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The Washington Post and Washingtonpost.com examined campaign contributions from 2003 and 2007 for all Virginia General Assembly races. With all 100 seats in the House and all 40 seats in the Senate up for election in November, dozens of Virginia special interest groups -- lobbyists, companies and trade associations -- have been giving a higher percentage of campaign contributions to Democrats, who some analysts expect to take control of the Senate and make inroads in the House.
The Virginia Public Access Project, a nonprofit which is partially funded by newspapers, isolated 127 non-ideological political action committees that gave to at least 10 different General Assembly incumbents in both calendar year 2003 and the first 8 months of 2007. Here is a snapshot of what the numbers show:
- The percentage of money given by the committees to Democrats jumped from 31 percent to nearly 38 percent.
- Of the 127 committees, 71 PACs increased their donations to Democrats by at least 5 percent.
- Of the 127 committees, 37 PACs didn't change their donations to Democrats by at least 5 percent in either direction.
- Of the 127 committees, only 19 PACs lowered their donations to Democrats by 5 percent or more.
Click on the column labels below to sort by donor, yearly total, or by percentage given to Democrats.
| Donor | 2003 Total | Percent to Democrats | 2007 Total* | Percent to Democrats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | $4,533,692 | 31% | $4,661,655 | 38%  |
| Dominion | $269,972 | 44% | $222,648 | 57% |
| Va Auto Dealers Assn | $241,330 | 35% | $285,490 | 39% |
| Va Dental Assn | $198,700 | 36% | $115,250 | 33% |
| Va Hospital & Healthcare Assn | $148,229 | 45% | $143,307 | 37% |
| Va Bankers Assn | $120,700 | 30% | $210,780 | 41% |
| Home Builders Assn of Va | $118,678 | 38% | $97,525 | 42% |
| Va Beer Wholesalers Assn | $115,589 | 30% | $85,234 | 29% |
| Va Optometric Assn | $111,950 | 28% | $37,500 | 56% |
| Va Wine Wholesalers Assn | $107,530 | 32% | $110,620 | 30% |
| Va Medical Society | $100,794 | 27% | $96,167 | 34% |
| Va Assn of Realtors | $96,051 | 20% | $236,660 | 39% |
| Allen Allen Allen & Allen | $92,000 | 32% | $73,500 | 33% |
| Va Health Care Assn | $85,750 | 34% | $90,750 | 42% |
| Va Trial Lawyers Assn | $85,552 | 34% | $146,750 | 45% |
| Va Credit Union League | $79,190 | 34% | $64,300 | 42% |
| Verizon | $73,662 | 27% | $124,900 | 32% |
| Va Cable Telecom Assn | $65,205 | 24% | $68,796 | 36% |
| Altria | $61,922 | 20% | $57,447 | 23% |
| Va Beverage Assn | $61,200 | 31% | $62,500 | 34% |
| Troutman Sanders | $60,542 | 26% | $47,965 | 36% |
| Anthem | $59,250 | 10% | $47,750 | 36% |
| Williams Mullen | $58,073 | 31% | $52,050 | 31% |
| Va State AFL-CIO | $52,200 | 95% | $44,750 | 100% |
| Va Transportation Construction Alliance | $51,650 | 18% | $23,500 | 17% |
| HCA for Good Government | $51,150 | 29% | $40,500 | 20% |
| Va Education Assn | $50,850 | 64% | $34,815 | 61% |
| Va Coal Assn | $50,750 | 26% | $52,500 | 30% |
