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 |
$1,625,037 |
| 2001-2002 |
$2,187,991 |
| 1999-2000 |
$1,126,475 |
| Total |
$4,939,503 |
Telecommunications interests donating $10,000 or more to state races, including legislative and statewide, throughout six years, from 1999 to 2004:
| SBC Communications Inc. |
$2,355,131 |
| AT&T Corp. |
$529,883 |
| Verizon Communications Inc. |
$475,947 |
| Telephone Electronics Corp. |
$460,000 |
| MCI (formerly WorldCom Inc.) |
$166,900 |
| Grande Communications |
$113,750 |
| Sprint Corp. |
$108,191 |
| National Cable and Telecom. Assn. and state orgs. |
$92,913 |
| Carl Westcott |
$70,000 |
| Motorola Inc. |
$64,050 |
Source: Institute on Money in State Politics, with analysis by Center for Public Integrity
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State Lobby Spending
Lobbyists report salary as a range; for this analysis the low end of the salary income range was added to expense total. 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. |
$7,952,940 |
| Verizon Communications Inc. |
$1,499,876 |
| AT&T Corp. |
$1,224,372 |
| National Cable and Telecom. Assn. and state orgs
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$748,764 |
| US Telecom. Assn. and state orgs.
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$449,462 |
| MCI (formerly WorldCom Inc.) |
$440,771 |
| VALOR Telecommunications |
$351,430 |
| Sprint Corp. |
$305,549 |
| Intrado Inc. |
$235,000 |
| Time Warner |
$179,287 |
Source: Source: Center for Public Integrity analysis of state records
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