On Election Day: A Tale of Two Campaign Warchests
In less than two weeks, Rep. John Sullivan collected $113,500 for his primary campaign against Naval Reserve pilot Jim Bridenstine, raising money the congressional incumbent way _ from groups with interests before Congress and from friends in Congress, who got their money from groups with interests before Congress.
In the two-week window in which candidates were required to report all contributions of $1,000 or more within 48 hours, Sullivan reported 60 contributions. Of those, 38 were from the Washington area (which includes towns in nearby Virginia and Maryland) and another 17 were from other states. Only five came from within Oklahoma, and only three of those five were from Tulsa, the town that Sullivan, a Republican, represents.
A list of the contributions follows. Many of the political action committees (PACs) have self-explanatory names (Occidental Petroleum, American Bankers), while others aren’t so clear. Few probably know that the Funding Developing Leadership PAC is associated with Rep. Frank D. Lucas, R-Cheyenne.
Asian American Hotel Owner Assn PAC
228 S Washington St #115
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Date Contributed = 06/23/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
Comcast Corporation PAC
1500 Market St
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102
Date Contributed = 06/23/2012
Amount Contributed = 2500.00
Cox Enterprises PAC
975 F ST NW #300
Washington, DC 20004
Date Contributed = 06/23/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
CSX Good Govt. Fund
1331 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20004
Date Contributed = 06/23/2012
Amount Contributed = 2500.00
Dickstein Shapiro LLP PAC
1825 Eye St NW
Washington, DC 20006
Date Contributed = 06/23/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
ERIC PAC
209 Pennsylvania Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20003
Date Contributed = 06/23/2012
Amount Contributed = 5000.00
Eye Of The Tiger PAC
PO Box 2485
Springfield, Virginia 22152
Date Contributed = 06/23/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
Funding Developing Leadship PAC
701 8th St NW Ste 500
Washington, DC 20001
Date Contributed = 06/23/2012
Amount Contributed = 2500.00
John S Fund
PO Box 853
Edwardsville, Illinois 62025
Date Contributed = 06/23/2012
Amount Contributed = 2000.00
Lee Terry For Congress
PO Box 540098
Omaha, Nebraska 68154
Date Contributed = 06/23/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
Michael Burgess For Congress
PO Box 30844
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Employer: Campaign
Occupation: Campaign
Date Contributed = 06/23/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
Mike R Fund
PO Box 2485
Springfield, Virginia 22152
Date Contributed = 06/23/2012
Amount Contributed = 2000.00
Occidental Petroleum Corp PAC
10889 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, California 90024
Date Contributed = 06/23/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
Blair Brockman
2000 Wheeling Ave S
Ste 403
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104
Employer: Housewife
Occupation: Housewife
Date Contributed = 06/23/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
America’s Health Insurance Plans PAC
601 Pennsylvania Ave NW
South Bldg Ste 500
Washington, DC 20004
Date Contributed = 06/21/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
American Bankers Assn PAC
1120 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
Date Contributed = 06/21/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
Amsurg Corp Good Government Fund
20 Burton Hills Blvd
Nashville, Tennessee 37215
Date Contributed = 06/21/2012
Amount Contributed = 2500.00
Brace PAC
2000 K St NW Suite 500
Washington, DC 20006
Date Contributed = 06/21/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
Cemex Inc. Employees PAC
929 Gessner Rd Ste 1900
Houston, Texas 77024
Date Contributed = 06/21/2012
Amount Contributed = 2500.00
Facebook Inc. PAC
1155 F St NW Ste 475
Washington, DC 20004
Date Contributed = 06/21/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
Freedom And Security PAC
228 S Washington St #115
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Date Contributed = 06/21/2012
Amount Contributed = 2000.00
Hunton & Williams
2200 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20037
Date Contributed = 06/21/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
NACS PAC
1600 Duke St
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Date Contributed = 06/21/2012
Amount Contributed = 5000.00
National Association Of Broadcasters PA
1771 N St NW
Washington, DC 20036
Date Contributed = 06/21/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
NEMPAC
PO Box 619911
Dallas, Texas 75261
Date Contributed = 06/21/2012
Amount Contributed = 3000.00
News America -Fox PAC
444 Capital St Suite 740
Washington, DC 20001
Date Contributed = 06/21/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
Owens-Illinois Inc Employee Good Citize
One Michael Owens Way
Perrysburg, Ohio 43551
Date Contributed = 06/21/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
