National Legal and Policy Center
Organized Labor Accountability Project
The Top 20 from the Top 20 of 1998
www.nlpc.org
TOP 20 REPUBLICAN RECIPIENTS
From the Top 20 Union PACs
 
 
District
Candidate
Party
Note
Total Received
1
PA-Sen
Arlen Specter
R
 
$76,750.00
2
IL-13
Judy Biggert
R
(1)
$62,521.00
3
NY-30
Jack Quinn
R
 
$60,050.00
4
AK-At Large
Don Young
R
 
$60,000.00
5
NY-03
Peter King
R
 
$52,100.00
6
NJ-02
Frank LoBiondo
R
 
$50,918.83
7
NY-01
Michael Forbes
R
 
$49,900.00
8
NY-23 
Sherwood Boehlert
R
 
$43,000.00
9
FL-21 
Lincoln Diaz-Balart
R
 
$38,500.00
10
NJ-04 
Christopher Smith
R
 
$35,000.00
11
CO-Sen 
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
R
(2)
$34,600.00
12
NY-20
Benjamin Gilman
R 
 
$32,300.00
13
AL-Sen
Richard Shelby
R
 (2)
$30,000.00
14
NY-19
Sue Kelly
R
 
$29,500.00
15
WA-02
Jack Metcalf
R
 
$28,000.00
16
OH-19
Steven LaTourette
R
 
$24,000.00
17
NY-02
Rick Lazio
R
 
$23,500.00
18
NY-24
John McHugh
R
 
$23,000.00
18
OH-18
Bob Ney
R
 
$23,000.00
20
NJ-07
Bob Franks
R
 
$21,500.00
 
Source Federal Election Commission; Totals for January 1, 1997 to August 31, 1998.
For back-up data chick here.
Italic denotes challenger (non-incumbent).


Footnotes:
    (1) Only Republican Challenger to make a Top 20 list. Nearly all her money from the Top 20 Union PACs came from the NEA's PAC which made over $50,000 in independent expenditures.
    (2) Switched parties after 1994 elections.

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.