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5 PM UPDATE

$5,000+ CONTRIBUTIONS TO STATEWIDE CANDIDATES

Between 5:00 PM Saturday and 5:00 PM Sunday, the State Board of Elections shows one statewide candidate reported last-minute donations of $5,000 or more:

Shannon for Attorney General

• $5,000 - Theodore J. Leonsis

Wagner for Lt. Governor

• $5,000 - West Group Properties LLC

McDonnell for Govenor

• $ 5,000 - Mr. Daniel L. Baker
• $10,000    - Mr. Thomas R. Brock, Jr.                                                                            
• $ 5,000    - Mr. Kent S. Greenawalt                                                                              
• $15,000    - Mr. Bryan E. Kornblau                                                                               
• $ 5,000    - Mr. Herbert J. Siegel                                                                               
• $ 5,000    - Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield                                                                       
• $ 5,000    - OSI Restaurant Partners, LLC                                                                        
• $ 5,000    - Virginia Hospital Association PAC                                                                   
• $11,368 - Republican Party of Virginia                                                                        
• $10,000    - Republican Party of Virginia                                                                        
• $ 6,598 - Republican Party of Virginia   

VIEW ALL RECENT $5,000+ DONATIONS TO STATEWIDE CANDIDATES

$1,000+ CONTRIBUTIONS TO HOUSE CANDIDATES

Between 5:00 PM Saturday and 5:00 PM Sunday, the State Board of Elections shows more than one dozen House candidates reported last-minute donations of $1,000 or more:

• Joseph Bury
• Bill Janis
• Scott Garrett
• Tim Hugo
• Jim Hyland
• James LeMunyon
• Gwen Mason
• Stevens Miller
• John O'Bannon
• Tom Rust

View all recent $1,000 Donors to House Candidates

10/25/2009

Large Contributions

1 PM UPDATE

$5,000+ CONTRIBUTIONS TO STATEWIDE CANDIDATES

Between 5:00 PM Friday and 1:00 PM today, the State Board of Elections shows one statewide candidate reported last-minute donations of $5,000 or more:

Bolling for Lt. Governor - $50,000 from the Republican National Committee

$1,000+ CONTRIBUTIONS TO HOUSE CANDIDATES

Between 5:00 PM Friday and 1:00 PM today, the State Board of Elections shows more than one dozen House candidates reported last-minute donations of $1,000 or more:

• Joseph Bury
• Bill Janis
• Mark Keam
• James LeMunyon
• Gwen Mason
• Bob Marshall
• Jimmie Massie
• Paula Miller
• Paul Nichols
• Ken Plum
• Charles Poindexter
• Carole Pratt
• Jeanette Rishell
• Scott Surovell
• Ron Villanueva

From Thursday until Election Day, House candidates must report any donation of $1,000 or more by 5 PM the next day.

View all $1,000 Donors to House Candidates

$10,000+ CONTRIBUTIONS TO PACs

Under Virginia law, non-candidate political committees must report any single donation of $10,000 or more within three working days. There were dozens of such donations reported between 5:00 PM Friday and 1:00 PM Saturday:

• Rajiv Fernando - $15,000 to Invest in Virginia PAC (Ken Plum)
• Commonwealth Victory Fund - $14,000 to House Democratic Caucus
• Strong Majority PAC (Ward Armstrong) - $10,000 to House Democratic Caucus

View all $10,000+ Contributions to PACs

10/24/2009

Large Donations

5:00 PM UPDATE:

The following 527 DONATIONS were reported after 9:30 AM Today:

• Republican State Leadership Committee - $50,000 to Dominion Leadership Trust (Speaker Howell's PAC)
• The Presidential Coalition - $15,000 to Cuccinelli for Attorney General
• The Presidential Coalition - $5,000 to Comstock for Delegate

View all donations from "527 Groups"

$5,000+ CONTRIBUTIONS TO HOUSE CANDIDATES

Between 9:30 AM and 5:00 PM today, the State Board of Elections shows all statewide candidates today reported last-minute donations of $5,000 or more. Below are large-contribution disclosures, a combination of donations reported by 527s and $5,000+ contributions reported by the candidates.

Deeds for Governor

McDonnell for Governor

Bolling for Lt. Governor

Wagner for Lt. Governor

Cuccinelli for Attorney General

Shannon for Attorney General

$1,000+ CONTRIBUTIONS TO HOUSE CANDIDATES

Between 9:30 AM and 5:00 PM today, the State Board of Elections shows more than two dozen House candidates reported last-minute donations of $1,000 or more:

• Rich Anderson
• John Bell
• Chuck Caputo
• Betsy Carr
• Barbara Comstock
• Joe Bouchard
• Morgan Griffith
• Gordon Helsel
• Riley Ingram
• Phil Hamilton
• William Howell
• Jim Hyland
• Kaye Kory
• James LeMunyon
• Bob Marshall
• Jimmie Massie
• Harvey Morgan
• Cynthia Neff
• Jennifer McClellan
• Jackson Miller
• Glenn Oder
• Ken Plum
• Brenda Pogge
• Lacey Putney
• Tom Rust
• Luke Torian
• Margaret Vanderhye
• Ron Villanueva
• Bob Marshall
• Kaye Kory
• Harvey Morgan
• Glenn Oder
• Ken Plum
• Luke Torian

Starting Thursday, House candidates must report any donation of $1,000 or more by 5 PM the next day.

