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Lobbyist Registration Update
The nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project posted another 34 lobbyist registrations received from the Secretary of the Commonwealth since August 15. In this batch there were:
5 NEW LOBBYIST-CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS
29 RENEWALS OF 2011-12 REGISTRATIONS
VPAP will continue to provide weekly updates as the SOC makes the information available.
08/31/2012
Latest "SuperPAC" donors defy stererotype
The most common "Super PAC" donor from Virginia contributes $250 -- far less than the media portrayal of the super rich swaying the election.
VPAP's analysis of the most recent batch of 188 Super PAC donors from Virginia found the following distribution by donation amount:
The 188 donations were made available by the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks money in federal elections.
The largest donations for the most recent time period were:
- Thomas G. Snead Jr. of Richmond - $25,000 to Middle Resolution Federal PAC
- FreeEats.com of Centreville - $17,500 to PresidentDowngrade
- William P. Barr of McLean - $10,000 to AmericanCrossroads
The latest data is part of a VPAP-CRP partnership to provide greater transparency for Virginia donors to Super PACs, which can accept unlimited donations for TV ads and other independent expenditures.
Virginia Donors to Super PACs
Super PACs with most donations from Virginia
CRP will provide VPAP with more Super PAC donor information in late September.
08/30/2012
$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. Here are PACs that have reported large donations since August 24:
Commonwealth Victory Fund- $15,000 Intuit
- $10,000 Dominion
- $10,000 Va Auto Dealers Assn
- $15,000 Anderson Financial Services/LoanMax
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08/28/2012
Lobbyist Registrations
The nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project posted another 29 lobbyist registrations received from the Secretary of the Commonwealth since August 15. In this batch there were:
6 NEW LOBBYIST-CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS
23 RENEWALS OF 2011-12 REGISTRATIONS
VPAP will continue to provide weekly updates as the SOC makes the information available.
08/23/2012
Va. Donors: Allen v. Kaine
In terms of donors of $200 or more from Virginia, Republican George Allen holds a slim lead over Democrat Tim Kaine -- $3.1 million to $2.9 million.
Allen also leads in 9 of 11 regions, but Kaine rolled up big numbers among donors "Inside the Beltway" and around Charlottesville.
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The data covers 1/1/2011-05/23/2012. This is the most recent data available from the Center for Responsive Politics.
Note: The "region" is a geographic area of clustered zip codes defined by VPAP for visual display purposes.
08/21/2012
Newly Registered PACs
The nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project added four news state PAC that recently registered with the Virginia Board of Elections. All these committees will file their initial campaign finance report in mid-October.
- Coalition of Greater Richmond -- Seeks to elect candidates to Richmond City Council and School Board.
- Conservative Coalition of Hampton Roads -- Seeks to recruit, elect, and hold accountable individuals for public office who share our values.
- Food Services PAC III -- Represents the Restaurant Assn Metro Washington
- Virginia Professional Investigators PAC - Represents the interests of the Virginia Professional Investigators and Security Association.
View all recent PAC registrations
08/16/2012
Lobbyist Registrations
The nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project posted another 83 lobbyist registrations received from the Secretary of the Commonwealth since August 7. In this batch there were:
12 NEW LOBBYIST-CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS
71 RENEWALS OF 2011-12 REGISTRATIONS
VPAP will continue to provide weekly updates as the SOC makes the information available.
08/15/2012
