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Some Congressional FEC Reporting Highlights

July 19th, 2010 · 3 Comments

Campaign finance reports have finally been filed with the Federal Election Commission, so let’s take a look at some of goodies.

John Waltz for Congress

  • $117,150.18 raised
  • $49,609.15 spent
  • $102,055.79 cash on hand

Notable Contributions

  • Bill Adkins $2,200
  • Roger Auge $750 (he was accused of fondling a student)
  • Mary Moss Greenebaum $1,550
  • Gill Holland $2,400
  • John Y. Brown III $250
  • Tons & tons of cash came from out of state, which doesn’t bode well for votes. 11% in-state (29 contributions, multiple contributions from the same folks), 89% came from out-of-state (241 contributions)

Notable Disbursements

  • $3,492.17 on Catering & Events
  • $4,575.27 to Lisa Tanner
  • $23,576.52 to other staffers
  • $2,613.88 on Telephone & Communications
  • $1,319.51 on Equipment & Supplies
  • $2,137.62 on Postage & Printing
  • $3,754.30 on Travel
  • $2,532.05 on Advertising, mostly on Facebook (who came up with that plan? Goodness)

Geoff Davis for Congress

  • $115,985.04 raised, only $3K from individuals, the rest from PACs
  • $51,860.81 spent
  • $810,097.66 cash on hand

Notable Contributions

  • 3 contributions from in-state, 4 contributions from out-of-state
  • Cantor for Congress $208.95
  • Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association $1,000
  • America’s Fairs Carnivals and Circuses PAC $1,000
  • American Council of Engineering Companies PAC $1,000
  • American Financial Services Association PAC $1,000
  • American Optometric Association PAC $1,000
  • American Podiatric Medical Association Inc. Podiatry PAC $1,000
  • American Society of Association Executives $1,000
  • Americas Health Insurance Plans PAC $1,000
  • Arch PAC $2,000
  • Associated General Contractors PAC $2,500
  • Association For Advanced Life Underwriting PAC $2,000
  • AT&T Inc. PAC $1,000
  • AZ PAC $2,500
  • BAE Systems USA PAC $3,000
  • Boehringer Ingelheim Usa Corporation Political Action Committee $750
  • Boeing PAC $1,000
  • Brown-Forman Committee for Responsible Government $2,500
  • Chevron Employees PAC $1,000
  • Citigroup PAC $1,000
  • COALPAC $1,000
  • Committee For The Preservation Of Capitalism $841.09
  • CSX Corporation Good Government Fund $1,000
  • CULAC The PAC Of Credit Union National Association $5,000
  • Deals Election Action Committee of NADA $2,500
  • Deloitte & Touche PAC $2,000
  • Delta Airlines PAC $1,000
  • DLA Piper LLP PAC $500
  • DRS Technologies Inc. $1,500
  • Electrical Construction PAC $2,500
  • Eli Lilly And COmpany PAC $1,000
  • Exxon Mobil PAC $2,000
  • Federation Of American Hospitals PAC $1,000
  • FMR Corp. Political Action Committee $1,000
  • Ford Motor Company Civic Action Fund $2,000
  • General Dynamics Voluntary Political Contribution Plan $1,000
  • General Electric Company PAC $1,000
  • GlaxoSmithKline LLC PAC $500
  • Halliburton Company PAC $1,000
  • HSBC North America PAC $1,000
  • Independent Community Bankers Political Action Committee $1,000
  • Indoor Tanning Association PAC $2,500
  • International Association of Fire Fighters $2,500
  • IPAA Wildcatters Fund $1,000
  • Jim Beam Brands Company PAC $1,000
  • KOCH Industries PAC $2,000
  • KPMG PAC $1,000
  • Marathon Oil Company Employees PAC $3,500
  • McKesson Corp. Employees Political Fund $1,000
  • Merck Employees PAC $2,500
  • MetLife Inc. Employees’ Political Participation Fund A $1,000
  • Mortgage Bankers Association of America PAC $1,000
  • NAMIC PAC $2,000
  • National Air Traffic Controllers Association PAC $1,000
  • National Association of Convenience Stores PAC $1,000
  • National Association Of Health Underwriters PAC $2,000
  • National Community Pharmacists Association PAC $1,500
  • National Federation of Independent Business PAC $1,000
  • National Funeral Directors Association PAC $1,000
  • National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association PAC $4,000
  • NEMPAC $1,000
  • Novo Nordisk Changing Diabetes PAC $1,000
  • NRA Political Victory Fund $1,000
  • Occidental Petroleum Corporation PAC $1,000
  • PAC of the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons $3,000
  • Patton Boggs PAC $1,000
  • Pfizer Inc. PAC $1,000
  • PHCC PAC $1,000
  • Physical Therapy PAC $2,000
  • Property Casualty Insurers Association of America PAC $1,000
  • Real Estate Investment Trusts PAC $1,000
  • Realtors Political Action Committee RPAC $1,000
  • Schwan PAC $2,500
  • Swedish Match Pac $2,000
  • Tesoro Petroleum PAC $1,000
  • The Hartford Advocates Fund $1,000
  • Turkish Coalition USA PAC $1,000
  • Wellpoint PAC $1,000

Tell me again which industry doesn’t own Geoff Davis?

