National Legal and Policy Center
Organized Labor Accountability Project
The Top 20 from the Top 20 of 2000
www.nlpc.org
TOP 20 HOUSE INCUMBENT RECIPIENTS
From the Top 20 Union PACs
|
|
District
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Note
|
Total Received
|
|
1
|
CA-42
|
Joe Baca
|
D
|
(1)(F)
|
$244,000.00
|
|
2
|
MI-10
|
David Bonior
|
D
|
(2)
|
$179,300.00
|
|
3
|
CT-05
|
James Maloney
|
D
|
|
$172,100.00
|
|
4
|
IL-17
|
Lane Evans
|
D
|
(3)
|
$168,300.00
|
|
5
|
NV-01
|
Shelley Berkley
|
D
|
(F)
|
$159,500.00
|
|
6
|
HI-01
|
Neil Abercrombie
|
D
|
|
$153,000.00
|
|
7
|
NJ-12
|
Rush Holt
|
D
|
(F)
|
$151,500.00
|
|
8
|
OR-01
|
David Wu
|
D
|
(F)
|
$144,000.00
|
|
9
|
TX-24
|
Martin Frost
|
D
|
(4)
|
$143,000.00
|
|
10
|
NY-04
|
Carolyn McCarthy
|
D
|
|
$138,000.00
|
|
10
|
OH-06
|
Ted Strickland
|
D
|
|
$138,000.00
|
|
12
|
PA-13
|
Joseph Hoeffel
|
D
|
(F)
|
$136,500.00
|
|
12
|
CO-02
|
Mark Udall
|
D
|
(F)
|
$136,500.00
|
|
14
|
MS-04
|
Ronnie Shows
|
D
|
(F)
|
$135,000.00
|
|
15
|
IN-09
|
Baron Hill
|
D
|
(F)
|
$132,000.00
|
|
16
|
WA-01
|
Jay Inslee
|
D
|
|
$126,000.00
|
|
17
|
WA-03
|
Brian Baird
|
D
|
(F)
|
$120,500.00
|
|
17
|
WI-07
|
David Obey
|
D
|
(5)
|
$120,500.00
|
|
19
|
WI-02
|
Tammy Baldwin
|
D
|
(F)
|
$120,000.00
|
|
20
|
KS-03
|
Dennis Moore
|
D
|
(F)
|
$119,000.00
|
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) Won 1999 special election.
(2) Minority Whip.
(3) Ranking Member, Veterans' Affairs Committee.
(4) Chairman, Democratic Caucus.
(5) Ranking Member, Appropriations Committee.
(F) Denotes FRESHMAN (First Elected in 1998).
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.