Top recipients of communications industry
contributions |
| President George W Bush (R) |
$1,805,000 |
 |
| Sen John F Kerry (D-MA) |
$1,097,000 |
 |
| Sen Thomas Andrew Daschle (D-SD) |
$951,000 |
 |
| Rep Richard A Gephardt (D-MO) |
$940,000 |
 |
| Sen Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) |
$920,000 |
 |
| Sen John S McCain (R-AZ) |
$905,000 |
 |
| Rep J Dennis Hastert (R-IL) |
$718,000 |
 |
| Rep Wilbert J Tauzin, Jr (R-LA) |
$695,000 |
 |
| Rep John D Dingell (D-MI) |
$626,000 |
 |
| Sen Conrad R Burns (R-MT) |
$613,000 |
 |
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$0 |
$2,000,000 |
|
| Source:
Federal Election Commission contribution records from January 1998 to
September 2004 |