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ELECTION WATCH By Janet McMahon Nov. 2 Election a Chance to “Just Say No” to Congressional Israel-Firsters
ith the possibility Packard CEO Carly Fiorina Wthat the Republicans is viewed as a strong indica- may retake control of the tor of whether Republicans House, which they lost in can regain control of the 2006—two years before Senate. Her incumbency in Barack Obama was elected itself makes Boxer the fa- president—and possibly vored candidate of pro-Is- even the Senate, the up- rael PACs, from whom she coming Nov. 2 election is has received a career total of getting much more atten- $267,044—despite having tion than the average con- voted in 2002 against the gressional midterm. Despite U.S. invasion of Iraq. Fior- the fact that much of the ina, who spent $5 million of campaign is focused on do- her own money on the Re- mestic issues, certain races publican primary alone, offer the opportunity for “wants a share of the Jewish voters to make their voices Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL), who is running for the Illinois Senate seat formerly WWW.KIRKFORSENATE.COM vote as well,” noted Globes, heard on whether they held by President Barack Obama, has received more pro-Israel PAC contri- Israel’s Business Arena want their representatives butions this year than any other House or Senate candidate. (
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popular and respected executive director of daughters-in-law have served a total of House District 4: Another race consid- CAIR’s Sacramento chapter. In December nine deployments. Hedrick recently re- ered a toss-up is the one between Democra- 2006 Senator Boxer rescinded a Certificate ceived $5,000 from former Democratic Na- tic incumbent Betsey Markey—who has of Appreciation she had bestowed on tional Committee chair Howard Dean’s PAC, received a total of $12,100 in pro-Israel PAC Elkar ra a mere six weeks earlier (see April and has been endorsed by, among others, contributions since first being elected in 2007 Washington Report, p. 50). CAIR-PAC, Peace Action West, the Sierra 2008—and her Republican challenger, state House District 11: Two-term Democra- Club and numerous state and national legislator Cory Gardner. Gardner has tic incumbent Jerry McNerney has a sim- labor unions. raised a record amount for a challenger in ilar voting record to Lungren—except he House District 45: Republican incum- this moderately Republican district— did manage to cast one positive vote in the bent Mary Bono Mack faces a well-funded but Markey has raised nearly $1 million 111th Congress. Like Lungren, he has challenger in Palm Springs Mayor Steve more than Gardner. raised less money ($1.7 million) than his Pougnet, who has raised $1.3 million to challenger, Republican banking attorney Mack’s $1.7 million. According to the Los Connecticut David Harmer ($1.8 million). In 2006 Mc- Angeles Times, Bono Mack and Dan Lungren Senate: Running to fill the open Senate seat Nerney was endorsed by former Republi- (see House District 3) are “the Democrats’ of retiring Chris Dodd, Connecticut’s Demo- can Rep. Paul N. “Pete” McCloskey, one of top two targets” in the state, and Bono Mack cratic Attorney General Richard Blumen- several members of Congress targeted by has challenged her opponent to “denounce thal will face multimillionaire Republican the Israel lobby for daring to speak out, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s refusal to con- candidate Linda McMahon, former World who had unsuccessfully challenged then- demn plans” for a Muslim community cen- Wrestling Entertainment CEO. According to incumbent Richard Pombo in the 2006 Re- ter in lower Manhatten. JTA, “If Blumenthal succeeds the retiring publican primary. House District 47: Also according to the Chris Dodd, also a Democrat, he will join House District 37: Democratic incum- Times, “Republicans believe they have a Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) in making Con- bent Laura Richardson, elected in a 2007 shot at finally unseating” Democratic in- necticut’s U.S. Senate representation all Jew- special election to fill the seat of the late cumbent Loretta Sanchez, one of 54 House ish.” Juanita Millender-McDonald, has been an members to sign a letter to President Barack House District 4: Incumbent De- opponent of the George W. Bush admin- Obama calling for a lifting of Israel’s crip- mocratic Rep. Jim Himes, as one istration and the war on Iraq since pling siege of Gaza. However, Sanchez has of the 54 signers of the House letter on 2003—although she cast four negative almost $1 million more in the bank than her Gaza, was one of the first targets of attack votes and only one positive one according challenger, California Assemblyman Van ads by the recently formed Emergency to our 2010 Congressional Report Card. Tran. Committee for Israel. William Kristol and his She is being challenged by conservative House District 50: Democrat Francine P. neocon buddies obviously prefer Republi- author and syndicated columnist Star Busby is making a third try to defeat current can challenger Dan Debicella, who has Parker, who has been endorsed by, Rep. Brian Bilbray, who holds the House criticized Himes’ stance on Israel. On his among others, Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, seat vacated by the now imprisoned Randy campaign Web site Debicella describes his Karl Rove, Rep. Michele Bachmann, “Duke” Cunningham. Bilbray bested her in support for Israel as “unequivocal,” and Grover Norquist, Alan Keyes and Gov. the 2006 special election following Cunning- promises to “speak strongly and clearly for Mike Huckabee. Perhaps because Richard- ham’s resignation, and went on to win the our allies in Israel.” Despite the fact that as son has been embroiled in controversy 2006 and 2008 general elections. When she of June 30 Himes had $1.9 million cash on over her dealings with Washington Mu- ran against him in the 2006 general election, hand to Debicella’s $492,000, the race made tual Bank, which canceled the sale of a Busby received $5,050 in pro-Israel PAC con- CNN’s list of the top 100 most vulnerable foreclosed home she owns in Sacramen - tributions. As of July 15, Bilbray had re- congressional seats. to—the House Ethics Committee cleared ceived none—even though he cast no posi- her of charges on July 1—the incumbent tive votes according to the 2010 Congres- Delaware is only slightly ahead of Parker in fund- sional Report Card. Senate: A special election will be held Nov. raising ($370,000 to Parker’s $320,000). 2 to fill the seat of Sen. Ted Kaufman. Ap- More ominously, as of early September Colorado pointed when then-Sen. Joe Biden became Richardson’s re-election campaign Web Senate: Incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet, vice president, Kaufman had announced he site was “coming soon!” Also running is appointed to fill the seat of Interior Secre- would not be a candidate to complete Independent candidate (and friend of the tary Ken Salazar, faces Tea Party-backed Re- Biden’s term, which expires in 2014. Al- Washington Report) Nick Dibs, who has publican opponent Ken Buck, who de- though former governor and moderate Re- raised just over $2,000. feated establishment candidate and former publican Rep. Mike Castle, who had raised House District 44: In 2008, Re- Lt. Gov. Jane Norton in the state’s Aug. 11 $3 million in campaign funds—including publican incumbent and Hall of primary, despite having raised less than half $5,500 from pro-Israel PACS—had been fa- Shamer Ken Calvert beat Corona-Norco her campaign funds. According to the Jew- vored to win over Democratic county exec- Board of Education president Bill Hedrick ish Telegraphic Agency (JTA), “Bennet’s utive Chris Coons, who has raised $1.35 by a slim 3-point margin—despite having mother is a Holocaust survivor, but he did million, Castle was knocked out of the run- outspent his Democratic challenger by not acknowledge his Jewishness until re- ning in the Sept. 14 primary by Tea Party more than $950,000. Two years later cently, raising Jewish representation in the candidate Christine O’Donnell, who re- Calvert again faces the progressive Demo - U.S. Senate from 13 to 14.” The JTA de- ceived no support from the Republican crat—who supports a clear exit strategy scribed Bennet as “outspoken in [his] sup- Party. A post-primary poll showed that from Afghanistan and U.S. troop with- port for Israel and on isolating Iran.” CQ Castle supporters were likely to vote for drawal from Iraq, where his two sons and rates this race a toss-up. Coons in November.