Notable Disbursements

  • $1,178.68 on Telephone & Communication
  • $2,267.35 on Equipment & Supplies
  • $25,048.94 on Staff, mostly on fundraising
  • $8,065.75 on Events & Catering
  • $2,142.03 on Travel
  • $998.12 on Printing

Peep the data from John Yarmuth, Todd Lally, Ben Chandler and Andy Barr after the jump…

Yarmuth for Congress

  • $149,023.24 raised
  • $100,535.14 spent
  • $599,471.04 cash on hand
  • $132,262.40 in debts owed to the candidate

Notable Contributions

  • Gladys Bass $2,000
  • Britt Brockman $2,400
  • Gordon Brown $500
  • Jim Gardner $1,000
  • Craig Greenberg $500
  • Judith Yarmuth $4,800
  • Hans Ziegler $1,000

From PACS:

  • American Association For Justice PAC $4,000
  • American College of Cardiology PAC $2,500
  • American Federation of State, County and Municipal $1,000
  • American Health Care Association $1,000
  • American Nurses Association, PAC $1,000
  • American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO $1,500
  • AmerisourceBergen Corporation PAC $2,500
  • Anheuser-Busch Companies INC. PAC $2,000
  • APMA Political Action Committee $2,000
  • Assisted Living Federation of America $1,000
  • Association of American Railroads PAC $1,000
  • AT&T Federal PAC $3,000
  • BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY RAILPAC (BNSF PAC) $2,000
  • Boilermakers-Blacksmiths Legislative Education Act. $1,000
  • Bridge PAC $5,000
  • CSX Corporation Good Government Fund $5,000
  • CULAC the PAC of Credit Union National Association $1,000
  • CWA Cope PCC $2,500
  • DISPAC $1,429.54
  • Federation of American Hospitals $1,000
  • FMR LLC PAC $1,000
  • Ford Motor Company Civil Action Fund $2,000
  • Fortune Brands, INC. PAC $1,500
  • General Electric PAC $2,000
  • Healthcare Distribution Management Association PAC $1,000
  • Investment Company Institute PAC $1,000
  • Jim Beam Brands Co. PAC $1,500
  • LABORERS’ INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LI $4,000
  • Machinists Non-Partisan Political League $5,000
  • Norfolk Southern Corporation Good Government Fund $2,000
  • NOSSAMAN PAC $1,500
  • Populist PAC $1,000
  • Raytheon PAC $2,000
  • SEIU $2,500
  • Synergy PAC $1,000
  • The NEA Fund for Children and Public Education $2,000
  • Union Pacific Corp. Fund for Effective Government $2,000
  • United Parcel Service INC. PAC $1,000

Notable Disbursements

  • $756.05 on Equipment & Supplies
  • $354.69 on Telephone & Communication
  • $30,126.81 on Staff
  • $32,500 on Polling
  • $25,000 to DCCC
  • $2,591.23 on Catering & Events
  • $924.39 on Postage
  • $5,000 on Advertising
  • $989.60 on Travel

Todd Lally for Congress

  • $216,009.40 raised
  • $27,658.59 spent
  • $269,162.30 cash on hand
  • $116,000 debts owed to the candidate himself

Notable Contributions

  • Jonathan Lord $2,400
  • Alice Lord $2,400
  • Daniel Lally $220
  • James Lally $4,800
  • Sheree Lally $3,310
  • Talmage Hocker, Sr. $500
  • Betty Jones $2,400
  • Billie Headlee $2,400
  • Chris Thieneman $500
  • Woody Northup $2,400
  • Anne Northup $2,400
  • David A. Jones $2,400
  • Bill Street $2,400
  • Terry Forcht $1,000
  • Jimmy Dan Conner $500
  • Bill Tafel $250
  • Bob DeWeese $500
  • Angela DeWeese $500
  • Jim Patterson $3,400
  • Kelly Downard $500

Dozens upon dozens of empty employer fields for well-known people, something that should be corrected immediately with a few FEC searches and amended

Notable Disbursements

  • $1,499.65 on Catering & Events
  • $3,550 on Advertising
  • $529.99 on Equipment & Supplies
  • $17,347.20 on Printing
  • $2,312.71 on Staff
  • $1,276 on Postage
  • $575 on Telephone & Communication

Ben Chandler for Congress

  • $154,327.51 raised
  • $98,675.39 spent
  • $1,749,363.32 cash on hand

Notable Contributions

  • Nick Clooney $500
  • Tracy Farmer $4,800
  • Debra Hensley $750
  • Terry McBrayer $1,000
  • Russell Meyer $500
  • Jennifer Miller $250 (Jonathan’s sister, once claimed Bruce Lunsford was trying to assassinate her and meant it)
  • Jonathan Miller $1,000

From PACS:

