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Microsoft Political Action Committee Federal Candidate Contributions 2009 January 1, 2009 – December 31, 2009 Microsoft Political Action Committee Federal Candidate Contributions 2009 January 1, 2009 – December 31, 2009 Office Total 2009 Candidate State Sought Contribution Sen. Lisa A. Murkowski (R) AK US Senate $ 2,500 Rep. Bobby Bright (D) AL US House $ 1,000 Rep. Parker Griffith (R) AL US House $ 1,000 Rep. Spencer T. Bachus, III (R) AL US House $ 1,000 Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D) AR US Senate $ 5,000 Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D) AZ US House $ 1,000 Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) AZ US House $ 2,500 Rep. Jeff Flake (R) AZ US House $ 1,000 Rep. John Shadegg (R) AZ US House $ 2,000 Rep. Trent Franks (R) AZ US House $ 1,000 Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D) CA US House $ 1,000 Rep. Barbara J. Lee (D) CA US House $ 1,000 Rep. Bob Filner (D) CA US House $ 1,000 Rep. Brian P. Bilbray (R) CA US House $ 1,000 Rep. Daniel E. Lungren (R) CA US House $ 2,500 Rep. Darrell Issa (R) CA US House $ 6,000 Rep. David T. Dreier (R) CA US House $ 3,000 Rep. Dennis A. Cardoza (D) CA US House $ 1,000 Rep. Devin G. Nunes (R) CA US House $ 1,000 Rep. Doris O. Matsui (D) CA US House $ 1,000 Rep. Duncan D. Hunter (R) CA US House $ 1,000 Rep. Edward R. Royce (R) CA US House $ 1,000 Rep. Elton W. Gallegly (R) CA US House $ 1,000 Rep. George P. Radanovich (R) CA US House $ 2,000 Rep. Gerald McNerney (D) CA US House $ 2,000 Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D) CA US House $ 3,500 Rep. Howard L. Berman (D) CA US House $ 3,500 Rep. Howard P. McKeon (R) CA US House $ 1,000 Rep. Jerry Lewis (R) CA US House $ 2,000 Rep. John B. T. Campbell, III (R) CA US House $ 2,000 Page 1 Microsoft Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Office Total 2009 Candidate State Sought Contribution Rep. Ken Calvert (R) CA US House $ 1,000 Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R) CA US House $ 3,000 Rep. Laura Richardson (D) CA US House $ 1,000 Rep. Linda T. Sanchez (D) CA US House $ 4,000 Rep. Loretta L. Sanchez (D) CA US House $ 2,000 Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D) CA US House $ 1,000 Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R) CA US House $ 3,000 Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D) CA US House $ 5,000 Rep. Tom McClintock (R) CA US House $ 1,000 Rep. Walter Herger, Jr. (R) CA US House $ 1,000 Rep. Xavier Becerra (D) CA US House $ 3,500 Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D) CA US House $ 3,500 Sen. Barbara Boxer (D) CA US Senate $ 2,000 Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D) CA US Senate $ 1,000 Sen. Mark E. Udall (D) CO US Senate $ 2,500 Sen. Michael F. Bennet (D) CO US Senate $ 1,000 Rep. Chris Murphy (D) CT US House $ 2,000 Rep. John B. Larson (D) CT US House $ 5,000 Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D) CT US Senate $ 2,500 Rep. Bill Posey (R) FL US House $ 1,000 Rep. Cliff Stearns (R) FL US House $ 2,000 Rep. Connie Mack (R) FL US House $ 1,000 Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) FL US House $ 2,500 Rep. F. Allen Boyd, Jr. (D) FL US House $ 1,000 Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) FL US House $ 1,000 Rep. Ron Klein (D) FL US House $ 1,000 Rep. Thomas Joseph Rooney (R) FL US House $ 2,000 Rep. Robert Wexler (D) FL US House $ 1,000 Rep. Henry C. Johnson, Jr. (D) GA US House $ 3,000 Rep. Jack Kingston (R) GA US House $ 1,000 Rep. John Linder (R) GA US House $ 1,000 Rep. John Phillip Gingrey (R) GA US House $ 2,000 Rep. Thomas E. Price (R) GA US House $ 2,000 Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D) HI US Senate $ 1,000 Page 2 Microsoft Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Office Total 2009 Candidate State Sought Contribution Rep. Steve King (R) IA US House $ 1,000 Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R) IA US Senate $ 2,500 Rep. Walter C. Minnick (D) ID US House $ 2,000 Sen. Michael D. Crapo (R) ID US Senate $ 7,000 Rep. Aaron Schock (R) IL US House $ 1,500 Rep. Bill Foster (D) IL US House $ 1,000 Rep. Bobby L. Rush (D) IL US House $ 3,000 Rep. Donald A. Manzullo (R) IL US House $ 1,000 Rep. John M. Shimkus (R) IL US House $ 3,000 Rep. Judy Biggert (R) IL US House $ 1,000 Rep. Melissa Luburich Bean (D) IL US House $ 2,500 Rep. Mike Quigley (D) IL