ALEC-Related Contributions

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Negative contribution amounts denote returned contributions
State Year Candidate Office Result Amount
Ariz. 2010 Pearce, Russell Senate Won $150
Utah 2010 Herbert, Gary R Governor / Lieutenant Governor Won $5,000
Ga. 2010 Rogers, Chip Senate Won $500
N.C. 2010 Howard, Julia Craven House Won $500
Fla. 2010 Patronis, Jimmy House Won $500
Utah 2010 Niederhauser, Wayne Senate Won $500
Utah 2010 Niederhauser, Wayne Senate Won $500
Ga. 2008 Ehrhart, Earl House Won $500
Ga. 2008 Hill, Calvin House Won $500
Ga. 2008 Rogers, Chip Senate Won $500
Ariz. 2006 Burns, Robert (Bob) Senate Won $150
Ariz. 2006 Burns, Robert (Bob) Senate Won $150
Ariz. 2006 Pearce, Russell House Won $150
Ga. 2006 Ehrhart, Earl House Won $500
Ga. 2006 Graves, Tom House Won $500
Ga. 2006 Rogers, Chip Senate Won $500
N.C. 2006 Brubaker, Harold J House Won $500
Texas 2006 Craddick, Tom House Won $1,000
Ariz. 2004 Burns, Robert Bob Senate Won $150
Ariz. 2004 Burns, Robert Bob Senate Won $150
Ga. 2004 Graves, Tom House Won $250
Ga. 2004 Ehrhart, Earl House Won $250
Ga. 2004 Ehrhart, Earl House Won $0
Ga. 2004 Ehrhart, Earl House Won $250
Texas 2004 Fraser, Troy Senate Won $500
Texas 2004 Craddick, Tom House Won $2,000
Texas 2004 Perry, Rick Governor Not Up For Election $2,000
N.Y. 2002 Pataki, George E Governor / Lieutenant Governor Won $500
N.Y. 2002 Pataki, George E Governor / Lieutenant Governor Won $5,000
N.Y. 2002 Pataki, George E Governor / Lieutenant Governor Won $1,000
N.Y. 2002 Pataki, George E Governor / Lieutenant Governor Won $1,000
Fla. 2000 Sanderson, Debby P Senate Won $500
Nev. 2000 Rhoads, Dean A Senate Won $500
N.Y. 2000 Pataki, George E Governor / Lieutenant Governor Not Up For Election $150
Va. 1999 Martin, Stephen H Senate Won $250
Va. 1999 Martin, Stephen H Senate Won $250
Ariz. 1998 Burns, Robert (Bob) House Won $300
Ariz. 1998 Burns, Robert (Bob) House Won $300
N.Y. 1998 Pataki, George E Governor Won $2,000
N.Y. 1998 Pataki, George E Governor Won $1,000
S.C. 1998 Barfield, Liston House Won $50
Ariz. 1996 Burns, Robert House Won $100
Ariz. 1996 Burns, Robert House Won $100
Mo. 1996 Cooper, Bonnie Sue House Won $250
N.C. 1996 Brubaker, Harold J House Won $1,000

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.