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June 2008 Stories

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Congressman Steve Pearce - A Sense for Business

Congresswoman Heather Wilson- A Sense of Place

Congressman Tom Udall - A Sense of History

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Steve Pearce (R-NM)

Net Worth1
From $7,566,013 to $33,215,000
Ranks 21st among all members of the house
Amount Raised2
$1,395,569

Top Contributors3

1

Marbob Energy

$18,400

2

Contran Corp.

$17,941

3

Yates Petroleum

$12,500

4

Conquest Energy Corp.

$11,500

4

Mack Energy

$11,500

6

Strata Production

$10,200

7

HH Gandy

$9,667

8

Lovington Aero

$9,600

8

Salopek Farms

$9,600

10

Koch Industries

$8,500

11

Verde Realty

$6,900

12

Lab Inc

$6,600


Top Industries3

1

Oil & Gas

$96,400

2

Retired

$63,300

3

Dairy

$48,900

4

Misc. Energy

$44,550

5

Real Estate

$32,100

6

Crop Production & Basic Processing

$25,750

7

Chemical & Related Manufacturing

$23,241

8

Commercial Banks

$22,300

9

Insurance

$21,550

10

Casinos/Gambling

$18,833

11

Lawyers/Law Firms

$17,050

12

Automotive

$16,900


Organization Scorecards4
NARAL
APHA
ARA
NEA
NRA
FAIR
SANE
LCV
NTU
0%
12%
0%
F
A
(8 out of 12) 66%
0%
0%
B+

Heather Wilson (R-NM)

Net Worth1
From $910,428 to $4,381,379
Ranks 114th among all members of the house
Amount Raised2
$2,036,419

Top Contributors3
1

Every Rep. is Crucial PAC

$10,000

1

Rely on Your Beliefs

$10,000

3

Dkd Electric

$9,200

3

Frontier Restaurant

$9,200

3

SRA International

$9,200

6

Western Blding Sup.

$9,170

7

Freedom Project

$8,500

8

Octopus Car Wash

$7,950

9

Livingston Group

$7,800

10

Thornburg Mortgage

$7,400

11

Lockheed Martin

$7,000

11

Raytheon Co

$7,00


Top Industries3
1

Retired

$170,765

2

Leadership PACs

$72,000

3

Real Estate

$45,250

4

Lawyers/Law Firms

$32,550

5

Electric Utilities

$32,306

6

Oil & Gas

$28,300

7

Lobbyists

$26,100

8

Spl Trade Contractors

$23,500

9

Candidate Committees

$21,500

10

Food & Beverage

$20,200

11

Insurance

$18,950

12

Defense Aerospace

$18,300


Organization Scorecards4
NARAL
APHA
ARA
NEA
NRA
FAIR
SANE
LCV
NTU
50%
80%
40%
B
A
(4 out of 12) 25%
23%
15%
C-

Tom Udall (R-NM)

Net Worth1
From $1,102,034 to $2,755,000
Ranks 133rd among all members of the house
Amount Raised2
$2,488,476

Top Contributors3

1

ActBlue

$131,500

2

Kirkland & Ellis

$7,050

3

Heard, Robins et al

$6,900

3

Tishman Realty & Construction

$6,900

5

University of New Mexico

$6,100

6

State of New Mexico

$5,050

7

Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

$5,000

7

Machinists/Aerospace Workers Union

$5,000

7

Plumbers/Pipefitters Union

$5,000

7

United Food & Commercial Workers Union

$5,000

11

Coleman Oil & Gas

$4,600

11

Dorsar Investments

$4,600


Top Industries
3

1

Lawyers/Law Firms

$136,650

2

Democratic/Liberal

$131,500

3

Retired

$83,961

4

Misc Finance

$51,700

5

Misc Business

$29,050

6

Printing & Publishing

$26,850

7

Business Services

$25,550

8

Real Estate

$24,450

9

Lobbyists

$20,700

10

Securities & Investment

$19,300

11

Health Professionals

$16,900

12

Oil & Gas

$16,600


Organization Scorecards4
NARAL
APHA
ARA
NEA
NRA
FAIR
SANE
LCV
100%
100%
10%
B
D-
(1 out of 12) <1%
86%
100%

*(NARAL: National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League; APHA: American Public Health Association; ARA: Alliance for Retired Ameri­cans; NEA: National Education Association; NRA: National Rifle Association; FAIR: Federation for American Immigration Reform; SANE: Peace Action, was originally founded as SANE in 1957 by Coretta Scott King, Albert Schweitzer, Dr. Benjamin Spock and others in response to the nuclear arms race and the Eisenhower administration’s policies on the production and testing of nuclear weapons. The name "SANE” came from the concepts put forth by Erich Fromm in his book The Sane Society; LCV: League of Conservation Voters; NTU: National Taxpayers Union)

Source: www.ontheissues.org

1 Source: www.opensecrets.org, operated by the Center for Responsible Politics
2 Source: Federal Elections Commission
3 Source: www.opensecrets.org
4 Source: Individual ogranizations’ Web sites

 

 

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