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Oil Contributions To Senators

State Senator 2008 2006 2004 2002 Total 2002-2007
21-June
7-Dec
13-Dec
Alabama Shelby (R)     56,800 15,500 72,300 No No No
Alabama Sessions (R) 53,100 3,500 5,700 74,350 136,650 Absent No No
Alaska Stevens (R) 44,750 7,700 2,000 100,690 155,140 No No No
Alaska Murkowski (R) 3,250 2,000 205,163 n/a 210,413 No No Yes
Arizona Kyl (R)   135,700 5,000 1,000 141,700 No Absent No
Colorado Allard (R)       175,100 175,100 No No No
Florida Martinez (R) 13,000 4,000 134,347 n/a 151,347 No Absent No
Georgia Chambliss (R) 47,650 10,750 6,200 67,742 132,342 No No No
Georgia Isakson (R) 5,600 20,850   n/a 26.450 No No No
Idaho Craig (R) 12,000 16,500 5,000 89,250 122,750 No No No
Idaho Crapo (R)  1,000 3,000 60,650 6,000 70,650 Yes No No
Kansas Brownback (R) 54,615 2,500 72,240 10,500 139,855 Absent No No
Kansas Roberts (R) 103,350 19,750 6,000 55,250 184,350 Yes No No
Kentucky McConnell (R) 128,450 61,450   76,250 266,150 No No No
Kentucky Bunning (R) 2,000   96,269 22,900 121,169 No No No
Louisiana Vitter (R) 18,350 70,000 259,746   348,096 No No No
Louisiana Landrieu (D) 116,700 34,850 27,500 221,405 400,455 No No No
Mississippi Lott (R)  3,000 117,300 5,000 10,000 135,300 No No No
Mississippi Cochran (R) 50,000 11,200 3,000 38,600 102,800 No No No
Missouri Bond (R) 9,200   120,150 5,500 134,850 No No No
Nebraska Hagel (R) 1,700 10,300   63,850 75,850 No No No
Nevada Ensign (R)   72,100 23,000 3,000 98,100 No Absent No
N. Hamp. Gregg (R)     31,500 1,000 32,500 No No No
N. Hamp. Sununu (R) 46,900 3,000 1,500 137,380 188,780 No No No
N. Mexico Domenici (R) 148,350 33,400   163,658 345,408 No No No
N. Carol. Dole (R) 68,050 1,150 6,500 127,229 202,929 No No No
N. Carol. Burr (R) 16,850 11,900 221,552   250,302 No No No
Ohio Voinovich (R) 23,450 11,200 92,850 34,150 161,650 No No No
Okla. Inhofe (R) 143,800 60,950 17,750 241,258 463,758 No No No
Okla. Coburn (R) 500 9,100 181,658 n/a 191,258 Absent No No
Penn. Specter (R) 21,100 6,000 104,778 21,000 152,878 Yes No No
S. Carol. DeMint (R) 13,000 16,222 91,450 n/a 120,672 No No No
S. Carol. Graham (R) 11,000 15,600   57,700 84,300 No No No
Tenn. Alexander (R) 62,800 9,600 45,000 72,450 189,850 No No No
Tenn. Corker (R) 30,500 173,700 n/a n/a 204,200 No No No
Texas Hutchinson (R) 77,400 317,586 242,070 7,000 644,056 No Absent No
Texas Cornyn (R) 349,780 182,200 134,400 510,625 1,177,005 No No No
Utah Hatch (R) 900 93,450 13,250   107,600 No No Yes
Utah Bennett (R)   7,000 51,750 1,000 59,750 No No No
Virginia Warner (R) 6,500 2,000 1,000 56,523 66,023 No No No
Wyoming Barrasso (D) 69,400 n/a n/a n/a 69,400   No No
Wyoming Enzi (R) 35,500 7,000 2,000 72,250 116,750 No No No
Total NO   1,793,495       8,230,886      
Average NO   49,819       195,973      
                   
