National Legal and Policy Center
Organized Labor Accountability Project
The Top 20 from the Top 20 of 1998
www.nlpc.org
TOP 20 HOUSE RECIPIENTS
From the Top 20 Union PACs
|
|
District
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Note
|
Total Received
|
|
1
|
CA-22
|
Lois Capps
|
D
|
(1)
|
$222,900.00
|
|
2
|
TX-28
|
Ciro Rodriguez
|
D
|
(2)
|
$186,000.00
|
|
3
|
CA-46
|
Loretta Sanchez
|
D
|
(3)
|
$185,000.00
|
|
3
|
MO-03
|
Richard Gephardt
|
D
|
(4)
|
$185,000.00
|
|
5
|
HI-01
|
Neil Abercrombie
|
D
|
|
$182,500.00
|
|
6
|
IL-17
|
Lane Evans
|
D
|
|
$176,000.00
|
|
7
|
OH-06
|
Ted Strickland
|
D
|
|
$164,500.00
|
|
8
|
MI-10
|
David Bonior
|
D
|
(5)
|
$164,117.56
|
|
9
|
WI-08
|
Jay Johnson
|
D
|
|
$158,250.00
|
|
10
|
TX-24
|
Martin Frost
|
D
|
(6)
|
$157,000.00
|
|
11
|
IN-09
|
Baron Hill
|
D
|
|
$148,000.00
|
|
12
|
MA-03
|
James McGovern
|
D
|
|
$143,000.00
|
|
13
|
ID-01
|
Dan Williams
|
D
|
|
$142,000.00
|
|
14
|
IN-10
|
Julia Carson
|
D
|
|
$138,000.00
|
|
14
|
TX-01
|
Max Sandlin
|
D
|
|
$138,000.00
|
|
16
|
ID-02
|
Richard Stallings
|
D
|
|
$136,500.00
|
|
17
|
IL-09
|
Jan Schakowsky
|
D
|
|
$133,363.00
|
|
18
|
WA-03
|
Brian Baird
|
D
|
|
$131,000.00
|
|
19
|
CA-49
|
Christine Kehoe
|
D
|
|
$128,500.00
|
|
20
|
MA-06
|
John Tierney
|
D
|
|
$127,500.00
|
Source Federal Election Commission; Totals for January 1, 1997 to
August 31, 1998.
For back-up data click on the Recipient's name.
Italic denotes challenger (non-incumbent).
Footnotes:
(1) Won 1998 special election.
(2) Won 1997 special and run-off election.
(3) Had recount and election challenge.
(4) House Minority Leader.
(5) House Minority Whip.
(6) Chairman of Democratic Congressional Campaign
Committee.
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.
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20 study click here.