Supporting candidates: FranPac report card: the
International Franchise Association's current financial support to
candidates for federal office as of mid-March is reflected in the
following "report card.".
by Adams, Victoria
IFA's political action committee, FranPAC, supports
pro-franchise, pro-business candidates for U.S. Congress.
2007-2008 Receipts $380,930.22
2007-2008 Expenditures $273,000
FranPAC Supported Candidates
U.S. Senate
Barrasso, John (R-Wyo.) $2,500 [check]
Baucus, Max (D-Mont.) $2,500 [check]
Burr, Richard (R-N.C.) $1,000 [check]
Chambliss, Saxby (R-Ga.) $5,000 [check]
Coleman, Norm (R-Minn.) $10,000 [check]
Collins, Susan (R-Maine) $10,000 [check]
Cornyn, John (R-Texas) $10,000 [check]
DeMint, James (R-S.C.) $1,000 [check]
Domenici, Pete (R-N.M.) $2,000 [check]
Enzi, Michael (R-Wyo.) $3,000 [check]
Johanns, Michael (R-Neb.) $5,000 [check]
McConnell, Mitch (R-Ky.) $10,000 [check]
Mikulski, Barbara (D-Md.) $2,500 [check]
Pryor, Mark (D-Ark.) $2,000 [check]
Reid, Harry (D-Nev.) $1,000 [check]
Roberts, Pat (R-Kan.) $3,000 [check]
Schaffer, Robert (R-Colo.) $5,000 [check]
Smith, Gordon (R-Ore.) $5,000 [check]
Specter, Arlen (R-Pa.) $1,000 [check]
Stevens, Ted (R-Alaska) $2,000 [check]
Sununu, John (R-N.H.) $6,000 [check]
Wicker, Roger (R-Miss.) $2,500 [check]
U.S. House of Representatives
Austria, Steve (R-Ohio-07) $1,000 [check]
Bachmann, Michele (R-Minn.-06) $2,000 [check]
Blackburn, Marsha (R-Tenn.-07) $1,000 [check]
Blunt, Roy (R-Mo.-07) $1,500 [check]
Boehner, John (R-Ohio-08) $10,000 [check]
Boozman, John (R-Ark.-03) $2,000 [check]
Boren, Dan (D-Okla.-02) $7,500 [check]
Boustany, Charles (R-La.-07) $1,000 [check]
Boyd, F. Allen (D-Fla.-02) $2,000 [check]
Buchanan, Vernon (R-Fla.-13) $6,000 [check]
Cannon, Christopher (R-Utah-03) $5,000 [check]
Cantor, Eric (R-Va.-07) $3,000 [check]
Capito, Shelley (R-W.Va.-02) $1,000 [check]
Chabot, Steve (R-Ohio-01) $2,500 [check]
Davis, Artur (D-Ala.-07) $2,000 [check]
Davis, Thomas (R-Va.-11) $1,000 [check]
Dent, Charlie (R-Pa.-15) $1,000 [check]
Diaz-Balart, Lincoln (R-Fla.-21) $1,000 [check]
Drake, Thelma (R-Va.-02) $1,000 [check]
Fallin, Mary (R-Okla.-05) $2,000 [check]
Flake, Jeff (R-Ariz.-06) $5,000 [check]
Fortuno, Luis (R-Puerto Rico) $1,000 [check]
Freedom Project, The $5,000 [check]
Gerlach, James (R-Pa.-06) $2,000 [check]
Graves, Samuel (R-Mo.-06) $1,000 [check]
Hart, Melissa (R-Pa.-04) $1,000 [check]
Heller, Dean (R-Nev.02) $1,000 [check]
Herseth, Stephanie (D-S.D.) $2,000 [check]
Hoekstra, Peter (R-Mich.-02) $1,000 [check]
Johnson, Sam (R-Texas-03) $1,000 [check]
Keller, Richard (R-Fla.-08) $4,500 [check]
Kirk, Mark (R-Ill.-11) $3,500 [check]
Kline, John (R-Minn.-02) $3,500 [check]
Kuhl, John (R-N.Y.-29) $1,000 [check]
Lamborn, Douglas (R-Colo.-05) $1,000 [check]
Latham, Tom (R-Iowa-04) $2,000 [check]
Latta, Robert (R-Ohio-05) $1,000 [check]
Lungren, Dan (R-Calif.-03) $1,000 [check]
Ma--honey, Tim (D-Fla.-16) $1,000 [check]
McCarthy, Kevin (R-Calif.-22) $2,000 [check]
McCaul, Michael (R-Texas-10) $1,000 [check]
McIntyre, Mike (D-N.C.-07) $1,000 [check]
McKeon, Howard (R-Calif.-25) $3,000 [check]
Meek, Kenrick (D-Fl.-17) $1,000 [check]
Moran, Jerry (R-Kan.-01) $1,000 [check]
Murphy, Tim (R-Penn.18) $1,000 [check]
Musgrave, Marilyn (R-Colo.-04) $2,000 [check]
National Republican Congressional Committee $15,000 [check]
Northup, Anne (R-Ky.-03) $2,000 [check]
Pallone, Frank (D-N.J.-06) $1,000 [check]
Paulsen, Erik (R-Minn.-03) $2,500 [check]
Porter, Jon (R-Nev.-03) $1,000 [check]
Pallone, Frank (D-N.J.-06) $1,000 [check]
Rangel, Charles (D-N.Y-15) $1,000 [check]
Reichert, Dave (R-Wash.-08) $1,000 [check]
Roskam, Peter (R-Ill.-06) $4,500 [check]
Ros-Lehtinen, Illeana (R-Fla.-18) $1,000 [check]
Scott, Bobby (D-Va.-03) $1,500 [check]
Scott, David (D-Ga.-13) $3,000 [check]
Shimkus, John (R-Ill.19) $2,500 [check]
Stearns, Clifford (R-Fla.06) $2,000 [check]
Stivers, Steve (R-Ohio-15) $5,000 [check]
Tanner, John (D-Tenn.-08) $1,000 [check]
Taylor, Gene (D-Miss.-04) $5,000 [check]
Tiberi, Patrick (R-Ohio-12) $7,500 [check]
Tinsley, Edward (R-N.M.-02) $10,000 [check]
Treadwell, Sandy (D-N.Y.-20) $1,000 [check]
Tuesday Group, The $2,500 [check]
Turner, Michael (R-Ohio-03) $2,000 [check]
Velazquez, Nydia (D-N.Y.-12) $4,500 [check]
Walberg, Timothy (R-Mich.-07) $2,000 [check]
Walden, Greg (R-Ore.-02) $1,000 [check]
Wexler, Robert (D-Fla.-19) $1,500 [check]
Wynn, Albert (D-Md.-04) $2,000 [check]
Victoria Adams is director of political affairs of the
International Franchise Association. She can be reached at 202-662-0781
or vadams@franchise.org.
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