  • American Association for Justice PAC $10,000
  • American Council of Engineering Companies $1,000
  • American Crystal Sugar Company PAC $5,000
  • American Federation of Teachers $5,000
  • American Podiatric Medical Association $1,000
  • American Veterinary Association Political $1,000
  • Americans for the Arts Action Fund PAC $500
  • ARCH Leadership PAC $4,000
  • AT&T Inc. Federal Political Action Committee $6,000
  • Boilermakers-Blacksmiths LEAP $1,000
  • Committee on Letter Carriers Political Education $4,000
  • Corning Incorporated Employees Political Action Co $1,000
  • Delta Air Lines PAC $2,000
  • Democrats Win Seats PAC $1,000
  • Distilled Spirits PAC $1,553.05
  • Farm Credit Political Action Committee $2,000
  • General Electric Company PAC $1,000
  • Grassroots Organizing Acting & Leading GOALPAC $1,000
  • Honeywell International PAC $6,000
  • IBEW COPE $5,000
  • International Association of Firefighters $2,000
  • Laborers’ Political League $7,500
  • Leadership 21 $1,000
  • League of Conservation Voters Inc. Political Action $2,029.09
  • Lockheed Martin Employees Political Action Committee $1,000
  • Machinists Non-Partisan Political League $5,000
  • National Air Traffic Controllers Association PAC $4,500
  • National Association Of Broadcasters Television An $1,000
  • National Lumber and Building Material Dealers PAC $2,000
  • National Rifle Association – Political Victory Fund $1,000
  • Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians $2,000
  • Physical Therapy Political Action Committee $2,000
  • Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 502 PAF $10,000
  • Political Action Committee of The AAOS $2,500
  • Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC Fed Pac $2,000
  • Turkish Coalition USA PAC $1,000
  • UPSPAC $8,000
  • Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Political Action Committee $5,000

Notable Disbursements

  • $1,444.05 on Insurance
  • $43,758.72 on Staff
  • $2,740.66 on Catering & Events
  • $1,571.82 on Postage
  • $1,644.81 on Printing
  • $38,380 on Advertising
  • $1,253.59 on Telephone & Communication

Andy Barr for Congress, Inc.

  • $382,072.97 raised
  • $236,964.12 spent
  • $360,892.29 cash on hand

Notable Contributions

  • Scott Alexander $250
  • Chuck Baird $2,000
  • Don Ball $2,000
  • Don Ball, Jr. $4,400
  • Mira Ball $2,000
  • Donna Barr $4,800
  • Elsie Barr $3,500
  • Garland H. Barr III $4,800
  • Jess Correll $2,400
  • Brad Cowgill $1,250
  • Dennis Cupp $500
  • Everybody and their mother from coal
  • Bill Farmer $250
  • Marion Forcht $4,800
  • Terry Forcht $4,800
  • Ted Forcht $2,000
  • Daniel Groves $350
  • Henry Hinkle $4,800
  • Woody Northup $1,000
  • Robbie Rudolph $1,000
  • Ray Settle $1,000
  • Damon Thayer $300
  • Brian Wood $2,000
  • Bill Young, Jr. $1,000
  • From PACs
  • Alpha Natural Resources PAC $2,000
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists PAC $5,000
  • Arch Coal Inc. PAC $2,000
  • Bluegrass Committee $5,000
  • COALPAC $1,000
  • Continuing A Majority Party Action Committee $5,000
  • Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers PAC $1,000
  • Every Republican Is Crucial PAC $5,000
  • Express Scripts Inc. Political Fund $5,000
  • Kentucky Concrete Industry PAC $500
  • KSA PAC $500
  • National Mining Association PAC $5,000
  • New Republican Majority Fund $500
  • People For Enterprise Trade And Economic Grown $5,000
  • Stoll Keenon Ogden PAC $1,000
  • The Freedom Project $5,000

Notable Disbursements

  • $1,690.04 on Telephone & Communication
  • $7,500 on Polling
  • $3,585.20 on Equipment & Services
  • $18,096.81 on Staff
  • $142,303.20 on Advertising
  • $59,666.36 on Printing
  • $5,139.91 on Catering & Events
  • $3,199.82 on Postage

Tags: Ben Chandler · Campaign Finance · Congress · Geoff Davis · John Yarmuth · Spotted

3 responses so far ↓

  • 1 ChristopherM // Jul 19, 2010 at 2:42 pm

    I understand the political realities of living in Kentucky at the moment, and insisting that a candidate support full equality for LGBT people including marriage is unrealistic…for now. However, there is a difference in someone spouting the bullshit line about marriage and someone going after our families to make sure discrimination is codified in the law as Ben Chandler did. There’s a person on his donor list who ought to be ashamed, I’m just saying. Why not just give your money directly to the National Organization for Marriage?

  • 2 jake // Jul 19, 2010 at 3:11 pm

    There are a lot of people who should be ashamed.

  • 3 Noah // Jul 19, 2010 at 4:02 pm

    Davis doesn’t appear much more owned by industry than Ben Chandler does.

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