| DIAGEO North America Inc | $48,750 | 34% | $22,750 | 44% |
| McGuire Woods | $47,871 | 34% | $41,692 | 38% |
| Va State Police Assn | $47,490 | 22% | $46,797 | 35% |
| Sprint Nextel | $45,785 | 26% | $24,250 | 23% |
| Reed Smith LLP | $44,629 | 32% | $52,212 | 41% |
| Waste Management Inc | $43,750 | 33% | $27,000 | 28% |
| Va Manufactured & Modular Housing Assn | $42,550 | 35% | $5,700 | 54% |
| Bank of America | $40,050 | 23% | $37,500 | 38% |
| AOL Inc | $39,750 | 37% | $40,750 | 40% |
| Va Society of Anesthesiologists | $37,050 | 34% | $28,750 | 33% |
| Medical Facilities of America | $36,950 | 22% | $23,000 | 11% |
| Old Dominion Highway Contractors Assn | $35,700 | 37% | $31,500 | 44% |
| Nova Technology Council | $35,367 | 34% | $35,750 | 48% |
| Norfolk Southern Corp | $33,800 | 34% | $30,300 | 32% |
| Va Assn of Health Plans | $33,750 | 13% | $39,550 | 43% |
| Associated General Contractors | $33,100 | 14% | $14,250 | 25% |
| Va Taxicab Assn | $31,750 | 36% | $34,500 | 33% |
| Seven Eleven Inc | $31,000 | 33% | $40,350 | 45% |
| Anheuser-Busch | $29,800 | 30% | $7,689 | 10% |
| Commercial Development PAC | $28,950 | 32% | $25,700 | 40% |
| LogistiCare Solutions LLC | $27,650 | 36% | $20,000 | 49% |
| Nationwide Insurance Co | $27,500 | 26% | $11,750 | 32% |
| Va Society of Certified Public Accounta | $27,450 | 21% | $17,476 | 17% |
| Hunton & Williams | $27,350 | 27% | $40,849 | 35% |
| Va Petroleum Convenience and Grocery As | $26,650 | 24% | $14,950 | 50% |
| Northrop Grumman | $26,300 | 29% | $46,125 | 34% |
| Wachovia | $25,650 | 26% | $31,050 | 40% |
| CSX Corp | $25,060 | 25% | $7,900 | 48% |
| Va Sheriffs Assn | $23,813 | 26% | $40,475 | 36% |
| Appalachian Power Co | $23,475 | 25% | $35,700 | 39% |
| American Insurance Assn | $23,421 | 31% | $11,050 | 21% |
| VMS Inc | $23,000 | 13% | $10,250 | 27% |
| United Parcel Service | $22,750 | 9% | $29,750 | 30% |
| Service Distributing Inc | $22,650 | 24% | $22,750 | 15% |
| Va Assn of Realtors - Richmond | $22,125 | 29% | $15,000 | 33% |
| AT&T | $21,868 | 17% | $15,354 | 24% |
| Va Trucking Assn | $20,950 | 22% | $8,750 | 11% |
| Nova Building Industry Assn | $20,500 | 66% | $18,500 | 46% |
| Eli Lilly & Co | $20,500 | 22% | $16,828 | 30% |
| GlaxoSmithKline | $20,000 | 38% | $16,000 | 45% |
| Va Assn of Electric Cooperatives | $19,350 | 25% | $15,050 | 42% |
| Smithfield Foods | $19,250 | 22% | $25,150 | 39% |
| Genworth Financial | $18,750 | 23% | $49,300 | 29% |
| National Distributing Co | $18,250 | 33% | $10,500 | 60% |
| Columbia Gas of Va | $18,225 | 37% | $17,700 | 31% |
| EPIC PharmPAC | $18,125 | 19% | $16,500 | 41% |
| Citigroup | $17,500 | 20% | $28,000 | 27% |
| Kemper Consulting Inc | $16,899 | 12% | $35,812 | 32% |
| Va Outdoor Advertising Assn | $16,491 | 19% | $14,400 | 16% |
| Va Oil & Gas Assn | $15,875 | 18% | $11,450 | 22% |
| Motorola Corp | $15,000 | 25% | $11,000 | 27% |
| Va Society of Ophthalmology | $15,000 | 22% | $15,250 | 36% |
| Va Retail Merchants Assn | $14,825 | 19% | $9,500 | 21% |
