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$10K donations to PACs

Virginia's campaign finance laws require non-candidate political committees to report any single donation of $10,000 or more within three business days of receipt. VPAP has posted those transactions reported between May 15 and May 25.

House Republican Campaign Committee

Dominion - $15,000
Eckert Seamams - $15,000
Virginia Association of Realtors - $15,000

Virginia Senate Republican Caucus

Williams Mullen - $15,000
Pearson Companies - $10,000
Wagner for Senate - $10,000

Democratic Party of Virginia

Capital One - $10,000
House Democratic Caucus - $15,000

Virginia Bankers Association

Union First Market Bank - $10,000

Dominion Leadership Trust

Virginia Beer Wholesalers - $11,500

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$10K donations to PACs

Opportunity Virginia

James C. Justice II - $25,000
Cathy L. Justice - $25,000
James C. Justice III - $25,000
Jillian Justice - $25,000

House Republican Congressional Committee

Electric Cooperatives of Virginia - $15,000

Virginia Bankers Association

Virginia Heritage Bank - $10,000

Republican Party of Virginia

Community Leadership PAC - $15,000

View all recent large contributions to PACs

New PAC registrations

The nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project added three new PACs that recently registered with the State Board of Elections. These committees will file their first campaign finance reports on July 15.

Virginia Priorities PAC (leadership committee for Delegate Mark Sickles)
Nelson Good Government PAC (local - Nelson County)
Democrats for a Better Alexandria (aims to elect Democrats to City Council in November)

Click here to see all new PAC registrations

New candidate registrations

The nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project added three new candidates who recently registered with the State Board of Elections.

Rob Krupicka

Democratic candidate for Virginia House of Delegates
Next filing deadline: July 16

Matthew Wavro

Republican candidate for Arlington County Board of Supervisors
Next filing deadline: June 4

Danny Meeks

Independent candidate for Portsmouth City Council
Next filing deadline: June 4

$10k donations to PACs

Virginia Bankers Association

Bank of America: $10,000
StellarOne: $10,000

Virginia Senate Republican Caucus

VA Hospital Association: $15,000
Norment for Senate - Tommy: $15,000
Ruff for Senate - Frank: $15,000
Newman for Senate - Steve: $11,250
Williamsburg Pottery: $15,000
Black for Senate - Dick: $10,000
Wal-Mart: $15,000

Republican Party of Virginia

Virginia Senate Republican Caucus: $19,687

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CORRECTION: U.S. Senate donations

The Virginia Public Access sent out erroneous information last week about the U.S. Senate candidates' reliance on out-of-state donors.

Democrat Tim Kaine has received 38 percent of his donations from individuals who live outside Virginia. Last week, VPAP erroneously put the figure at "more than half" of Kaine's money coming from out-of-state.

The error was caused by VPAP's incomplete understanding of federal campaign finance data it receives from the Washington-based Center for Responsive Politics.

VPAP has posted corrected pie charts showing the breakdown of donations for Kaine and Republican George Allen. (See below for a complete description of how donations are characterized.)

During its 15-year history, VPAP has established a reputation for providing information about money in politics that is timely and an accurate reflection of the official public record. In this case, VPAP did not live up to its own high standards. I apologize for this error.

David Poole
Executive Director
Virginia Public Access Project

Federal Campaign Donations are broken down into the follow categories

Virginia Donors is the total amount of contributions $200 or more from individuals with a Virginia mailing address.

Out-of-State Donors is the total amount of contributions $200 or more from individuals with a non-Virginia mailing address. Small Donors is the total amount of money from individuals who given to the campaign in amounts less than $200. It should be a safe assumption that for most candidates the majority of small donors are from Virginia. However, the available electronic data makes it impossible to classify these donors as in-state or out-of-state. “Small Donors” consists of the amount from two sets of donors:

Unitemized donors - Individuals who have contributed less than $200 to a candidate in a given cycle and whose names the candidate does not have to disclose
Small itemized donors - Individuals whose names and addresses are listed in a candidate’s disclosure reports, but whose names and addresses are redacted by the Federal Elections Commission in the data available for public download.

PACs is the total amount reported from political action committees.

Self-Financing is the total amount donated from the candidate.

Other is the total of transfers from other committees, loans, refunded/rebated expenses and bank interest and dividends.

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$10k donations to PACs

Opportunity Virginia PAC

Alpha Natural Resources Services LLC: $10,000
Altria Client Services Inc.: $25,000
Dominion Political Action Committee: $25,000

House Republican Campaign Committee

Williams Mullen Clark & Dobbins: $15,000

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Senate charts

A closer look at U.S. Senate donors in Virginia

The nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project has updated its U.S. Senate race information to increase transparency of money in the 2012 federal elections.

Top donors

Tim Kaine - Total raised: $7.4 million

George Allen - Total raised: $6.1 million

In state/Out of state

George Allen - Total raised: $6.1 million

Virginia individuals - 47.8% (itemized donors who gave at least $200 at a time)
Out of state individuals - 25% (itemized donors who gave at least $200 at a time)
Other itemized donors: 0.4% (gave less than $200 at a time; name/address not provided in FEC data)
Small donors: 10% (total given is less than $200)
PACs: 13%
Other: 3%

Tim Kaine - Total raised: $7.4 million

Virginia individuals - 31.3% (itemized donors who gave at least $200 at a time)
Out of state individuals: 38% (itemized donors who gave at least $200 at a time)
Other itemized donors: 7% (gave less than $200 at a time; address not provided in FEC data)
Small donors: 13% (total given is less than $200)
PACs: 7%
Other: 3%

Source: Center for Responsive Politics

Note: "Other Itemized Donors" are by definition people who gave given at least $200 to a campaign, but in separate amounts in which no check was $200 or more. The campaigns disclose the name and addresses of these donors. However, these donors do not appear in the data available for download from the Federal Elections Commission, which provides only transactions in which the donation amount is $200 or more. As a result, it's impossible to know if these are Virginians or out-of-state donors. The amount of "other itemized donors" was $25,590 for Allen and $511,634 for Kaine

Mapping it out

VPAP also updated the 11 regional maps that show which candidate holds a fundraising advantage within each ZIP Code.

The shading -- George Allen (red) and Tim Kaine (blue) -- indicates which candidate raised the most in each neighborhood, while yellow indicates a tie.

Users can click on each ZIP Code to view a break down of donations between two candidates. This map of Northern Virginia shows a tie in a ZIP Code region within Leesburg.

VIEW THE MAPS

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U.S. HOUSE RACES

These new tools are made possible by a partnership with the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonprofit group in Washington that tracks money in federal elections at OpenSecrets.org. VPAP is teaming with CRP to make federal campaign finance data more accessible.

Thanks to the companies and individuals that financially support VPAP's mission of providing transparency to politics and government.

The Virginia Public Access Project and the Center for Responsive Politics are 501-c-3 organizations. All donations are deductible on federal taxes to the full extent of the law.

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