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Florida has raised $4 million to Klein’s $2.5 million. Kirk’s now open House seat, Democratic Senate: Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek Heads you win, tails I lose. African-American businessman (and for- will face two opponents for this open seat: mer intern for Sen. Joseph Lieberman) former Florida House Speaker Marco Georgia Dan Seals is running ahead in the polls Rubio, who is endorsed by former Vice House District 2: Blue Dog Democratic in- against Republican fellow businessman President Dick Cheney, House Minority cumbent Sanford Bishop, one of only Robert Dold. Alas, it’s another case of Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA), Florida Rep. four of 36 Congressional Black Caucus being more pro-Israel than thou, with Dold Ginny Brown-Waite and former House members who voted for the 2002 joint res- accusing Seals of being insufficiently pro- Speaker Newt Gingrich, among others; and olution authorizing the Iraq war, will face Israel and anti-Iraq, and Seals vigorously Republican Gov. Charlie Crist, who de- Tea Party-endorsed state Rep. and Baptist denying the charges. Dold is slightly be- cided to run as an Independent after preacher Mike Keown, who easily won hind in fund-raising as well, with $1.5 mil- falling behind Rubio in the polls. Meek has the Republican primary. Keown has raised lion to Seals’ $1.7 million. Pro-Israel PACs raised slightly less than $7 million, com- $370,000 to Bishop’s $670,000. are sitting on this electoral fence, having pared to Crist’s $12.5 million and Rubio’s given $500 to Dold and none to Seals. $12.8 million. Crist, whose endorsers in- Illinois clude Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mc- Senate: Pro-Israel PACs protégé Re- Indiana Connell and Arizona Sens. John McCain publican Rep. Mark Kirk makes no Senate: Vying for the seat of retiring Sen. and Jon Kyl—but not, apparently, pro-Is- bones about describing himself as a “pro- Evan Bayh are fellow Democrat Rep. Brad rael PACs—appears to be losing support, Israel champion.” Among the efforts on be- Ellsworth, who did not cast a single posi- with Rubio ahead in the polls, but CQ rates half of a foreign government—and at the tive vote according to our 2010 Congres- the race a toss-up. expense of American taxpayers—of which sional Report Card, and former Republican House District 8: The JTA describes he boasts is the fact that “Earlier last year, Sen. Dan Coats, who, prior to his retire- Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson, one of Kirk helped reverse the administration’s ment in 1999, traveled to Israel to celebrate only two Florida House members (the cuts to Israel’s Arrow-3 upper tier missile its 50th anniversary in 1998, and co-spon- other being Rep. Alcee Hastings) to cast a defense system—securing full funding for sored the May 1997 resolution congratu- positive vote according to our 2010 Con- the program to continue.” It’s no wonder lating the residents of Jerusalem on the gressional Report Card, as a Jewish mem- he’s received more pro-Israel PAC contribu- 30th anniversary of the city’s “reunifica- ber of Congress whose seat is vulnera- tions than any other congressional candi- tion.” CQ considers the race a toss-up. ble—not only because “his Orlando-area date this year—including embattled Senate district is seen as naturally Republican,” Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada. Iowa but because he “has become a lead Demo- Kirk’s Democratic opponent for President House District 2: While he did not make cratic bomb-thrower, calling Republicans Barack Obama’s former Senate seat is it into our Hall of Fame, incumbent Demo- ‘Neanderthals,’ describing the GOP health Greek-American banker Alexander Gian- crat David Loebsack cast several positive care plan as ‘dying quickly’ and calling the noulias, who has raised $5.7 million to votes according to our Congressional Re- health care crisis a ‘holocaust’”—for which Kirk’s $9 million. Nevertheless the race is port Card. He is being challenged for the he later expressed regret. Grayson, who considered a toss-up, with an August poll second time by ophthalmologist Marian- has raised $3.7 million in campaign funds, giving each candidate 40 percent of the nette Miller-Meeks, who lost to Loebsack will face another former Florida House vote. in 2008 by 39 to 57 percent. Joining Miller- speaker, Daniel Webster ($313,653)— House District 9: Jewish incumbent De- Meeks on the campaign trail is the wife of named a “Young Gun” running against a mocratic Rep. Jan Schakowsky is being incumbent Republican Sen. Charles Grass- vulnerable Democrat by the National Re- challenged by Republican co-religionist ley, also up for re-election this year. publican Congressional Committee Joel Pollack, who charges that (NRCC)—and Tea Party candidate Peg Schakowsky is not sufficiently pro-Israel. Kansas Dunmire ($43,569). His evidence? That Schakowsky has been Senate: Another congressional Hall of House District 22: According to the endorsed by J Street, the “pro-Israel, pro- Shamer who’s looking to move to the Sen- JTA, incumbent Democratic Rep. and Hall peace” lobby, and that reporter Helen ate to advance Israel’s interests is Republi- of Shamer Ron Klein is seen “as likely to Thomas, former dean of the White House can Rep. Jerry Moran, who has raised retain his South Florida seat, which he Press Corps, headlined a Schakowsky $2.7 million in his bid for the seat being wrested from years of GOP control in 2006. fund-raiser just weeks before she resigned. vacated by Republican Sen. Sam Brown- In 2008 he defeated his current opponent, Pollak’s credentials include backing by back. As winner of the Aug. 3 Republican Allen West, by 8.5 percentage points. Harvard Law