributions
State Year Candidate Office Result Amount
Texas 2008 Perry, Rick Governor Not Up For Election $1,000
Texas 2008 King, Phil House Won $500
Texas 2008 Howard, Charlie House Won $500
Texas 2008 Madden, Jerry House Won $500
Texas 2008 Madden, Jerry House Won $250
Texas 2008 Christian, Wayne House Won $500
Texas 2008 Seliger, Kel Senate Won $1,000
Texas 2008 Driver, Joe House Won $500
Texas 2008 Flynn, Dan House Won $500
Texas 2008 Perry, Rick Governor Not Up For Election $1,000
Texas 2008 Jackson, Jim House Won $500
Texas 2006 Perry, Rick Governor Won $5,000
Texas 2006 Perry, Rick Governor Won $500
Texas 2006 Driver, Joe House Won $500
Texas 2006 Jackson, Jim House Won $500
Texas 2006 Madden, Jerry House Won $500
Texas 2006 Seliger, Kel Senate Not Up For Election $1,000
Texas 2004 Driver, Joe House Won $500
Texas 2002 Craddick, Tom House Won $1,000
Texas 2002 Fraser, Troy Senate Won $1,000
Texas 2002 Madden, Jerry House Won $500
Texas 2002 Perry, Rick Governor Won $2,500
Texas 2000 Driver, Joe L House Won $500
Texas 2000 Madden, Jerry A House Won $300
Texas 1998 Perry, Rick Lieutenant Governor Won $2,500

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.