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2018 Election Support 2018 Election Support The AVMA Political Action Committee (AVMA PAC) is a bipartisan political action committee that was established in 1978 with the goal of helping to elect those candidates to Congress who share the same positions as the AVMA veterinary profession. There is a prioritization system to enable the AVMA Federal Legislative Team and the AVMA PAC Board to effectively determine the importance of an incumbent/candidate to the veterinary profession. The criteria below are used by AVMA PAC in evaluating distributions: • Is the incumbent/candidate or his/her family member a veterinarian? • Is the incumbent/candidate a pro-science and pro-veterinary medicine legislator? • Does the incumbent/candidate represent a district/state with veterinary schools? • Does the incumbent/candidate represent a district/state with a significant number of AVMA Members, and does the incumbent/candidate have a strong relationship with AVMA Members? • Is the incumbent/candidate on key Congressional committees which consider legislation of importance to AVMA and are supportive of AVMA positions? Name State Party Chamber Amount Adrian Smith For Congress NE R H $1,000.00 Alexander For Senate 2020 Inc TN R S $2,000.00 Bennet For Colorado CO D S $1,000.00 Bera For Congress CA D H $3,000.00 Betty McCollum for Congress MN D H $1,000.00 Bob Goodlatte for Congress Committee VA R H $1,000.00 Buddy Carter For Congress GA R H $1,000.00 Cathy McMorris Rodgers For Congress WA R H $1,000.00 Chase Kohne For Congress CO D H $1,000.00 Collins For Senator ME R S $2,000.00 Committee To Elect Linda Sanchez CA D H $1,000.00 Committee To Re-Elect Nydia M. Velazq NY D H $1,000.00 Conaway For Congress TX R H $2,000.00 Conyers for Congress MI D H $1,000.00 Cory Gardner For Senate CO R S $1,000.00 Courtney For Congress CT D H $1,000.00 David Rouzer For Congress NC R H $1,000.00 David Scott For Congress GA D H $3,000.00 Debbie Dingell For Congress MI D H $1,000.00 Delbene For Congress WA D H $1,000.00 Doug Jones For Senate Committee AL D S $1,000.00 Elise For Congress NY R H $2,000.00 Enzi For US Senate WY R S $1,000.00 1910 Sunderland Place, NW | Washington, DC 20036-1642 | p: 800.248.2862 | www.avma.org Frelinghuysen for Congress NJ R H $2,000.00 Friends Of Glenn Thompson PA R H $2,000.00 Friends Of Jared Polis Committee CO D H $1,000.00 Friends Of John Thune SD R S $2,000.00 Friends Of Michelle NM D H $1,000.00 Friends Of Pat Toomey PA R S $3,000.00 Friends Of Raja For Congress IL D H $1,000.00 Friends of Rosa DeLauro CT D H $3,500.00 Friends Of Roy Blunt MO R S $1,000.00 Friends Of Todd Young, Inc. IN R S $2,000.00 Gillibrand For Senate NY D S $2,000.00 Grassley Committee Inc IA R S $1,000.00 Gregg Harper For Congress MS R H $2,000.00 Guthrie For Congress KY R H $2,000.00 Heidi For Senate ND D S $2,000.00 Hoeven For Senate ND R S $4,500.00 Jeff Merkley For Oregon OR D S $2,000.00 Jim Costa For Congress CA D H $1,000.00 Jimmy Panetta For Congress CA D H $1,000.00 John Lewis for Congress GA D H $1,000.00 Kind For Congress Committee WI D H $1,000.00 Kurt Schrader For Congress OR D H $5,000.00 Lance For Congress NJ R H $1,000.00 Latta For Congress OH R H $2,000.00 Leahy for Senate VT D S $1,000.00 Levin For Congress MI D H $1,000.00 Loebsack For Congress IA D H $1,000.00 Lucas for Congress OK R H $2,000.00 Luke Messer For Congress IN R S $1,000.00 Maggie For Nh NH D S $2,000.00 Mark Pocan For Congress WI D H $3,000.00 Mccaskill For Missouri MO D S $1,000.00 McCormick For Congress CO D H $1,000.00 Michael Burgess For Congress TX R H $2,000.00 Mike Bost For Congress Committee IL R H $1,000.00 Mike Crapo For Us Senate ID R S $3,500.00 Mike Thompson for Congress CA D H $1,000.00 Montanans For Tester MT D S $2,000.00 Moran For Kansas KS R S $3,500.00 Mullin For Congress OK R H $1,000.00 Pallone for Congress NJ D H $4,000.00 Pat Roberts for Senate KS R S $4,000.00 People For Patty Murray WA D S $1,000.00 Perdue For Senate GA R S $1,000.00 Peterson for Congress MN D H $3,500.00 1910 Sunderland Place, NW | Washington, DC 20036-1642 | p: 800.248.2862 | www.avma.org Price for Congress Committee NC D H $1,000.00 Ralph Abraham For Congress LA R H $3,000.00 Richard E Neal for Congress Committee MA D H $1,000.00 Robert Aderholt for Congress AL R H $5,000.00 Rodney For Congress IL R H $2,000.00 Ryan Costello For Congress PA R H $2,000.00 Ryan For Congress, Inc. WI R H $2,500.00 Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. for Congress GA D H $1,000.00 Schakowsky For Congress IL D H $1,000.00 Scott For Congress VA D H $2,000.00 Stabenow for U.S. Senate MI D S $1,000.00 Susan Davis For Congress CA D H $1,000.00 Tammy For Illinois IL D S $1,000.00 Ted Lieu For Congress CA D H $1,500.00 Ted Yoho For Congress FL R H $2,000.00 Tina Smith For Minnesota MN D S $1,000.00 Tom O'Halleran For Congress AZ D H $1,000.00 Tom Rooney For Congress FL R H $1,000.00 Upton For All Of Us MI R H $1,000.00 Valadao For Congress CA R H $3,500.00 Virginia Foxx For Congress NC R H $2,000.00 Walden For Congress OR R H $2,500.00 Walters For Congress CA R H $1,000.00 Welch For Congress VT D H $3,000.00 Wyden for Senate OR D S $2,000.00 Yoder For Congress, Inc KS R H $4,000.00 Young For Iowa, Inc. IA R H $3,000.00 1910 Sunderland Place, NW | Washington, DC 20036-1642 | p: 800.248.2862 | www.avma.org .
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