Mike McGavick's Friends
Mike McGavick's campaign of "civility" is heavily financed by special interests. Here's an overview of who Mike McGavick's top friends are and how much they've contributed to support his bid to represent Safeco in the U.S. Senate. (Safeco? But of course!)
- Contributions from PACs: more than $840,000
- Contributions from the pharmaceutical industry, which is reaping huge profits under the Bush Medicare prescription drug plan: $25,000
- Contributions from Schering Plough’s PAC, major prescription drug company which recently paid a $150 million fine for Medicaid fraud: $5,000
- Contributions from Pfizer’s PAC: $5,000
- Contributions from mining PACs: $12,500, including $4,500 from PACs of the National Mining Association, and a fundraiser hosted by the group
- Contributions from BP, while the company is under investigation by the CFTC and other authorities for price gouging: $2,000
- Contributions from ExxonMobil, while the company reaps record profits during times of record gas prices: $5,000
- Contributions from ConocoPhillip, while the company reaps record profits during times of record gas prices: $2,500
- Contributions from an Alaska fundraiser hosted by the chief backers of drilling in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge: tens of thousands
- Contributions from executives of VECO, the Alaska oil services company under federal investigation for political corruption: $15,000
- Contributions from minor oil companies: $9,500
- Contributions from Halliburton, while the company is under investigation for fraudulent Iraq contracts: $1,000
- Contributions from the finance and insurance industry: $170,000
- Contributions from Financial Services Roundtable, a “chief fundraiser” for the Bush Social Security privatization plan: $5,000 and a fundraiser hosted by the group
- Contribution from his own special interest committee, Michael Sean McGavick: $2 million
