ALEC-Related Contributions

Contributions from NICOR GAS

Negative contribution amounts denote returned contributions
State Year Candidate Office Result Amount
Ill. 2010 Dillard, Kirk W Senate Not Up For Election $1,000
Ill. 2010 Kosel, Renee House Won $500
Ill. 2010 Kosel, Renee House Won $500
Ill. 2010 Lauzen, Chris Senate Won $300
Ill. 2010 Kosel, Renee House Won $500
Ill. 2010 Kosel, Renee House Won $500
Ill. 2010 Lauzen, Chris Senate Won $300
Ill. 2010 Dillard, Kirk W Senate Not Up For Election $1,000
Ill. 2008 Dillard, Kirk W Senate Won $750
Ill. 2008 Kosel, Renee House Won $500
Ill. 2008 Kosel, Renee House Won $500
Ill. 2008 Lauzen, Chris Senate Not Up For Election $300
Ill. 2008 Dillard, Kirk W Senate Won $750
Ill. 2008 Kosel, Renee House Won $500
Ill. 2008 Kosel, Renee House Won $500
Ill. 2006 Kosel, Renee House Won $500
Ill. 2006 Kosel, Renee House Won $500
Ill. 2006 Dillard, Kirk W Senate Won $750
Ill. 2006 Lauzen, Chris Senate Won $300
Ill. 2006 Dillard, Kirk W Senate Won $750
Ill. 2006 Kosel, Renee House Won $500
Ill. 2006 Kosel, Renee House Won $500
Ill. 2006 Lauzen, Chris Senate Won $300
Ill. 2004 Lauzen, Chris Senate Not Up For Election $300
Ill. 2004 Dillard, Kirk W Senate Not Up For Election $500
Ill. 2004 Lauzen, Chris Senate Not Up For Election $300
Ill. 2004 Kosel, Renee House Won $300
Ill. 2004 Kosel, Renee House Won $300
Ill. 2002 Dillard, Kirk W Senate Won $250
Ill. 2002 Dillard, Kirk W Senate Won $1,032
Ill. 2002 Dillard, Kirk W Senate Won $750
Ill. 2002 Kosel, Renee House Won $300
Ill. 2002 Kosel, Renee House Won $300
Ill. 2002 Kosel, Renee House Won $300
Ill. 2002 Kosel, Renee House Won $300
Ill. 2002 Dillard, Kirk W Senate Won $350
Ill. 2002 Dillard, Kirk W Senate Won $650
Ill. 2000 Dillard, Kirk W Senate Not Up For Election $500
Ill. 2000 Dillard, Kirk W Senate Not Up For Election $500
Ill. 2000 Dillard, Kirk W Senate Not Up For Election $350
Ill. 2000 Dillard, Kirk W Senate Not Up For Election $400
Ill. 2000 Kosel, Renee House Won $200
Ill. 2000 Kosel, Renee House Won $200
Ill. 2000 Kosel, Renee House Won $200
Ill. 2000 Kosel, Renee House Won $200
Ill. 1998 Dillard, Kirk W Senate Won $300
Ill. 1998 Kosel, Renee House Won $100
Ill. 1998 Kosel, Renee House Won $100
Ill. 1998 Kosel, Renee House Won $75
Ill. 1998 Kosel, Renee House Won $75
Ill. 1998 Lauzen, Chris Comptroller Lost - General Election $350
Ill. 1998 Dillard, Kirk W Senate Won $400
Ill. 1998 Dillard, Kirk W Senate Won $300
Ill. 1998 Kosel, Renee House Won $200
Ill. 1998 Kosel, Renee House Won $200

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.