MapLight California reveals campaign contributions to Assemblymembers and Senators in the California State Legislature. We show how much interest groups like gas and electric utilities and attorneys and law firms contribute to your representatives in Sacramento. More details...

We currently include contributions made between Jan. 1, 2003 and Dec. 31, 2010 to legislators who have served in the 2009-2010 and 2011-2012 sessions.

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Top Senate Recipients Funded

Last four years of available data, Jan. 1, 2007 - Dec. 31, 2010.

Tony Strickland$6,789,023
Abel Maldonado$3,779,522
Darrell Steinberg$2,951,454
Mimi Walters$2,659,047
Ted Lieu$2,592,637
Lois Wolk$2,261,628
Lou Correa$2,231,234
Anthony Cannella$2,164,433
Alex Padilla$2,072,307
Kevin De Leon$2,026,245

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Top Assembly Recipients Funded

Last two years of available data, Jan. 1, 2009 - Dec. 31, 2010.

Dave Jones$4,184,834
Alyson Huber$3,377,635
Joan Buchanan$3,268,917
Anna Caballero$3,071,565
Richard Pan$2,808,541
John Perez$2,048,521
Tom Torlakson$1,893,166
Manuel Perez$1,837,109
Marty Block$1,751,019
Nathan Fletcher$1,253,309

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Senators Funded by Oil & Gas Introduce Bill that Would Grant Congress Final Say on Keystone Pipeline

February 01, 2012 - On Monday, Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.), along with 44 cosponsors, introduced a bill (S 2041) that would grant Congress the authority to approve the Keystone pipeline.

  • Out of the 36 senators who have the Oil & Gas Industry amongst their top 10 contributing industry groups, only five senators did not co-sponsor the bill.
  • Nineteen of the top 20 recipients of campaign contributions connected to the Oil & Gas industry co-sponsored the bill, the lone exception being Mary Landrieu (D-La.), who received a total of $424,700 from Oil & Gas interests.

About Our Data

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Read the details about our data sources and methodology. Contributions data provided by the National Institute on Money in State Politics.