| Va Assn of Realtors - Nova | $14,750 | 70% | $46,500 | 77% |
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals | $14,500 | 31% | $4,000 | 25% |
| Reynolds American | $14,374 | 30% | $20,693 | 46% |
| US Tobacco | $14,250 | 12% | $21,000 | 32% |
| American Institute of Architects - Va S | $14,200 | 31% | $8,750 | 27% |
| Equitable Resources Inc | $13,970 | 13% | $9,950 | 30% |
| Associated Distributors/The Charmer Sun | $13,175 | 29% | $40,550 | 21% |
| Coors Brewing Co | $12,350 | 24% | $10,159 | 24% |
| Va Independent Insurance Agents | $12,150 | 28% | $5,225 | 24% |
| Apartment & Office Building Assn | $11,950 | 30% | $15,950 | 72% |
| Coca-Cola Bottling Co Consolidated | $11,950 | 29% | $7,000 | 39% |
| Abbott Laboratories | $11,900 | 23% | $7,750 | 36% |
| Firefighters - Local 2068 | $11,550 | 91% | $25,250 | 90% |
| Delta Dental Plan of Va | $11,500 | 15% | $12,250 | 27% |
| Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce | $10,917 | 30% | $10,000 | 30% |
| Professional Insurance Agents of Va | $10,845 | 18% | $5,300 | 26% |
| Willcox & Savage | $10,250 | 22% | $15,000 | 23% |
| Va Maritime Assn | $10,100 | 3% | $24,500 | 18% |
| IDI Management Corp | $9,950 | 53% | $13,250 | 25% |
| GEICO | $9,200 | 4% | $9,750 | 7% |
| Consol Energy Inc | $9,000 | 33% | $30,250 | 39% |
| Advance America Cash Advance | $8,850 | 45% | $26,250 | 48% |
| Retail Merchants Assn of Hampton Roads | $8,250 | 19% | $26,175 | 19% |
| Vandeventer Black LLP | $8,000 | 9% | $21,500 | 13% |
| Associated Builders & Contractors - Va | $7,750 | 16% | $10,000 | 25% |
| NRA Political Victory Fund | $7,150 | 11% | $17,450 | 17% |
| Pomoco Group Inc | $7,000 | 0% | $10,500 | 0% |
| LeClair Ryan | $6,650 | 55% | $30,588 | 47% |
| Nova Electric Cooperative | $6,000 | 38% | $3,500 | 57% |
| Va Law Enforcement Assn | $6,000 | 25% | $7,500 | 20% |
| Miller Brewing Co | $6,000 | 18% | $7,800 | 36% |
| Va Physical Therapy Assn | $5,500 | 41% | $3,950 | 32% |
| Christian & Barton | $5,475 | 13% | $12,900 | 25% |
| Wyeth Pharmaceuticals | $5,200 | 24% | $6,500 | 31% |
| Va Motorcoach Assn | $5,000 | 20% | $3,800 | 26% |
| Va Poultry Federation | $4,750 | 22% | $8,100 | 38% |
| Retail Merchants Assn of Richmond | $4,545 | 22% | $7,350 | 14% |
| Fluor Daniels | $4,500 | 50% | $21,000 | 14% |
| Va Coalition of Motorcyclists | $4,450 | 34% | $3,300 | 15% |
| 409 Group | $4,400 | 40% | $13,250 | 36% |
| Sands Anderson Marks & Miller | $4,150 | 6% | $6,550 | 31% |
| Hoffman Beverage Co | $4,000 | 0% | $6,750 | 19% |
| FutureLaw LLC | $3,725 | 8% | $5,575 | 25% |
| Patten Wornom Hatten & Diamonstein | $3,500 | 79% | $19,300 | 57% |
| SunTrust | $3,350 | 8% | $11,497 | 56% |
| Va Natural Gas | $3,100 | 8% | $38,173 | 25% |
| Check into Cash of Va | $3,050 | 33% | $13,250 | 59% |
* 2007 data through August 31, 2007.
Credits: Laura Cochran and Derek Willis, washingtonpost.com. Data: Virginia Public Access Project.
Credits: Laura Cochran and Derek Willis, washingtonpost.com. Data: Virginia Public Access Project.
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