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 |
$230,091 |
| 2001-2002 |
$323,275 |
| 1999-2000 |
$289,890 |
| Total |
$843,256 |
Telecommunications interests donating $10,000 or more to state races, including legislative and statewide, throughout six years, from 1999 to 2004:
| Qwest Communications International Inc. |
$272,106 |
| National Cable and Telecom. Assn. and state orgs. |
$126,064 |
| AT&T Corp. |
$119,110 |
| Verizon Communications Inc. |
$94,770 |
| Sprint Corp. |
$58,950 |
| US Telecom. Assn. and state orgs.
|
$50,111 |
| MCI (formerly WorldCom Inc.) |
$30,750 |
| COPAC |
$28,310 |
| Metro One Telecommunications, Inc. |
$25,000 |
Source: Institute on Money in State Politics, with analysis by Center for Public Integrity
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State Lobby Spending
State-level lobbying by telecommunications companies in 2003 and 2004. Click on the total to see how the states stack up:
| 2003 |
$460,492 |
| 2004 |
$272,357 |
| Total |
$732,848 |
Major telecommunications interests lobbying government in this state in 2003 and 2004:
| Qwest Communications International Inc. |
$186,131 |
| Verizon Communications Inc. |
$181,693 |
| Deutsche Telekom AG (T-Mobile USA) |
$92,419 |
| National Cable and Telecom. Assn. and state orgs
|
$80,750 |
| Nextel Communications |
$51,200 |
| AT&T Corp. |
$49,814 |
| MCI (formerly WorldCom Inc.) |
$44,000 |
| US Telecom. Assn. and state orgs.
|
$29,961 |
| The DIRECTV Group Inc |
$16,000 |
| Sprint Corp. |
$881 |
Source: Source: Center for Public Integrity analysis of state records
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