School Prof. Alan Der- primary, beating fellow Rep. Todd Tiahrt, However, West—a retired Army lieutenant showitz, the Israel attack dog and former Moran is expected to be the next senator colonel seen as one of the GOP’s best member of O.J. Simpson’s defense team. from Kansas, which for more than 70 years chances to reintroduce a black Republican Even though Dershowitz raised $30,000 at has elected only Republicans to the Senate. into Congress—has hammered Klein in this a fund-raiser for his former “research” as- His opponent, Baker University Assistant heavily Jewish district by going after Pres- sistant, however (in response to which J Dean Lisa Johnston, has raised slightly ident Obama over his recent tensions with Street raised $35,000 in an online fund- more than $10,000. Israel over settlements. It might help Klein raiser for Schakowsky), it appears the pro- House District 4: Competing to fill the that he is one of the more hard-line De- fessor may not be putting his own money seat vacated by Representative Tiahrt are mocrats in Congress when it comes to Is- where his mouth is: Pollak has raised Democrat state legislator Raj Goyle and rael, and has distanced himself from $221,119 to the incumbent’s $1.2 million. former Republican National Committee- Obama’s Israel policies.” West, however, House District 10: Running for Mark man Michael Richard Pompeo. On
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Aug. 12 Pompeo issued an apology for his $10,000 in pro-Israel PAC contributions, that Obama was born in Kenya.” Although Twitter and Facebook link to a post— even though the Vietnamese-American is dismissed by many as a “wacko,” Hudak is which he described as a “good read”—by running for re-election in a traditionally De- no slouch in the fund-raising department: retired Marine Sgt. Bob Pinkstaff, who mocratic and heavily African-American dis- he’s raised $582,000 to Tierney’s $637,000. called the Indian-American Goyle “just trict. Then again, he didn’t cast a single pos- another ‘turban topper.’” Pinkstaff con- itive vote according to our Congressional Michigan tinued, “This guy could be a Muslim, a Report Card. Cao, who has a good relation- House District 3: Running for the seat Hindu, a Buddhist, etc., who knows… ship with President Obama, has raised $1.5 being vacated by Republican Rep. Vern One thing’s for sure...Goyle is not a Chris- million to $500,000 by his Democratic op- Ehlers—and once held by former President tian!” Nevertheless, a poll showed Goyle ponent, African-American state legislator Gerald Ford—are Democratic attorney only 7 points behind Pompeo in this Cedric Richardson. Patrick Miles Jr., a Harvard Law School heavily Republican district, and ahead of House District 3: Running for the seat va- classmate and supporter of President Pompeo in fund-raising. cated by Rep. Charlie Melancon is Democra- Obama, and state legislator Justin Amash, tic candidate Ravi Sangisetty, an Indian- a Tea Party favorite who has been endorsed Kentucky: American attorney whose father came to the by Rep. Ron Paul. Because Amash already Senate: Pro-Israel PACs were putting U.S. 30 years ago with $7 in his pocket. While has spent much of the $380,000 he has their money on Kentucky Secretary of he awaits the result of the Oct. 2 run-off elec- raised on the Republican primary, which he State Trey Grayson to succeed retiring tion between Republicans Hunt Downer, won by just a handful of votes, as of Sept. Sen. Jim Bunning, but Grayson was de- former speaker of the Louisiana House, and 12 he had only $112,000 in cash on hand, feated in the Republican primary by Dr. attorney Jeff Landry, Sangisetty can decide compared to Miles’ $227,000. Rand Paul, son of Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX). when it’s the best time to start spending the Paul’s opponent is Democratic Attorney $600,000 he’s raised, compared to Landry’s Minnesota General Jack Conway. The closeness of $534,000 and Downer’s $411,000—much of House District 6: Republican in- the race is reflected in the candidates’ which they’ll have to spend against each cumbent, Tea Party favorite and Hall fund-raising totals: Conway’s $3.7 million other between now and Oct. 2. of Shamer Rep. Michelle Bachman is to Paul’s $3.5 million. being challenged by state legislator Tarryl House District 3: Two-term in- Maryland Clark. While Clark has raised $2.4 million cumbent John Yarmuth, who House District 1: Freshman Democratic in- to Bachman’s more than $4 million—in- also signed the letter to President Obama cumbent Frank Kratovil Jr. will again cluding more pro-Israel PAC contributions calling for a lifting of Israel’s siege on Gaza, face Republican state legislator Andy Har- this year than any other member of her suddenly finds himself in a close race with ris, who barely lost to Kratovil in 2008. The state’s congressional delegation—a July poll Republican challenger Todd Lally, who, two have raised similar amounts of money showed the right-wing incumbent ahead of according to Louisville television station but, unlike Harris, the incumbent had no Clark by only 9 points. WHAS, “appears to be riding an anti-in- opponent in the Sept. 14 primary election. cumbent, conservative wave.” As of early CQ rates the race a toss-up. Missouri September, Yarmuth had raised $997,000 House District 4: With her primary win, Senate: In a close rase for the open seat of to Lally’s $380,000. incumbent Democratic Rep. Donna Ed- retiring Republican Kit Bond are former House District 6: Democratic incum- wards, the only Hall of Famer in Mary- Republican Majority Leader Rep. Roy bent Ben Chandler, who cast not a single land’s entire congressional delegation, seems Blunt and Democratic Secretary of State positive vote according to our Congres- assured of