US House $ 1,000 Rep. Peter J. Roskam (R) IL US House $ 1,500 Rep. Baron P. Hill (D) IN US House $ 2,500 Rep. Mike Pence (R) IN US House $ 2,000 Rep. Stephen E. Buyer (R) IN US House $ 2,000 Sen. Evan Bayh (D) IN US Senate $ 1,000 Rep. Edward Whitfield (R) KY US House $ 1,000 Rep. Geoffrey C. Davis (R) KY US House $ 2,000 Rep. John A. Yarmuth (D) KY US House $ 1,000 Rep. Charles W. Boustany, Jr. (R) LA US House $ 1,000 Rep. Charlie Melancon (D) LA US House $ 1,000 Rep. Stephen J. Scalise (R) LA US House $ 1,000 Sen. David Vitter (R) LA US Senate $ 5,000 Atty. Gen. Martha Coakley (D) MA US Senate $ 1,000 Rep. Richard E. Neal (D) MA US House $ 2,000 Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D) MD US House $ 500 Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D) MD US House $ 5,000 Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D) MD US Senate $ 1,000 Rep. Bart Stupak (D) MI US House $ 1,000 Rep. Dave Camp (R) MI US House $ 5,000 Rep. Fred Upton (R) MI US House $ 2,000 Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D) MI US House $ 5,000 Rep. Mike Rogers (R) MI US House $ 2,500 Rep. Sander M. Levin (D) MI US House $ 1,000 Page 3 Microsoft Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Office Total 2009 Candidate State Sought Contribution Rep. Vernon J. Ehlers (R) MI US House $ 1,000 Rep. Erik Paulsen (R) MN US House $ 2,000 Rep. John Kline (R) MN US House $ 2,000 Rep. Timothy J. Walz (D) MN US House $ 1,000 Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R) MO US House $ 1,000 Rep. Samuel B. Graves, Jr. (R) MO US House $ 1,000 Sen. Claire McCaskill (D) MO US Senate $ 1,000 Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D) MS US House $ 2,500 Rep. Gregg Harper (R) MS US House $ 1,000 Rep. Heath Shuler (D) NC US House $ 2,500 Rep. John Howard Coble (R) NC US House $ 1,000 Rep. Melvin L. Watt (D) NC US House $ 3,500 Rep. Sue Wilkins Myrick (R) NC US House $ 1,000 Rep. Virginia Foxx (R) NC US House $ 1,000 Sen. Richard M. Burr (R) NC US Senate $ 2,500 Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D) ND US House $ 2,500 Sen. Byron L. Dorgan (D) ND US Senate $ 6,000 Rep. Lee Terry (R) NE US House $ 2,000 Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D) NJ US House $ 2,500 Rep. John H. Adler (D) NJ US House $ 1,000 Sen. Robert Menendez (D) NJ US Senate $ 6,000 Rep. Ben Ray Lujan (D) NM US House $ 1,000 Rep. Martin Heinrich (D) NM US House $ 1,000 Rep. Dean Heller (R) NV US House $ 1,000 Sen. Harry M. Reid (D) NV US Senate $ 7,000 Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D) NY US House $ 3,500 Rep. Daniel Benjamin Maffei (D) NY US House $ 1,000 Rep. Edolphus Towns (D) NY US House $ 7,000 Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (D) NY US House $ 2,500 Rep. Jerrold L. Nadler (D) NY US House $ 1,000 Rep. Joseph Crowley (D) NY US House $ 5,000 Rep. Michael Angelo Arcuri (D) NY US House $ 2,000 Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez (D) NY US House $ 1,000 Rep. Scott Murphy (D) NY US House $ 2,000 Page 4 Microsoft Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Office Total 2009 Candidate State Sought Contribution Rep. Yvette Diana Clarke (D) NY US House $ 2,000 Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D) NY US Senate $ 4,500 Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D) NY US Senate $ 3,000 Rep. James Jordan (R) OH US House $ 1,000 Rep. John A. Boehner (R) OH US House $ 5,000 Rep. Michael R. Turner (R) OH US House $ 1,000 Rep. Pat Tiberi (R) OH US House $ 1,000 Rep. Robert E. Latta (R) OH US House $ 1,000 Rep. Zachary T. Space (D) OH US House $ 1,000 Rep. John Sullivan (R) OK US House $ 1,000 Sen. Tom A. Coburn (R) OK US Senate $ 2,500 Rep. David Wu (D) OR US House $ 1,000 Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D) OR US House $ 1,000 Rep. Greg P. Walden (R) OR US House $ 2,500 Rep. Kurt Schrader (D) OR US House $ 2,000 Sen. Jeffery A. Merkley (D) OR US Senate $ 1,000 Sen. Ron Wyden (D) OR US Senate $ 5,000 Rep. Allyson Y. Schwartz (D) PA US House $ 1,000 Rep. Chaka Fattah (D) PA US House $ 1,000 Rep. Joseph A. Sestak, Jr. (D) PA US House $ 1,500 Rep. Joseph R. Pitts (R) PA US House $ 2,000 Rep. Timothy F. Murphy (R) PA US House $ 2,000 Sen. Arlen Specter (D) PA US Senate $ 2,000 Rep. James R. Langevin (D) RI US House $ 2,000 Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D) RI US House $ 1,000 Sen.
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