Friday, January 11, 2008

Which candidates are in the pockets of the lobbyists?

(Courtesy of Open Secrets)

2008 PRESIDENTIAL RACE
Contributions from Selected Industries
Lobbyists

Hillary Clinton (D)

graph $567,950

John McCain (R)

graph $340,365

Christopher J. Dodd (D)

graph $233,875

Mitt Romney (R)

graph $229,475

Rudolph W. Giuliani (R)

graph $212,100

Bill Richardson (D)

graph $134,950

Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D)

graph $114,460

Fred Thompson (R)

graph $90,000

Barack Obama (D)

graph $76,859

Duncan Hunter (R)

graph $30,900

John Edwards (D)

graph $18,900

Sam Brownback (R)

graph $17,225

Mike Huckabee (R)

graph $6,964

Tom Tancredo (R)

graph $250


And which ones will work for the prescription drug industry?

Pharmaceuticals/Health Products

Hillary Clinton (D)

graph $269,436

Barack Obama (D)

graph $261,784

Mitt Romney (R)

graph $260,535

Rudolph W. Giuliani (R)

graph $138,850

Christopher J. Dodd (D)

graph $84,400

John McCain (R)

graph $69,300

Bill Richardson (D)

graph $28,950

Fred Thompson (R)

graph $26,900

Ron Paul (R)

graph $20,568

John Edwards (D)

graph $15,000

Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D)

graph $13,425

Sam Brownback (R)

graph $12,750

Dennis J. Kucinich (D)

graph $5,100

Duncan Hunter (R)

graph $4,050

Tom Tancredo (R)

graph $3,250

Mike Gravel (D)

graph $2,208

Mike Huckabee (R)

graph $500


Of course, the really big money comes from the lawyers:
Lawyers/Law Firms

Hillary Clinton (D)

graph $9,596,748

John Edwards (D)

graph $8,161,150

Barack Obama (D)

graph $7,940,424

Rudolph W. Giuliani (R)

graph $3,203,396

John McCain (R)

graph $2,214,820

Mitt Romney (R)

graph $2,143,975

Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D)

graph $2,031,848

Bill Richardson (D)

graph $1,546,715

Christopher J. Dodd (D)

graph $1,097,750

Fred Thompson (R)

graph $709,364

Ron Paul (R)

graph $82,609

Sam Brownback (R)

graph $72,759

Mike Huckabee (R)

graph $68,506

Duncan Hunter (R)

graph $26,300

Dennis J. Kucinich (D)

graph $19,051

Tom Tancredo (R)

graph $8,950

Mike Gravel (D)

graph $2,000

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