re-election. As of early Septem- Robin Carnahan. The latter would not sional Report Card, is being challenged by ber, Republican Robert Broadus reported be the first member of her family elected Republican attorney Garland Hale no campaign contributions. to the Senate: her father, Gov. Mel Carna- “Andy” Barr, IV, a one-time intern for House District 5: House Majority Leader han, defeated incumbent Sen. John Sen. Mitch McConnell. On his campaign Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, a frequent visitor to Ashcraft two weeks after perishing in a Web site, Barr says, “Rather than seeking and acolyte of Israel, has a nearly $4 million plane crash. His wife, Jean, was appointed to negotiate with terrorists and the corrupt war chest—in no small part because his as- to serve a two-year term in his stead. Both leadership of Iran, we should immediately cent to a leadership position has been ac- were recipients of pro-Israel PAC contri- impose tough economic sanctions to pre- companied by increasing contributions butions; curiously, the late governor re- vent that rogue regime from acquiring a from pro-Israel PACs. Hoyer has little to fear ceived $3,500 following his death (for a ca- nuclear weapon.” Barr has raised $811,000 from Republican opponent Charles Lol- reer total of $15,693), and his wife re- to Chandler’s $905,000. lar—unless his constituents decide he’s ceived $87,422 for her failed bid to be shown more interest in representing a for- elected in 2002. In his six terms in the Louisiana eign country than his own district. House, however, Blunt has been a loyal Senate: Republican incumbent Sen. David foot soldier, as evidenced by his career Vitter clearly is the Israel lobby’s favored Massachusetts total of $74,350 in pro-Israel PAC contri- candidate. He’s received $40,500 for this House District 6: Incumbent Demo- butions, and he is the favored recipient in race alone, compared to Democratic chal- cratic Rep. and Hall of Famer John this race. Overall he’s raised $8.1 million lenger Rep. Charlie Melancon’s career Tierney is being challenged by attorney to Carnahan’s $7.3 million. total of $32,100—none of it for this year’s Bill Hudak, who, according to The Boston House District 3: Three-term Democra- Senate race. Phoenix, reportedly “once put a sign in his tic incumbent Russ Carnahan is being House District 2: Freshman Republican yard depicting Barack Obama as Osama bin challenged by Edward Martin, Jr., who incumbent Joseph Cao has attracted Laden, and told reporters he had evidence told a conservative radio talk show host that
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Carnahan and President Obama are trying former Rep. Rob Portman—who served Pennsylvania: to interfere with Americans’ freedom to in Congress between 1993-2005, when he Senate: Another signer of the Gaza worship, and that Secretary of State Carna- left to become a member of President letter (which he says he now regrets han (Russ’ sister) is doing the “devil’s George W. Bush’s cabinet, and whom JTA having signed), former Navy admiral and work.” Martin has raised $835,000 to Car- describes as “close to the state’s Jewish two-term congressman Joe Sestak, who nahan’s $1.2 million (including $6,000 in community”—and Democratic Lt. Gov. defeated incumbent Sen. Arlen Specter in pro-Israel PAC contributions). Lee Irwin Fisher. Both candidates have the Democratic primary, also is being tar- received pro-Israel PAC contributions (al- geted by the Emergency Committee for Is- Nevada though, as of June 30, Portman had raised rael. According to the Jewish weekly For- Senate: Despite his powerful position as $11 million to Fischer’s $5 million). While ward, “The committee’s ad…asked, ‘Does Senate majority leader, and having raised Fisher doesn’t give his religion on either Congressman Joe Sestak understand Israel $19 million to his challenger’s $3.6 million, his official lieutenant governor or cam- is America’s ally?’…The committee’s ad Sen. Harry Reid and his Sarah Palin-en- paign Web site, he told the Dayton Jewish claims that Sestak raised funds for the dorsed Republican challenger, former state Observer that he “was raised at Suburban Council on American-Islamic Relations, assemblywoman Sharron Angle, are run- Temple in Cleveland. I’m still a member of which it calls ‘an anti-Israel organization ning neck-and-neck. Winning the state’s the temple to this day. My wife is on the the FBI called a front-group for Hamas.’ It Hispanic vote is considered crucial in this board of the temple. I was confirmed at also accuses Sestak of signing a letter that race, deemed a toss-up by CQ. that temple and my children were Bat termed the blockade of Gaza ‘collective Mitzvahed, Bar Mitzvahed and confirmed punishment,’ and of declining to sign a New Hampshire at that temple. And during the inaugura- letter ‘affirming U.S. support for Israel.’” Senate: Democratic Rep. Paul Hodes is the tion, I asked my rabbi to be one of the Sestak’s Republican opponent, the former Israel Lobby’s pick for this open seat. At speakers at the ecumenical service that we congressman and investment banker Pat press time, former state Attorney Gen- had on the Saturday morning of the inau- Toomey, recently reiterated his opposi- eral Kelly Ayotte had a narrow lead over gural.” Regarding state development pro- tion to hate crimes legislation, which in attorney Ovide Lamontagne for the Re- jects, he said, “Ohio has an office in the 2004 he called “an attempt to criminalize publican nomination. state of Israel that we will continue to in- thought.” Toomey has raised $10 million vest in.