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CT Politics - Follow the Money

Our politicians are rather cheap, by that I mean it does not cost a lot to be a significant contributor a Senate or House seat campaign. By far the Governor race raises and spends the most money. From the website followthemoney.org for the year 2006.

The Rell raised just over $4Mil with the following breakdown of contributors.

Lawyers & Lobbyists $293,106
Retired $221,148
Real Estate $193,539
Civil Servants/Public Officials $175,785
Securities & Investment $167,109
Health Professionals $139,664
Insurance $120,230
Commercial Banks $100,500
Miscellaneous Manufacturing & Distributing $90,335
Accountants $66,265
Republican Officials, Candidates & Former Members $63,469
Education $48,775
Miscellaneous Services $43,425
Hospitals & Nursing Homes $40,925
Automotive $40,100

Destefano raised a similar amount with the Lawyers and Lobbyists leading the way.

Top Industries Total $
Lawyers & Lobbyists $284,814
Real Estate $271,712
Candidate Committees $234,575
Construction Services $201,995
Education $155,235
General Contractors $134,319
Retired $113,050
Special Trade Contractors $92,675
Accountants $74,610
Civil Servants/Public Officials $74,274
Securities & Investment $67,525
Insurance $55,990
Public Sector Unions $54,325
Health Professionals $54,123
General Trade Unions $53,112

With Destefano we see Education at number 4 for 155K$ whereas with the Rell they are #12 with only 48K$. What is really interesting is the Senate and House seats. The average Senate seat raised 59K$ and the average house seat raised a mere 16K$. The single biggest sector contributors were Lawyers

Lobbyists only came in at 262K$. If you sort out party contributions (Democrat Committees and Republican Committees giving to their own) and self contributions the largest single organization giving money was a group called:

CONNECTICUT LAWYERS FOR EXCELLENCE IN GOVERNMENT

Total Given to Date: $82,850 (90 records) Address: MIDDLEBURY, CT

Never heard of them. Have you?

CT Lawyers for Excellence in Government gave overwhelming to Democrats:

Recipient Office Status Party State Amount Date
MCDONALD, ANDREW J SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $3,500 09/07/2006
DAILY, EILEEN M SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $3,000 10/22/2006
STILLMAN, ANDREA L SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $2,000 10/20/2006
HARTLEY, JOAN V SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $2,000 unknown
WYMAN, NANCY COMPTROLLER Won DEMOCRAT CT $2,000 09/15/2006
DOYLE, PAUL R SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $2,000 06/07/2006
LAWLOR, MIKE HOUSE Won DEMOCRAT CT $2,000 09/18/2006
KISSEL, JOHN A SENATE Won REPUBLICAN CT $2,000 09/28/2006
MCDONALD, ANDREW J SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $2,000 06/19/2006
DUFF, BOB SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,500 06/19/2006
MEYER, EDWARD D SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,500 10/22/2006
HARRIS, JONATHAN SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 10/17/2006
OLSON, MELISSA HOUSE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 07/18/2006
STILLMAN, ANDREA L SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 09/20/2006
HANDLEY, MARY ANN SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 08/22/2006
BACKER, TERRY HOUSE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 09/30/2006
LEBEAU, GARY D SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 09/07/2006
STILLMAN, ANDREA L SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 02/06/2006
OROURKE, JIM HOUSE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 09/14/2006
FONFARA, JOHN W SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 06/22/2006
LEBEAU, GARY D SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 07/06/2006
SERRA, JOSEPH C HOUSE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 07/29/2006
GERAGOSIAN, JOHN C HOUSE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 10/18/2006
WINKLER, LENNY T SENATE Lost - General Election REPUBLICAN CT $1,000 06/09/2006
HARP, TONI N SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 10/26/2006
GAFFEY, THOMAS P SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 07/06/2006
GAFFEY, THOMAS P SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 09/27/2006
GAFFEY, THOMAS P SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 09/27/2006
PRAGUE, EDITH SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 02/06/2006
PRAGUE, EDITH SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 06/28/2006
SLOSSBERG, GAYLE SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 10/25/2006
CALIGIURI, SAM S F SENATE Won REPUBLICAN CT $1,000 08/22/2006
CALIGIURI, SAM S F SENATE Won REPUBLICAN CT $1,000 09/07/2006
DUFF, BOB SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 11/06/2006
PRAGUE, EDITH SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 02/01/2006
DOYLE, PAUL R SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 10/20/2006
NARDELLO, VICKIE ORSINI HOUSE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 07/06/2006
HERLIHY, THOMAS J SENATE Won REPUBLICAN CT $1,000 07/20/2006
DAILY, EILEEN M SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 01/31/2006
GODFREY, ROBERT D HOUSE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 09/15/2006
DAILY, EILEEN M SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 02/06/2006
FINCH, BILL SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 07/02/2006
DUFF, BOB SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 06/19/2006
KLARIDES, THEMIS HOUSE Won REPUBLICAN CT $1,000 10/06/2006
CALIGIURI, SAM S F SENATE Won REPUBLICAN CT $1,000 06/17/2006
CAFERO JR, LAWRENCE F HOUSE Won REPUBLICAN CT $1,000 09/20/2006
COLAPIETRO, THOMAS A SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 06/12/2006
HARRIS, JONATHAN SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 06/30/2006
WILLIAMS JR, DONALD E SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 06/12/2006
DOYLE, PAUL R SENATE Won DEMOCRAT CT $1,000 09/21/2006

They are great at picking winners, only one of their guys lost.

I’d love to know how they choose who gets what.

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