Arizona McCain 291,658 2,600 7,050   301,308 Absent Absent Absent
                   
Ark. Lincoln (D) 9,000 1,250 102,000 26,600 138,850 Yes Yes Yes
Ark. Pryor (D) 67,700 16,750 1,000 29,900 115,350 Yes Yes Yes
Calif. Feinstein (D)   37,175 16,500 2,000 55,675 Yes Yes Yes
Calif. Boxer (D) 1,000 400 6,850 2,200 10,450 Absent Yes Yes
Colo. Salazar (D) 5,800 4,750 75,250 n/a 85,800 Yes Yes Yes
Conn. Lieberman (I)   69,150 34,300   103,450 Yes Yes Yes
Conn. Dodd (D) 40,550 3,000 6,750 2,000 52,300 Yes Yes Yes
Del. Biden (D) 19,700 24,500 2,000 15,500 61,700 Yes Yes Yes
Del. Carper (D)   31,500 6,130 4,180 41,810 Yes Yes Yes
Florida Nelson (D)   28,400 2,000 7,000 37,400 Yes Yes Yes
Hawaii Inoyue (D)   1,000 19,000 1,000 21,000 Yes Yes Yes
Hawaii Akaka (D) 2,000 5,800     7,800 Yes Yes Yes
Illinois Obama (D) 163,840 500   n/a 164,340 Yes Yes Yes
Illinois Durbin (D) 15,150 3,550   22,250 40,950 Yes Yes Yes
Indiana Bayh (D)   15,300 29,900 23,250 68,450 Yes No Yes
Indiana Lugar (R) 1,000 20,750 15,950 3,750 41,450 Yes No Yes
Iowa Grassley (R) 2,000 8,000 73,800 13,500 97,300 Yes No Yes
Iowa Harkin (D) 21,986 6,700 800 27,600 57,086 Yes Yes Yes
Maine Collins (R) 15,100 1,500   57,050 73,650 Yes Yes Yes
Maine Snowe (R)   20,900 2,000 1,000 23,900 Yes Yes Yes
Maryland Mikulski (D)   1,000 9,110   10,110 Yes Yes Yes
Maryland Cardin (D) 3,000 16,650 n/a n/a 19,650 Yes Yes Yes
Mass. Kerry (D)   580 313,360 20,850 334,790 Yes Yes Yes
Mass. Kennedy (D)   16,600 5,250   21,850 Yes Yes Yes
Michigan Stabenow (D)   8,500 250 5,000 13,750 Yes Yes Yes
Michigan Levin (D) 7,700 1,000   15,450 24,150 Yes Yes Yes
Minn. Coleman (R) 49,750 12,250 6,700 136,400 205,100 Yes Yes Yes
Minn. Klobuchar (D) 500 4,250 n/a n/a 4,750 Yes Yes Yes
Missouri McCaskill (D) 2,500 26,850 n/a n/a 29,350 Yes Yes Yes
Montana Baucus (D) 61,250 23,350 1,000 86,750 172,350 Yes Yes Yes
Montana Tester (D) 2,500 2,700 n/a n/a 5,200 Yes Yes Yes
Nebraksa Nelson (D)   90,800 9,250 9,000 109,050 Yes Yes Yes
Nevada Reid (D) 27,600 2,000 23,900 51,250 104,750 Yes Yes No
N. Jersey Menendez (D) 1,000 19,200 n/a n/a 20,200 Yes Yes Yes
N. Jersey Lautenberg (D) 14,950 7,000   6,250 28,200 Yes Yes Yes
N. Mexico Bingaman (D) 1,000 78,170 35,950 3,864 118,984 Yes Yes Yes
N. York Clinton (D) 289,950 64,670 40,850 3,150 398,620 Yes Yes Yes
N. York Schumer (D)     28,000 52,918 80,918 Yes Yes Yes
N. Dakota Conrad (D)   26,750 5,500 1,000 33,250 Yes Yes Yes
N. Dakota Dorgan (D) 3,000 2,000 16,300 7,000 28,300 Yes Yes Yes
Ohio Brown (D) 1,000 2,500 n/a n/a 3,500 Yes Yes Yes
Oregon Wyden (D) 3,000   6,500 6,000 15,500 Yes Yes Yes
Orgeon Smith (R) 16,350 19,150 4,500 79,925 119,275 Yes Yes Yes
Penn. Casey Jr. (D)   31,200 n/a n/a 31,200 Yes Yes Yes
R. Island Reed (D) 2,000 1,200   2,800 6,000 Yes Yes Yes
R. Island Whitehouse (D)   19,500 n/a n/a 19,500 Yes Yes Yes
S. Dakota Johnson (D) 8,300 3,050   25,550 36,900 Absent Yes Yes
S. Dakota Thune (R) 16,950 7,645 264,327 134,650 423,572 Yes Yes Yes
Vermont Sanders (I)   2,850 n/a n/a 2,850 Yes Yes Yes
Vermont Leahy (D)     2,250 1,000 3,250 Yes Yes Yes
Virginia Webb (D) 5,000 3,750 n/a n/a 8,750 Yes Yes Yes
Wash. Murray (D) 1,000 500 18,000 3,750 23,250 Yes Yes Yes
Wash. Cantwell (D) 600 5,700 500 8,150 14,950 Yes Yes Yes
W. Virginia Byrd (D)   14,750     14,750 Yes No Yes
W. Virginia Rockafeller (D) 41,150 5,150   29,950 76,250 Yes Yes Yes
Wisconsin Feingold (D)   1,250 10,446 200 11,896 Yes Yes Yes
Wisconsin Kohl (D)         0 Yes Yes Yes
Total YES   924,876       3,874,076      
Average YES   25,691       67,966      
                   

Source: Center for Responsive Politics; Federal Election Comission

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