…I want to continue that kind of to Sestak’s $5.5 million, and CQ calls the New Jersey effort but spread it around the state and race a toss-up. House District 12: As one of the 54 basically transplant some of the best and House District 6: Three-term House members signing the letter to brightest ideas and minds in Israel to the Republican incumbent and Hall President Obama calling for a lifting of Is- state of Ohio, either by convincing them to of Shamer Jim Gerlach is being chal- rael’s siege of Gaza, incumbent Democratic move their headquarters to Ohio or at a lenged by Indian-American Manan Rep. Rush Holt has been the subject of at- minimum co-locate their businesses so that Trivedi, a former battlefield surgeon in tack ads by the neocon Emergency Com- they have offices both in Ohio and in Is- the Navy who served in Iraq. On his cam- mittee for Israel and charged by his chal- rael.” (Ohio has international trade offices paign Web site Trivedi says: “The inva- lenger, conservative Republican Scott Sip- in 11 countries, and corporations from 28 sion of Iraq was unnecessary and im- prelle, with not being sufficiently pro-Is- countries have investments in Ohio.) moral. Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11, rael. Both are described by the New Jersey House District 9: While Hall of Fame in- posed no imminent threat to our nation, Jewish News as having “influential Jewish cumbent Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D) trails Re- and al-Qaeda did not enter Iraq until after support,” although Holt’s $1,000 in pro-Is- publican challenger Rich Iott in fund-rais- our occupation.” Gerlach aide Mark rael PAC contributions seems rather tepid. ing, $313,129 to $877,067, she has more Campbell accused Trivedi of playing “the As of June 30 he had raised $1.2 million in than $1 million cash on hand. We doubt if race card” by raising money from his fel- campaign contributions to Sipprelle’s any of that is from pro-Israel PACs, who last low Indian Americans, saying the physi- $830,00, and had $1 million cash on hand, gave her $500 in 1998, for a career total of cian doesn’t share the “common-sense more than twice as much as Sipprelle. $2,750. Although the Toledo Examiner de- values” of his constituents. As of June 30, scribes Iott as “being typecasted [sic] as the Trivedi had $329,000 cash on hand to New York most formidable candidate to challenge Kap- Gerlach’s $541,000. House District 1: Democratic incumbent tur over her period in office,” CQ considers House District 7: Vying for the Timothy Bishop is being challenged by her seat safe. open seat vacated by Joe Sestak businessman Randy Altschuler, who de- House District 15: Freshman De- are Republican Pat Meehan, a former U.S. scribed the plan to construct the Cordoba mocratic incumbent Mary Jo Kil- attorney and campaign manager for former Center in lower Manhattan as “a direct af- roy is being challenged by Republican Sen. Rick Santorum, and Democratic state front to the memories of those who perished Steve Stivers In a race deemed a toss-up by representative Brian Lentz, a former army on 9/11.” Perhaps it’s no coincidence, then, CQ. As one of the 54 signers of the letter officer and Iraq vet. Meehan has raised that he’s received more pro-Israel PAC con- calling for an end to Israel’s siege of Gaza, $1.6 million to Lentz’s $1 million, and CQ tributions than the incumbent–not the Kilroy has been the target of ads by the rates the race a toss-up. Lobby’s typical modus operandi. Emergency Committee for Israel. Moreover, according to The Columbus Dispatch, Stivers South Carolina Ohio: raised more than twice as much as Kilroy House District 2: Incumbent Rep. Senate: The race for the open seat left by during the second quarter of 2010. As of Joe Wilson achieved notoriety on the retirement of Republican Sen. George June 30, he had $1.2 million in cash on Sept. 9, 2009, when he yelled “You lie!” to Voinovitch is deemed a toss-up between hand to Kilroy’s $933,000. President Obama during the State of the
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Union address. Both he and his Democratic challenger, TOP TEN 2010 AND CAREER RECIPIENTS OF Rob Miller, a business- man and former Marine PRO-ISRAEL PAC FUNDS Corps captain who served Compiled by Hugh Galford in Iraq, have become sym- bols for Republicans and HOUSE: CURRENT SENATE: CURRENT Democrats alike in this heavily Republican district. Wilson has raised $4 mil- Skelton, Ike (D-MO) 43,000 Kirk, Mark S.# (R-IL) 77,104 lion in campaign contribu- Cantor, Eric (R-VA) 40,500 Reid, Harry (D-NV) 60,000 tions to Miller $2.6 million, Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana (R-FL) 39,500 Wyden, Ronald Lee (D-OR) 59,400 making him the only non- Hoyer, Steny H. (D-MD) 39,000 Inouye, Daniel K. (D-HI) 57,000 incumbent among the Deutch, Theodore E. (D-FL) 32,250 Specter, Arlen (D-PA) 56,000 House’s top 10 fund-raisers. Berkley, Shelley (D-NV) 28,500 Feingold, Russell D. (D-WI) 52,000 As of June 30, each had Lowey, Nita M. (D-NY) 28,000 Bennett, Robert F. (R-UT) 50,000 $1.7 million cash on hand. Berman, Howard L. (D-CA) 27,000 Gillibrand, Kirsten E. (D-NY) 44,200 Hastings, Alcee L. (D-FL) 23,000 Vitter, David (R-LA) 40,500 Virginia: Burton, Danny L. (R-IN) 22,500 Thune, John (R-SD) 40,500 House District 2: First-term Democra- House: Career Senate: Career tic incumbent Glenn Nye, another of the 54 signers of the Gaza letter and hence a Berkley, Shelley (D-NV) 318,555 Levin, Carl (D-MI) 728,737 target of attack ads by the Engel, Eliot (D-NY) 251,418 Specter, Arlen (D-PA) 559,473 Emergency Committee on Hoyer, Steny H. (D-MD) 232,275 Harkin, Thomas R. (D-IA) 552,950 Israel, is being challenged Cantor, Eric (R-VA) 216,730 Lautenberg, Frank R. (D-NJ) 503,578 by car dealer Scott Rigell, Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana (R-FL) 203,240 McConnell, Mitch (R-KY) 485,151 who has been endorsed by Lowey, Nita M. (D-NY) 177,238 Reid, Harry (D-NV) 380,301 former Sen. George Allen of Obey, David R. (D-WI) 163,600 Durbin, Richard J. (D-IL) 373,421 “macaca” fame. Nye has Burton, Danny L. (R-IN) 143,000 Lieberman, Joseph I. (Ind.