Rooney For Congress
2336 SE Ocean Blvd #313
Stuart, Florida 34996
Date Contributed = 06/21/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers
11495 Sunset Hills Road Suite 215
Reston, Virginia 20190
Date Contributed = 06/21/2012
Amount Contributed = 5000.00
Steptoe & Johnson PAC
1330 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
Date Contributed = 06/21/2012
Amount Contributed = 2500.00
Trust PAC
228 S Washington St #115
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Date Contributed = 06/21/2012
Amount Contributed = 5000.00
Mr. George D Baker
5012 Scarsdale Rd
Bethesda, Maryland 20816
Employer: Williams & Jensen
Occupation: Attorney
Date Contributed = 06/21/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
Mr. Gary L Hills
3404 E 87th Pl
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74137
Employer: Requested
Occupation: Requested
Date Contributed = 06/21/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
Mr. John J McMackin, Jr
5 West Melrose St
Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815
Employer: Requested
Occupation: Requested
Date Contributed = 06/21/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
P.O Drawer 1210
Durant, Oklahoma 74702
Employer: Indian Tribe
Occupation: Indian Tribe
Date Contributed = 06/21/2012
Amount Contributed = 2500.00
Ambulatory Surgery Center Association P
1012 Cameron Street
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Date Contributed = 06/20/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
Americans Nationwide Dedicated To Electing Republicans
PO Box 523383
Springfield, Virginia 22152
Date Contributed = 06/20/2012
Amount Contributed = 2500.00
COLE PAC
12176 Chancery Station Cir
Reston, Virginia 20190
Date Contributed = 06/20/2012
Amount Contributed = 2000.00
Majority Committee PAC
PO Box 10134
Bakersfield, California 93389
Date Contributed = 06/20/2012
Amount Contributed = 5000.00
Mario Diaz-Balart For Congress
8770 Sunset Dr #420
Miami, Florida 33173
Date Contributed = 06/20/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
Bill PAC
228 S Washington St #115
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Date Contributed = 06/19/2012
Amount Contributed = 2500.00
Lehigh Hanson Inc. PAC
300 E John Carpenter Freeway
Irving, Texas 75062
Date Contributed = 06/19/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
PG&E Corp PAC
PO Box 770000 B29H
San Francisco, California 94177
Date Contributed = 06/18/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
Title Industry PAC
1828 L St NW Ste 705
Washington, DC 20036
Date Contributed = 06/18/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
American Academy of Otolaryngology PAC
1 Prince St
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Date Contributed = 06/16/2012
Amount Contributed = 1500.00
Nuclear Energy Institute PAC
1776 I St NW 4th Floor
Washington, DC 20006
Date Contributed = 06/16/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers P
1301 W 7th St.
Ft Worth, Texas 76102
Date Contributed = 06/16/2012
Amount Contributed = 1500.00
AGC PAC
2300 Wilson Blvd Ste 400
Arlington, Virginia 22201
Date Contributed = 06/14/2012
Amount Contributed = 2500.00
Navistar Inc. Good Government Comm.
2701 Navistar Dr
Lisle, Illinois 60532
Date Contributed = 06/14/2012
Amount Contributed = 1500.00
Union Pacific Corp Fund For Effective G
600 13th St NW
Suite 340
Washington, DC 20005
Date Contributed = 06/14/2012
Amount Contributed = 1500.00
Union Pacific Corp Fund For Effective G
600 13th St NW
Suite 340
Washington, DC 20005
Date Contributed = 06/14/2012
Amount Contributed = 2500.00
American College of Radiology Assoc PAC
1891 Preston White Dr
Reston, Virginia 20191
Date Contributed = 06/12/2012
Amount Contributed = 1500.00
Arkansas For Leadership PAC
PO Box 1672
Alexandria, Virginia 22313
Date Contributed = 06/12/2012
Amount Contributed = 2500.00
DTE Energy Company PAC
2000 2nd Ave
Detroit, Michigan 48226
Date Contributed = 06/12/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
Eye PAC
4000 Legato Rd Ste 700
Fairfax, Virginia 22033
Date Contributed = 06/12/2012
Amount Contributed = 5000.00
Ford Motor Company Civic Action Fund
The American Rd
Dearborn, Michigan 48121
Date Contributed = 06/12/2012
Amount Contributed = 2000.00
Dr. Diana Elizabeth Hampton
1715 N Hudson Ave
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73103
Employer: Self
Occupation: Physician
Date Contributed = 06/12/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
Dr. Bill P Loughridge
2100 S Utica #204
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114
Employer: Self
Occupation: Physician
Date Contributed = 06/12/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
Merck Employees PAC
601 Pennsylvania Ave NW
North Bldg Ste 1200
Washington, DC 20004
Date Contributed = 06/11/2012
Amount Contributed = 2000.00
Portland Cement Assn PAC
500 New Jersey Ave NW 7th Floor
Washington, DC 20001
Date Contributed = 06/11/2012
Amount Contributed = 2000.00
Bridenstine collected $37,850 in that same period, a respectable sum for a primary challenger, and nearly all of it came from the 1st District towns of Tulsa, Broken Arrow and Owasso.