View all $1,000 Donors to House Candidates

$10,000+ CONTRIBUTIONS TO PACs

Under Virginia law, non-candidate political committees must report any single donation of $10,000 or more within three working days. There were dozens of such donations reported Friday between 9:30 AM and 5:00 PM:

View all $10,000+ Donors to PAC

9:30 AM UPDATE

$1,000+ CONTRIBUTIONS TO HOUSE CANDIDATES

Between 5 PM Thursday and 9:30 AM today, the State Board of Elections shows 9 more candidates reporting last-minute donations of $1,000 or more:

• John Bell
• Chuck Caputo
• James LeMunyon
• Bob Marshall
• Kaye Kory
• Harvey Morgan
• Glenn Oder
• Ken Plum
• Luke Torian

Starting Thursday, House candidates must report any donation of $1,000 or more by 5 PM the next day.

View all $1,000 Donors to House Candidates

Starting Thursday, statewide candidates must report any donation of $5,000 or more by 5 PM the next day. One report has come in as of 9:30 AM today:

• Oct 22: Norfolk Southern - $5,000 to Shannon for Attorney General

VPAP will update the information later today. Meanwhile, more current data may be available at the State Board of Elections

$10,000+ CONTRIBUTIONS TO PACs

Under Virginia law, non-candidate political committees must report any single donation of $10,000 or more within three working days. There was one such donation reported between 5 PM Thursday and 9:30 AM Friday:

• 10/21: Edward Hart Rice - $25,000 to Invest in Virginia

View all $10,000+ Donors to PACs

10/23/2009

Independent Expenditures

The State Board of Elections provided VPAP with the latest expense by groups -- working without coordination or authorization of candidates -- that are mobilizing to influence the outcome of November election in Virginia.

• 10/20: A Strong Majority PAC reported spending $15,587 in direct mail opposing Republican House candidate Tag Greason   Details

• 10/20: Virginia Education Association reported spending $14,156 in direct mail in support of Del. Margi Vanderhye   Details

• 10/20: Virginia Education Association reported spending $11,835 in direct mail in support of Del. Paul Nichols   Details

• 10/21: Edward Scott Rigell of Virginia Beach reported spending $12,211 in a personal letter on behalf of McDonnell for Governor   Details

View All Independent Expenditures

10/23/2009

Large Donations

By 5 PM today, the State Board of Elections was reporting the following types of large money flowing into statewide and House elections:

527 DONATIONS

• Republican State Leadership Committee - $25,000 to Bolling for Lt. Governor
• Republican State Leadership Committee - $25,000 to Cuccinelli for Attorney General
• National Education Association - $7,964 in-kind to Deeds for Governor

View all donations from "527 Groups"

$1,000+ CONTRIBUTIONS TO HOUSE CANDIDATES

Starting today, House candidates must report any donation of $1,000 or more by 5 PM the next day. Eight House candidates reported such donations today.

View all $1,000 Donors to House Candidates

$10,000+ CONTRIBUTIONS TO PACs

Under Virginia law, non-candidate political committees must report any single donation of $10,000 or more within three working days. There were 14 such donations reported today.

View all $10,000+ Donors to PACs

10/22/2009

Third-Quarter PAC Reports

With so much attention focused on candidates in the November elections, last week's deadline for 500+ non-candidate political committees to file campaign finance reports went largely unnoticed.

These reports -- which cover activity during the months of July, August and September -- offer a trove of information.

Non-Partisan Committees

Most Money Raised (Third Quarter)

Cash on Hand

Partisan Committees

Most Money Raised (Third Quarter)

Cash on Hand

The VPAP database tracks the largest PACs, which raise at least $10,000 a year and file their campaign finance reports electronically. The VPAP database captures all donors to these PACs that give $250 or more during a calendar year. (Because of limited resources, VPAP does not track PACs that disclose on paper or donors to e-file PACs that give less than $250 a year.)

The fourth-quarter PAC reports will be due January 15, 2010.

10/22/2009

Value-Added House Reports

VPAP has posted standardized, coded information taken from the mid-year campaign finance reports:

House of Delegates

Most Money Raised (September 1-September 30)

Cash on Hand

Top Donors

Contested General Elections

Incumbents Not Contested

The pre-election campaign finance reports for House candidates will be due Monday, October 26.

10/21/2009

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