-CT) 367,851 raised $1.8 million (includ- Levin, Sander M. (D-MI) 131,727 Baucus, Max (D-MT) 349,648 ing $9,000 from pro-Israel Skelton, Ike (D-MO) 131,450 Wyden, Ronald Lee (D-OR) 336,962 PACs) to Rigell’s $1.7 mil- lion. Despite the fact that as of June 30 Rigell had just over $225,000 left, gold “maintains a narrow lead over his by the FreedomWorks PAC as part of while Nye still had $1.2 million, CQ consid- opponent, Republican Ron Johnson, a the Take America Back in 2010 cam- ers the race a toss-up. plastics executive, but one-third of paign. Even though Senator Feingold the voters have told pollsters that they has raised $12.6 million—including Wisconsin are undecided. That’s not good news for $52,000 from pro-Israel PACs—to John- Senate: According to the JTA, the incumbent...” Johnson has been son’s $2 million, CQ rates the race a toss- Democratic incumbent Russ Fein- endorsed by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) and up. ❑ PRO-ISRAEL PAC CONTRIBUTIONS TO 2010 CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES 2009-10 State Office District Candidate Party Status Contributions Career Committees
Alabama S Shelby, Richard C.* RI 6,000 200,825 A (D, HS) H2Bright, Bobby Neal, Sr. DI 5,000 11,000 AS H3Rogers, Michael RI 2,500 18,325 AS, HS, I H5Griffith, Parker RN‡ 2,500 7,500 H6Bachus, Spencer T. RI 2,500 17,000 Alaska S Murkowski, Lisa* R N‡ 8,500 62,100 A (HS) Arizona S McCain, John S.* RI 31,500 207,000 AS, HS, I S Kyl, Jon L. RI 1,000 166,525 H1Kirkpatrick, Ann DI 4,000 7,000 HS H5Mitchell, Harry E. DI 4,000 10,000 H7Grijalva, Raul M. DI 1,000 2,000 H8Giffords, Gabrielle DI 14,500 45,224 AS, FR Arkansas S Lincoln, Blanche L.* DI 10,550 54,077 H1Causey, Chad DO 1,000 1,000 H3Boozman, John RI 1,000 2,000 FR California S Boxer, Barbara* DI 38,250 267,044 C, FR (NE)
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PRO -I SRAEL PAC C ONTRIBUTIONS TO 2010 C ONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES 2009-10 State Office District Candidate Party Status Contributions Career Committees
California H3Lungren, Daniel E. RI 10,000 10,000 HS H6Woolsey, Lynn C. DI 1,000 3,500 FR H8Pelosi, Nancy DI 19,500 122,300 Speaker of the House H 11 McNerney, Jerry DI 6,000 19,000 C H 12 Speier, Jackie DI 1,000 4,000 H 15 Honda, Mike DI 1,000 10,000 A H 17 Farr, Sam DI 1,000 9,150 A (HS) H 20 Costa, Jim DI 17,000 35,500 FR (NE) H 22 McCarthy, Kevin RI 1,000 1,000 H 23 Capps, Lois G. DI 1,000 17,917 C H 24 Gallegly, Elton RI 1,000 49,250 FR, I H 25 McKeon, Howard P. Buck RI 1,000 5,500 AS H 27 Sherman, Brad DI 9,000 68,930 FR (NE) H 28 Berman, Howard L. DI 27,000 116,050 FR H 29 Schiff, Adam DI 3,500 62,917 A (FO), I H 31 Becerra, Xavier DI 1,000 3,000 B, W H 32 Cedillo, Gilbert DO 2,000 2,000 H 33 Watson, Diane E. DN 1,000 13,500 FR H 33 Bass, Karen DO 2,500 2,500 H 36 Harman, Jane DI 19,000 122,771 C, HS H 45 Bono Mack, Mary RI 1,000 6,000 C H 45 Pougnet, Stephen P. DC 1,000 1,000 H 47 Sanchez, Loretta DI 7,000 58,200 AS, HS H 47 Tran, Van RC 1,000 1,000 H 51 Filner, Bob DI 1,000 91,514 H 53 Davis, Susan A. DI 1,000 10,163 AS Colorado S Bennet, Michael F.* DI 5,500 5,500 S Udall, Mark E. DI 1,000 48,250 AS H3Salazar, John T. DI 1,500 28,100 A H4Markey, Elizabeth H. DI 5,000 12,100 H5Lamborn, Douglas RI 1,000 2,500 AS H6Coffman, Mike RI 250 250 H7Perlmutter, Edwin G. DI 2,000 9,224 Connecticut S Dodd, Christopher J.* DN 8,000 242,178 FR (NE) S Blumenthal, Richard* DO 13,000 13,000 S Lieberman, Joseph I. Ind. I 1,500 367,851 AS, HS H4Himes, Jim DI 4,000 4,000 HS Delaware S Castle, Michael N.*# † RO 5,500 5,500 S Carper, Thomas R. DI 1,000 37,600 HS H At-L. Carney, John Charles Jr. DO 2,000 2,000 Florida S Meek, Kendrick B.* DO 9,500 31,000 W S Rubio, Marco* RO 3,000 3,000 H2Boyd, F. Allen Jr. DI 5,000 14,700 A (D), B H5Brown-Waite, Virginia RI 2,500 10,800 W H5Nugent, Richard B. RC 1,000 1,000 H6Stearns, Clifford B. RI 3,000 13,500 C H8Grayson, Alan Mark DI 5,500 7,500 H9Bilirakis, Gus Michael RI 5,000 41,316 FR (NE), I H 12 Ross, Dennis Alan RO 7,000 7,000 H 15 Posey, Bill RI 1,000 1,000 Florida H 17 Williams, Andre L. DO 250 250 H 18 Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana RI 39,500 203,240 FR H 19 Deutch, Theodore Eliot † DI 32,250 32,250 H 19 Wexler, Robert DN 500 33,750 H 20 Wasserman Schultz, Debbie DI 20,500 52,300 H 21 Diaz-Balart, Lincoln RN 500 58,000 H 21 Diaz-Balart, Mario RO 3,500 46,500 B H 22 Klein, Ron DI 16,500 64,024 FR (NE) H 23 Hastings, Alcee L. DI 23,000 93,850 I H 24 Kosmas, Suzanne DI 4,000 6,000 H 25 Garcia, Jose A. DO 2,000 4,000
KEY: The “Career Total” column represents the total amount of pro-Israel PAC money received from Jan. 1, 2009 through July 15, 2010. S=Senate, H=House of Representatives. Party affiliation: D=Democrat, R=Republican, Ref=Reform, DFL=Democratic Farmers Labor, Ind=Independent, Lib=Libertarian. Status: C=Challenger, I=Incumbent, N=Not Running, O=Open Seat (no incumbent). *=Senate election year, #=House member running for Senate seat, †=Special Elec - tion, ‡=Defeated in primary election. Committees: A=Appropriations (D=Defense subcommittee, FO=Foreign Operations subcommittee, HS=Homeland Security, NS=National Security subcommittee), AS=Armed Services, B=Budget, C=Commerce, FR=Foreign Relations (NE=Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs subcom - mittee), HS=Homeland Security, I=Intelligence, IR=International Relations, NS=National Security, W=Ways and Means. “–” indicates money returned by candi - date, “0” that all money received was returned, “[]” = independent expenditures on behalf of candidate (not included in candidate totals).
