ALEC-Related Contributions

Contributions from MIDAMERICAN ENERGY

Negative contribution amounts denote returned contributions
State Year Candidate Office Result Amount
Iowa 2010 Upmeyer, Linda House Won $500
Iowa 2010 Upmeyer, Linda House Won $400
Iowa 2010 Upmeyer, Linda House Won $1,000
Iowa 2010 Miller, Linda J House Won $250
Iowa 2010 Pettengill, Dawn House Won $600
S.D. 2010 Wick, Hal House Won $100
S.D. 2010 Peters, Deb Senate Won $100
Ill. 2008 Dillard, Kirk W Senate Won $1,000
Iowa 2008 Pettengill, Dawn House Won $500
Iowa 2008 Van Fossen, Jamie House Lost - General Election $500
Iowa 2008 Upmeyer, Linda House Won $400
Iowa 2008 Mertz, Dolores M House Won $600
Iowa 2008 Miller, Linda J House Won $200
Iowa 2008 Van Fossen, Jamie House Lost - General Election $1,200
Iowa 2008 Van Fossen, Jamie House Lost - General Election $800
Iowa 2008 Pettengill, Dawn House Won $600
S.D. 2008 Wick, Hal Senate Lost - General Election $200
Iowa 2006 Mertz, Dolores M House Won $250
Iowa 2006 Van Fossen, Jamie House Won $500
Iowa 2006 Greiner, Sandra H House Won $250
Iowa 2006 Mertz, Dolores M House Won $250
Iowa 2006 Miller, Linda J House Won $250
Iowa 2006 Pettengill, Dawn House Won $250
Iowa 2006 Upmeyer, Linda House Won $250
Iowa 2006 Van Fossen, Jamie House Won $1,000
Ill. 2006 Dillard, Kirk W Senate Won $1,000
Ill. 2006 Dillard, Kirk W Senate Won $1,500
S.D. 2006 Wick, Hal House Won $300
Iowa 2004 Van Fossen, Jamie House Won $250
Iowa 2004 Mertz, Dolores M House Won $500
Iowa 2004 Greiner, Sandra H House Won $250
Iowa 2004 Mertz, Dolores M House Won $250
Iowa 2004 Van Fossen, Jamie House Won $500
Iowa 2004 Van Fossen, Jamie House Won $500
Ill. 2004 Dillard, Kirk W Senate Not Up For Election $500
S.D. 2004 Wick, Hal House Won $200
Iowa 2002 Van Fossen, James House Won $300
Iowa 2002 Van Fossen, James House Won $500
Iowa 2002 Mertz, Dolores M House Won $200
Iowa 2002 Upmeyer, Linda L House Won $200
Iowa 2002 Van Fossen, James House Won $300
Iowa 2002 Van Fossen, James House Won $500
Ill. 2002 Dillard, Kirk W Senate Won $250
Ill. 2002 Dillard, Kirk W Senate Won $600
S.D. 2002 Wick, Hal House Won $100
S.D. 2002 Wick, Hal House Won $200
Iowa 2000 Greiner, Sandy Senate Won $100
Iowa 2000 Mertz, Dolores House Won $200
Iowa 2000 Van Fossen, James House Won $750
Iowa 1998 Greiner, Sandra H House Won $200
Iowa 1998 Mertz, Dolores M House Won $500
Iowa 1998 Van Fossen, James House Won $100
Iowa 1998 Van Fossen, James House Won $100
Iowa 1998 Van Fossen, James House Won $200
Iowa 1998 Van Fossen, James House Won $300

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.