Telecommunications industry donations, including legislative and statewide, throughout three election cycles, 1999-2000, 2001-2002 and 2003-2004. Click on total to see how this state stacks up:
| 2003-2004 |
$500,181 |
| 2001-2002 |
$432,522 |
| 1999-2000 |
$479,683 |
| Total |
$1,412,386 |
Telecommunications interests donating $10,000 or more to state races, including legislative and statewide, throughout six years, from 1999 to 2004:
| SBC Communications Inc. |
$342,004 |
| National Cable and Telecom. Assn. and state orgs. |
$172,040 |
| AT&T Corp. |
$163,457 |
| US Telecom. Assn. and state orgs.
|
$146,900 |
| Verizon Communications Inc. |
$145,520 |
| Sprint Corp. |
$89,754 |
| Robert T. Goad |
$61,575 |
| FleetBoston Financial Corp. |
$40,000 |
| D & K PAC |
$37,127 |
| Brightpoint Inc. |
$29,000 |
Source: Institute on Money in State Politics, with analysis by Center for Public Integrity
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State Lobby Spending
Spending total does not include executive branch lobbyists. State-level lobbying by telecommunications companies in 2003 and 2004. Click on the total to see how the states stack up:
Major telecommunications interests lobbying government in this state in 2003 and 2004:
| SBC Communications Inc. |
$1,061,622 |
| AT&T Corp. |
$773,018 |
| Verizon Communications Inc. |
$179,824 |
| Sprint Corp. |
$101,352 |
| MCI (formerly WorldCom Inc.) |
$93,838 |
| National Cable and Telecom. Assn. and state orgs
|
$72,129 |
| Time Warner |
$59,561 |
| Indiana Alliance for Telephone Choice |
$55,100 |
| AT&T Wireless |
$51,612 |
| US Telecom. Assn. and state orgs.
|
$47,525 |
Source: Source: Center for Public Integrity analysis of state records
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