ALEC-Related Contributions

Contributions to Candiates in Mont.

Negative contribution amounts denote returned contributions
State Year Candidate Contributor Office Result Amount
Mont. 2010 Maclaren, Gary EXXONMOBIL House Won $100
Mont. 2010 Maclaren, Gary EXXONMOBIL House Won -$65
Mont. 2010 Reichner, Scott M EXXONMOBIL House Won $100
Mont. 2010 Reichner, Scott M QWEST COMMUNICATIONS House Won $110
Mont. 2008 Himmelberger, Dennis EXXONMOBIL House Won $100
Mont. 2008 Reichner, Scott M CONOCOPHILLIPS House Won $100
Mont. 2008 Himmelberger, Dennis QWEST COMMUNICATIONS House Won $160
Mont. 2006 Maclaren, Gary PFIZER House Won $130
Mont. 2006 Himmelberger, Dennis PFIZER House Won $130
Mont. 2006 Maclaren, Gary PFIZER House Won $130
Mont. 2006 Maclaren, Gary NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION House Won $130
Mont. 2002 Himmelberger, Dennis BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD House Lost - General Election $25
Mont. 2000 Thomas, Fred AT&T Senate Won $100
Mont. 2000 Thomas, Fred NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION Senate Won $100
Mont. 1996 Thomas, Fred DUPONT Senate Won $100
Mont. 1996 Thomas, Fred BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD Senate Won $50
Mont. 1994 Foster, Michael Lewis BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD Senate Won $50

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.