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PRO -I SRAEL PAC C ONTRIBUTIONS TO 2010 C ONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES 2009-10 State Office District Candidate Party Status Contributions Career Committees
Georgia S Isakson, Johnny* RI 16,000 41,500 C, FR (NE) H4Johnson, Henry C. (Hank) Jr. DI 2,000 32,200 AS H6Price, Thomas E. RI 1,000 2,000 H 12 Barrow, John J. DI 500 49,074 C Hawaii S Inouye, Daniel K.* DI 57,000 262,425 A (D, FO, HS), C H1Djou, Charles K. RI 2,500 2,500 Idaho S Crapo, Michael D.* RI 11,000 53,000 B H1Minnick, Walter C. DI 2,500 5,500 Illinois S Giannoulias, Alexander* DO 2,000 2,000 S Kirk, Mark S.*# RO 77,104 298,186 A (FO, HS) S Durbin, Richard J. DI 1,000 373,421 A (D, FO) H3Lipinski, Daniel W. DI -250 5,400 H5Feigenholtz, Sara DC 2,000 2,000 H5Quigley, Mike DI 1,000 1,000 H6Roskam, Peter J. RI 3,500 12,750 W H7Davis, Danny K. DI 1,000 6,250 W H8Bean, Melissa Luburich DI 3,500 55,029 H9Schakowsky, Janice D. DI 2,145 32,145 C, I H 10 Dold, Robert James Jr. RO 500 500 H 10 Hamos, Julie DO 500 500 H 11 Halvorson, Deborah DI 5,000 15,500 H 13 Biggert, Judy RI 3,000 13,227 H 14 Foster, G. William (Bill) DI 8,000 13,000 H 17 Hare, Philip G. DI 2,500 13,650 H 18 Schock, Aaron J. RI 7,500 14,000 H 19 Shimkus, John M. RI 2,000 14,500 C Indiana S Bayh, Evan* DN 12,250 96,500 AS S Ellsworth, Brad*# DO 3,500 83,750 AS S Coats, Daniel R.* RO 1,500 45,700 H1Visclosky, Peter J. DI 1,000 16,700 A (D) H2Donnelly, Joseph S. DI 1,000 8,000 H4Rokita, Theodore E. RO 1,500 1,500 H5Burton, Dan L. RI 22,500 143,000 FR (NE) H6Pence, Mike RI 20,000 77,750 FR H9Hill, Baron Paul DI 7,500 41,465 C Iowa S Grassley, Charles E.* RI 16,500 157,823 B H1Braley, Bruce L. DI 1,000 6,000 C H2Loebsack, David W. DI 1,000 5,000 AS H3Boswell, Leonard L. DI 2,000 36,675 Kansas S Moran, Jerry*# RO 6,600 6,600 S Tiahrt, Todd W.*# RO 21,050 21,050 A (D) H1Wasinger, Robert K. RO 2,000 2,000 Kentucky S Bunning, Jim* RN 10,940 100,690 B S Grayson, C.M. (Trey)* RN‡= 32,000 32,000 Louisiana S Vitter, David* RI 40,500 82,000 AS, C S Landrieu, Mary L. DI -1,000 205,389 A (FO, HS), HS H1Scalise, Steve RI 9,000 19,000 C H2Cao, Anh (Joseph) RI 10,000 10,000 HS H4Fleming, John C. Jr. RI 2,500 5,000 AS H5Alexander, Rodney M. RI 5,000 16,000 A H6Cassidy, William RI 4,000 4,000 H7Boustany, Charles Jr. RI 1,000 11,000 W Maine S Collins, Susan M. RI 1,000 109,000 A, AS, HS H1Pingree, Chellie M. DI 1,000 3,676 AS H2Michaud, Michael H. DI 1,500 11,750 Maryland S Cardin, Benjamin L. DI 1,000 93,015 B, FR (NE) S Mikulski, Barbara* DI 35,500 213,099 A (D, FO, HS), I H1Kratovil, Frank M., Jr. DI 2,000 7,000 AS H4Edwards, Donna DI 2,500 3,500 H5Hoyer, Steny H. DI 39,000 232,275 House Majority Ldr. H7Cummings, Elijah E. DI 2,000 22,500 Massachusetts S Brown, Scott P.* † RO 3,000 3,000 S Coakley, Martha* † DO 17,000 17,000 Massachusetts H3McGovern, Jim DI 1,000 7,075 B H4Frank, Barney DI 1,000 23,433 H5Tsongas, Nicola S. DI 2,000 6,000 AS, B H8Capuano, Michael E. DI 1,000 2,000
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PRO -I SRAEL PAC C ONTRIBUTIONS TO 2010 C ONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES 2009-10 State Office District Candidate Party Status Contributions Career Committees
Michigan H7Schauer, Mark H. DI 6,500 11,000 H9Peters, Gary DI 7,000 14,000 H 11 McCotter, Thaddeus G. RI 1,000 13,500 H 12 Levin, Sander M. DI 3,000 131,727 W H 14 Conyers, John Jr. DI 1,000 2,500 Minnesota S Franken, Al DI 3,000 5,680 H1Walz, Timothy J. DFL I 2,000 2,000 H2Kline, John Paul Jr. RI 3,000 17,500 AS H3Paulsen, Erik P. RI 3,000 7,500 H4McCollum, Betty DI 1,000 5,750 A (FO), B H5Ellison, Keith M. DFL I 1,000 2,000 FR (NE) H6Bachmann, Michele M. RI 8,500 27,500 Mississippi H1Childers, Travis W. DI 1,000 6,000 Missouri S Blunt, Roy*# RO 28,500 74,350 C, I S Carnahan, Robin* DO 16,000 16,000 H3Carnahan, Russ DI 6,000 22,100 FR (NE) H4Skelton, Ike DI 43,000 131,450 AS H5Cleaver, Emanuel II DI 2,500 5,500 HS H8Emerson, Jo Ann RI 500 3,500 A Montana S Baucus, Max DI 1,000 349,648 S Burns, Conrad RN -1,000 210,210 Nevada S Reid, Harry* DI 60,000 380,301 I H1Berkley, Shelley DI 28,500 318,555 FR (NE), W H3Titus, Dina DI 4,000 9,100 HS New Hampshire S Ayotte, Kelly A.* RO 12,000 12,000 S Hodes, Paul W.