Oil Contributions To Senators Up For Reelection

Last week 35 senators voted against an amendment that would have reigned in the oil and gas industry. The 16 senators voting against the amendment that are up for reelection next year have received considerably larger campaign contributions from the oil and gas industry that their colleagues, as the table below shows. Read more here.

State	Senator	2007	2006	2004	2002	Total 2002- 2007	Cloture on Baucus Tax Amendment
Tenn.	Alexander		9,600	45,000	72,450	127,050	No
Georgia	Chambliss		10,750	6,200	67,742	84,692	No
Miss.	Cochran		11,200	3,000	38,600	52,800	No
Texas	Cornyn		180,000	134,400	510,625	825,025	No
Idaho	Craig		14,500	5,000	89,250	108,750	No
N. Carol.	Dole	2,500	900	6,500	127,229	137,129	No
N. Mex.	Domenici		33,400		163,658	197,058	No
Wyo.	Enzi		7,000	2,000	72,250	81,250	No
S. Carol.	Graham	15,000	15,600		57,700	88,300	No
Neb.	Hagel		10,300		63,850	74,150	No
Okla.	Inhofe		54,700	17,750	241,258	313,708	No
Louis.	Landrieu		33,600	27,500	221,405	282,505	No
Kent.	McConnell		59,200		76,250	135,450	No
Kans.	Roberts		18,500	6,000	55,250	79,750	No
Alaska	Stevens		7,700	2,000	100,690	110,390	No
N. Hamp.	Sununu	1,500	3,000	1,500	137,380	143,380	No
Virginia	Warner	6,000	2,000	1,000	56,523	65,523	No
Total NO						2,906,910
Avg NO						181,682
Mont.	Baucus		23,350	1,000	8,6750	111,100	Yes
Del.	Biden		24,500	2,000	15,500	42,000	Yes
Minn.	Coleman		12,250	6,700	136,400	155,350	Yes
Maine	Collins		1,500		57,050	58,550	Yes
Illinois	Durbin		3,550		22,250	25,800	Yes
Iowa	Harkin		6,700	800	27,600	35,100	Yes
Mass.	Kerry		2,000	313,360	20,850	336,210	Yes
N. Jersey	Lautenberg		7,000		6,250	13,250	Yes
Mich.	Levin		1,000		15,450	16,450	Yes
Ark.	Pryor		16,750	1,000	29,900	47,650	Yes
R. Island	Reed		1,200		2,800	4,000	Yes
W. Va.	Rockefeller		4,150		29,950	34,100	Yes
Oregon	Smith		18,650	4,500	79,925	103,075	Yes
Total Yes						982,635
Avg. Yes						81,886

Source: Center for Responsive Politics; Federal Election Commission