ALEC-Related Contributions

Contributions to Candiates in Conn.

Negative contribution amounts denote returned contributions
State Year Candidate Contributor Office Result Amount
Conn. 2006 Piscopo, John GENERAL ELECTRIC House Won $500
Conn. 2006 Piscopo, John GENERAL ELECTRIC House Won $500
Conn. 2006 Witkos, Kevin D GENERAL ELECTRIC House Won $250
Conn. 2006 Harkins, John A GENERAL ELECTRIC House Won $500
Conn. 2006 Hamzy, William A GENERAL ELECTRIC House Won $250
Conn. 2006 Hamzy, William A GENERAL ELECTRIC House Won $250
Conn. 2006 Hovey, Debralee AT&T House Won $150
Conn. 2006 Harkins, John A AT&T House Won $200
Conn. 2006 Hamzy, William A AT&T House Won $300
Conn. 2006 Hamzy, William A AT&T House Won $300
Conn. 2006 Witkos, Kevin D AT&T House Won $125
Conn. 2006 Hamzy, William A AT&T House Won $200
Conn. 2006 Hamzy, William A AT&T House Won $200
Conn. 2006 Hovey, Debralee BANK OF AMERICA House Won $250
Conn. 2006 Hamzy, William A BANK OF AMERICA House Won $250
Conn. 2006 Hamzy, William A BANK OF AMERICA House Won $250
Conn. 2006 Harkins, John A BANK OF AMERICA House Won $250
Conn. 2004 Hovey, Debralee GENERAL ELECTRIC House Won $100
Conn. 2004 Hamzy, William A GENERAL ELECTRIC House Won $250
Conn. 2004 Hamzy, William A GENERAL ELECTRIC House Won $250
Conn. 2004 Harkins, John A GENERAL ELECTRIC House Won $250
Conn. 2004 Hovey, Debralee NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION House Won $250
Conn. 2002 Hamzy, William A US SMOKELESS TOBACCO House Won $250
Conn. 2002 Hamzy, William A US SMOKELESS TOBACCO House Won $250
Conn. 2002 Piscopo, John E US SMOKELESS TOBACCO House Won $250
Conn. 2002 Piscopo, John E US SMOKELESS TOBACCO House Won $250
Conn. 2002 Harkins, John A US SMOKELESS TOBACCO House Won $250
Conn. 2002 Hamzy, William A BAYER CORP House Won $250
Conn. 2002 Hamzy, William A BAYER CORP House Won $250
Conn. 2002 Piscopo, John E BAYER CORP House Won $250
Conn. 2002 Piscopo, John E BAYER CORP House Won $250
Conn. 2002 Gunther, George L (Doc) BAYER CORP Senate Won $250
Conn. 2002 Harkins, John A BAYER CORP House Won $250
Conn. 2002 Gunther, George L (Doc) PFIZER Senate Won $250
Conn. 2002 Gunther, George L (Doc) PFIZER Senate Won $250
Conn. 2002 Hamzy, William A GENERAL ELECTRIC House Won $250
Conn. 2002 Hamzy, William A GENERAL ELECTRIC House Won $250
Conn. 2002 Harkins, John A GLAXOSMITHKLINE House Won $250
Conn. 2002 Piscopo, John E HOFFMAN-LAROCHE House Won $150
Conn. 2002 Piscopo, John E HOFFMAN-LAROCHE House Won $150
Conn. 2000 Gunther, George L GENERAL ELECTRIC Senate Won $500
Conn. 2000 Hamzy, William A GENERAL ELECTRIC House Won $400
Conn. 2000 Hamzy, William A GENERAL ELECTRIC House Won $400
Conn. 2000 Harkins, John A GENERAL ELECTRIC House Won $250
Conn. 2000 Gunther, George L NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION Senate Won $500
Conn. 2000 Harkins, John A NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION House Won $250
Conn. 2000 Piscopo, John NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION House Won $500
Conn. 2000 Piscopo, John NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION House Won $500
Conn. 2000 Gunther, George L JOSEPH E SEAGRAM & SONS Senate Won $250
Conn. 2000 Gunther, George L MERCK & CO Senate Won $250
Conn. 1998 Gunther, George L GENERAL ELECTRIC Senate Won $300
Conn. 1998 Hamzy, William A GENERAL ELECTRIC House Won $250
Conn. 1998 Hamzy, William A GENERAL ELECTRIC House Won $250
Conn. 1998 Harkins, John A GENERAL ELECTRIC House Won $200
Conn. 1998 Gunther, George L PFIZER Senate Won $300
Conn. 1998 Gunther, George L NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION Senate Won $250
Conn. 1998 Hamzy, William A NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION House Won $200
Conn. 1998 Hamzy, William A NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION House Won $200
Conn. 1998 Harkins, John A NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION House Won $100
Conn. 1998 Piscopo, John E NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION House Won $250
Conn. 1998 Piscopo, John E NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION House Won $250
Conn. 1996 Gunther Md, George L BAYER CORP Senate Won $250
Conn. 1996 Gunther Md, George L NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION Senate Won $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.