*# DO 19,400 41,037 H1Shea-Porter, Carol DI 2,000 4,000 AS H2Swett, Katrina DO 11,000 76,000 New Jersey S Lautenberg, Frank R. DI 1,000 503,578 A (FO, HS), C H1Andrews, Robert E. DI 18,000 81,025 AS, B H2LoBiondo, Frank A. RI 3,000 25,750 AS H3Adler, John H. DI 14,000 17,000 H5Garrett, Scott RI 1,000 41,200 B H6Pallone, Frank Jr. DI 1,000 71,550 C H7Lance, Leonard RI 2,000 7,000 H9Rothman, Steven R. DI 4,000 77,503 A (D, FO, HS) H 10 Payne, Donald M. DI 1,000 28,750 FR H 12 Holt, Rush D. DI 1,000 16,741 I H 13 Sires, Albio DI 1,000 1,000 FR New Mexico H1Heinrich, Martin DI 4,000 9,000 AS H2Teague, Harry DI 4,000 6,000 New York S Gillibrand, Kirsten E.* † DI 44,200 60,450 FR S Schumer, Charles E.* DI 8,000 65,635 H1Altschuler, Randolph RC 2,500 2,500 H1Bishop, Timothy DI 2,000 5,000 B H2Israel, Steve DI 10,500 49,059 A (FO) H3King, Peter T. RI 1,000 26,500 HS, I H5Ackerman, Gary L. DI 3,850 54,350 FR (NE) H7Crowley, Joseph DI 12,000 105,657 FR (NE), W H8Nadler, Jerrold L. DI 2,000 27,000 H 13 McMahon, Michael E. DI 6,000 8,000 FR (NE) H 17 Engel, Eliot DI 16,000 251,418 C, FR (NE) H 18 Lowey, Nita M. DI 28,000 177,238 A (HS) H 20 Murphy, Scott M. † DI 8,000 8,000 AS H 20 Tedisco, James † RO 2,500 2,500 H 22 Hinchey, Maurice D. DI 1,000 5,280 A (D) H 23 Owens, William † DI 6,000 6,000 AS, HS H 23 Scozzafava, Dierdre K. † RN 1,500 1,500 H 24 Arcuri, Michael A. DI 6,500 18,500 H 25 Maffei, Daniel B. DI 1,000 10,000 H 29 Massa, Eric J.J. DN 10 11,110 AS, HS North Carolina S Burr, Richard* RI 23,000 33,750 AS, I H4Price, David DI 1,000 55,827 A North Dakota S Dorgan, Byron L.* DN 27,000 166,350 A (D), C S Hoeven, John* RO 24,500 24,500 Ohio S Fisher, Lee Irwin* DO 19,500 19,500 S Portman, Robert J.* RO 10,500 10,500
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PRO -I SRAEL PAC C ONTRIBUTIONS TO 2010 C ONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES 2009-10 State Office District Candidate Party Status Contributions Career Committees
Ohio H1Chabot, Steve RC 3,000 16,500 H 1 Driehaus, Steven Leo DI 4,000 6,000 H8Boehner, John A. RI 14,500 71,500 House Rep. Ldr. H 11 Fudge, Marcia L. DI 1,000 2,000 H 13 Sutton, Betty S. DI 10,500 17,500 C H 14 LaTourette, Steve C. RI 2,000 26,500 A H 15 Kilroy, Mary Jo DI 4,012 14,012 HS H 15 Stivers, Steve E. RC -1,000 5,000 H 16 Boccieri, John A. DI 3,000 5,000 H 17 Ryan, Timothy J. DI 1,000 7,500 A H 18 Space, Zachary T. DI 10,000 24,000 C Oklahoma S Coburn, Thomas A.* RI 7,000 9,500 HS, I Oregon S Wyden, Ronald Lee* DI 59,400 336,962 B, I S Merkley, Jeffrey Alan DI 12,500 21,600 B H3Blumenauer, Earl DI 1,000 4,000 B, W H5Schrader, Kurt DI 2,000 2,000 B Pennsylvania S Sestak, Joseph A., Jr.*# DC 2,500 24,500 AS S Specter, Arlen* DN‡ 56,000 559,473 A (D, FO, HS) S Toomey, Patrick J.* RC 5,000 5,750 S Casey, Robert P., Jr. DI 1,000 17,000 FR (NE) H1Brady, Robert A. DI 500 9,250 AS H3Dahlkemper, Kathleen DI 5,000 7,000 H4Altmire, Jason DI 2,000 11,250 H6Cohen, Howard A. RC 1,000 1,000 H6Pike, Douglas A. DC 1,000 1,000 H6Gerlach, Jim RI 500 18,700 H8Murphy, Patrick J. DI 5,000 23,600 AS, I H 10 Carney, Christopher P. DI 2,500 13,500 HS H 12 Critz, Mark DI 1,000 1,000 H 13 Schwartz, Allyson Y. DI 1,500 45,650 B, W H 15 Dent, Charles W. RI 3,000 11,250 HS South Carolina S DeMint, James W.* RI 3,970 28,470 C, FR H5Spratt, John McKee Jr. DI 4,000 38,400 AS, B H6Clyburn, James E. DI 12,500 20,600 South Dakota S Thune, John* RI 40,500 54,730 AS, C Tennessee H5Cooper, James H.S. DI 1,000 26,250 AS H9Cohen, Stephen Ira DI 4,500 21,500 Texas H7Culberson, John A. RI 10,000 12,500 A (HS) H 12 Granger, Kay RI 15,500 15,500 A (D, FO) H 16 Reyes, Silvestre DI 21,000 22,000 AS, I H 20 Gonzalez, Charles A. DI 1,000 1,000 H 23 Rodriguez, Ciro D. DI 3,500 14,500 A (HS) H 28 Cuellar, Henry R. DI 1,500 6,000 HS Utah S Bennett, Robert F.* RN‡ 50,000 149,250 A (D, FO), HS S Bridgewater, Tim* RC 6,000 6,000 S Lee, Mike* RC 8,000 8,000 H3Chaffetz, Jason RI 3,000 3,000 Vermont S Leahy, Patrick* DI 27,711 145,911 A (D, FO, HS) H At-L Welch, Peter DI 1,000 4,000 C Virginia S Warner, Mark R. DI -4,000 36,500 B, C H2Nye, Glenn Carlyle III DI 9,000 9,000 AS H5Perriello, Thomas S.P. DI 5,000 6,000 H7Cantor, Eric RI 40,500 216,730 W H 11 Connolly, Gerry DI 9,000 12,000 B, FR (NE) Washington S Murray, Patty* DI 26,000 189,293 A (D, HS), B H1Inslee, Jay R. DI 1,000 3,500 C West Virginia S Warner, Andrew McCoy* RO 5,000 5,000 Wisconsin S Feingold, Russell D.* DI 52,000 196,310 B, FR (NE), I H2Baldwin, Tammy DI 1,000 5,000 C H3Kind, Ron DI 1,000 1,000 W H7Obey, David R. DN 3,000 163,600 A H8Kagen, Steven L. DI 5,000 25,500
2009-2010 Total Contributions: 2,254,442 Total Contributions (1978-2010): 50,104,285 Total No. of Recipients (1978-2010): 2,234
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