Here are Bridenstine’s donors:
Kenneth Alan Weikel
3322 E. 93rd St.
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74137
Employer: Self
Occupation: Oil And Gas Producer
Date Contributed = 06/22/2012
Amount Contributed = 1500.00
Marianne Ballard
5730 E 102nd St
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74137
Employer: Innovative Staffing Inc
Occupation: IT Security Consultant
Date Contributed = 06/08/2012
Amount Contributed = 2500.00
Ronald Clifton Boatright, Jr
32565 E 142nd St S
Coweta, Oklahoma 74429
Employer: Self
Occupation: Optometrist
Date Contributed = 06/14/2012
Amount Contributed = 2400.00
Tulip Victoria Boatright
32565 E 142nd St S
Coweta, Oklahoma 74429
Date Contributed = 06/14/2012
Amount Contributed = 2500.00
Michelle Ivory Bridenstine
10630 S Erie Pl
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74137
Employer: self
Occupation: homemaker
Date Contributed = 06/09/2012
Amount Contributed = 2475.00
Mr. Wayne Bridenstine
3009 NW 37th St
Gig Harbor, Washington 98335
Employer: Self
Occupation: Mortgage Sales
Date Contributed = 06/19/2012
Amount Contributed = 1500.00
Mary Ann Colston
513 N 79th St
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma 74014
Employer: Self
Occupation: Insurance
Date Contributed = 06/15/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
Robert Durham
PO Box 470926
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74147
Employer: D2 Tech Solutions Inc.
Occupation: Engineer
Date Contributed = 06/20/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
Joe Ellis
109 W 5th St
Benton, Kentucky 42025
Employer: Self
Occupation: OPTOMETRIST
Date Contributed = 06/21/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
Kyle Ivory
10630 S Erie Pl
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74137
Date Contributed = 06/13/2012
Amount Contributed = 2475.00
Douglas Bruce Kliewer
9610 S Indianapolis Ave
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74137
Employer: Adult Gastroenterology Assoc.
Occupation: Physician
Date Contributed = 06/20/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
Sean Paul Kouplen
10710 S Fulton Ave
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74137
Employer: Regent Bank
Occupation: CEO
Date Contributed = 06/13/2012
Amount Contributed = 2000.00
Kelly Andrew McKoy
1224 E 26th St
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114
Employer: McKoy Company
Occupation: Commercial Real Estate Broker
Date Contributed = 06/09/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
Kenneth Robert Sellers
2400 S Chestnut Ave
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma 74012
Employer: Gunnebo Johnson
Occupation: Engineer
Date Contributed = 06/20/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
John & Beverly Staedke
1310 W Omaha Pl
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma 74012
Employer: None
Occupation: Retired
Date Contributed = 06/10/2012
Amount Contributed = 2000.00
Casey And Heidi Swift
19828 E Woodhaven Rd
Owasso, Oklahoma 74055
Employer: Dr. Robert Zoellner and Associates
Occupation: Optometrist
Date Contributed = 06/13/2012
Amount Contributed = 5000.00
Rusty Thrash
9726 S. Urbana Ave.
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74137
Employer: Evans Ent
Occupation: Owner
Date Contributed = 06/08/2012
Amount Contributed = 2000.00
David Armistead Wagner
11180 S Sandusky Ave
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74137
Employer: Retired
Occupation: Retired
Date Contributed = 06/09/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
Barbra Blackwell Weikel
3322 E. 93rd St.
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74137
Employer: Self
Occupation: Homemaker
Date Contributed = 06/18/2012
Amount Contributed = 1500.00
Kenneth Alan Weikel
3322 E. 93rd St.
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74137
Occupation: Oil And Gas Producer
Date Contributed = 06/18/2012
Amount Contributed = 1000.00
Shamron Lynn Zoellner
2828 E 89th St
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74137
Employer: Self
Occupation: Homemaker
Date Contributed = 06/20/2012
Amount Contributed = 2000.00
In his latest full report to the Federal Election Commission, Sullivan reported a total of 985,716 in contributions for his 2012 reelection campaign. Of that, nearly 59 percent came from political action committees _ $577,475.
Bridenstine reported $243,841 for his 2012 campaign and $8,500 in PAC contributions, about 3 percent.
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