National Legal and Policy Center
Organized Labor Accountability Project
The Top 20 from the Top 20 of 2000
www.nlpc.org
TOP 20 REPUBLICAN RECIPIENTS
From the Top 20 Union PACs
|
|
District
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Note
|
Total Received
|
|
1
|
NY-30
|
Jack Quinn
|
R
|
(1)
|
$77,712.00
|
|
2
|
NY-03
|
Peter King
|
R
|
(2)
|
$70,500.00
|
|
3
|
AK-At L.
|
Don Young
|
R
|
(3)
|
$61,100.00
|
|
4
|
NJ-02
|
Frank LoBiondo
|
R
|
(4)
|
$55,612.00
|
|
5
|
NY-23
|
Sherwood Boehlert
|
R
|
(5)
|
$43,500.00
|
|
6
|
IL-15
|
Tim Johnson
|
R
|
(6)(O)
|
$42,050.00
|
|
7
|
NY-19
|
Sue Kelly
|
R
|
(7)
|
$42,000.00
|
|
8
|
OH-18
|
Bob Ney
|
R
|
|
$41,500.00
|
|
9
|
FL-21
|
Lincoln Diaz-Balart
|
R
|
|
$40,500.00
|
|
10
|
OH-19
|
Steven LaTourette
|
R
|
|
$37,500.00
|
|
11
|
VT-Sen.
|
Jim Jeffords
|
R
|
(8)
|
$36,500.00
|
|
12
|
NY-Sen.
|
Rick Lazio
|
R
|
(O)
|
$35,500.00
|
|
12
|
NJ-04
|
Christopher Smith
|
R
|
(9)
|
$35,500.00
|
|
14
|
NY-22
|
John Sweeney
|
R
|
(F)
|
$34,500.00
|
|
15
|
NY-20
|
Benjamin Gilman
|
R
|
(10)
|
$31,500.00
|
|
16
|
PA-09
|
Bud Shuster
|
R
|
(11)
|
$31,000.00
|
|
16
|
IL-11
|
Jerry Weller
|
R
|
|
$31,000.00
|
|
18
|
NJ-03
|
Jim Saxton
|
R
|
(12)
|
$27,000.00
|
|
18
|
NY-25
|
James Walsh
|
R
|
(13)
|
$27,000.00
|
|
20
|
NY-24
|
John McHugh
|
R
|
(14)
|
$26,600.00
|
Source Federal Election Commission; Totals for January 1, 1999 to August
31, 2000.
For back-up data chick on the candidate's name
Italic denotes challenger (non-incumbent).
Footnotes:
(1) Chairman, Benefits Subcommittee; Veterans' Affairs Committee.
(2) Chairman, General Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee; Banking
and Financial Services Committee.
(3) Chairman, Resources Committee.
(4) Chairman, Rural Enterprises, Business Opportunities, and Special
Small Business Problems Subcommittee; Small Business Committee.
(5) Chairman, Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee; Transportation
& Infrastructure Committee.
(6) Only Republican House Challenger to make a Top 20 list. All his
money from the Top 20 Union PACs came from the NEA's PAC which made over
$35,000 in independent expenditures.
(7) Chairman, Regulatory Reform and Paperworker Reduction Subcommittee;
Small Business Subcommittee.
(8) Chairman, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.
(9) Chairman, International Operations and Human Rights Subcommittee;
International Relations Committee.
(10) Chairman, International Relations Committee.
(11) Chairman, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
(12) Chairman, Joint Economic Committee. Chairman, Fisheries
Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans Subcommittee; Resources Committee.
(13) Chairman, VA-HUD and Independent Agencies Subcommittee, Appropriations
Committee.
(14) Chairman, Postal Service Subcommittee, Government Reform Committee.
(F) Denotes FRESHMAN (First Elected in 1998).
(O) Denotes running for an OPEN seat.
To see the List of the Top 20 Union PACs, from
which these contributions came, click here.
To see the Methodology of how this study was
conducted click here.
To see an Analysis of this data click here.
To return to the index of The Top 20 from the
Top 20 study click here.