The fun part was seeing who got the largesse, such as it was. Here's the top 20:
Rank |
Candidate |
Office |
Amount |
1 |
Lieberman, Joe (I-CT) |
Senate |
$98,500 |
2 |
Nelson, Bill (D-FL) |
Senate |
$92,361 |
3 |
Stabenow, Debbie (D-MI) |
Senate |
$91,795 |
4 |
Kyl, Jon (R-AZ) |
Senate |
$85,750 |
5 |
Clinton, Hillary Rodham (D-NY) |
Senate |
$83,818 |
6 |
Kirk, Mark (R-IL) |
House |
$79,664 |
7 |
Nelson, Ben (D-NE) |
Senate |
$71,000 |
8 |
Conrad, Kent (D-ND) |
Senate |
$68,600 |
9 |
Talent, James M (R-MO) |
Senate |
$66,510 |
10 |
Santorum, Rick (R-PA) |
Senate |
$65,000 |
11 |
Menendez, Robert (D-NJ) |
Senate |
$48,611 |
12 |
DeWine, Mike (R-OH) |
Senate |
$48,000 |
13 |
Berkley, Shelley (D-NV) |
House |
$44,000 |
14 |
Ellsworth, Brad (D-IN) |
House |
$40,500 |
14 |
Engel, Eliot L (D-NY) |
House |
$40,500 |
16 |
Lugar, Richard G (R-IN) |
Senate |
$39,710 |
17 |
Hoyer, Steny H (D-MD) |
House |
$38,250 |
18 |
Burns, Conrad (R-MT) |
Senate |
$37,500 |
19 |
Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA) |
Senate |
$33,500 |
20 |
Cantor, Eric (R-VA) |
House |
$33,000 |
20 |
Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana (R-FL) |
House |
$33,000 |
Incumbent protection seems to have been a high priority. As far as I could tell, prowling around on the site, democratically designated Democrat Ned Lamont got exactly zero dollars from the Lobby -- that's right, zero; while renegade Joe was top of the pops.
As the Good Book says, Well done, thou good and faithful servant!
Comments (5)
That's one of the most impressively odious lists of candidates I've ever seen. Lieberman, both Nelsons, Stabenow, Clinton...
Posted by Djur | November 9, 2006 10:44 PM
Posted on November 9, 2006 22:44
but hardky big money in any event
back murtha over stoyer for bela pelosi's number two
and we
get the marine corps
instead of the idf
take your pick
Posted by js paine | November 10, 2006 7:20 AM
Posted on November 10, 2006 07:20
talent and burns an either way bronco ride
Posted by js paine | November 10, 2006 7:23 AM
Posted on November 10, 2006 07:23
so many losers so many winners
toss the salad one more time and it still stinks of skunk cabbage
Posted by js paine | November 10, 2006 9:54 AM
Posted on November 10, 2006 09:54
Why, you... you... you anti-semite you.
Posted by Mark Tokarski | November 11, 2006 11:32 AM
Posted on November 11, 2006 11:32