Monsanto-Funded Candidates Win Races
November 3, 2010 | Alexis Baden-Mayer, Esq., Political Director
Organic Consumers Fund
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Monsanto spent $470,631 on the 2010 mid-term elections. Five of the candidates they supported lost their races, while ten won.
Monsanto's Candidates:
Baucus, Max (D-MT) $1,000 Not Up for Election
Bayh, Evan (D-IN) $1,000 Retiring
Bennett, Robert F (R-UT) $1,000 Lost Renomination
Blunt, Roy (R-MO) $10,000 Won
Bond, Christopher "Kit" (R-MO) $5,000 Retiring
Burr, Richard (R-NC) $2,000 Won
Carper, Tom (D-DE) $1,000 Not Up for Election
Chambliss, Saxby (R-GA) $5,000 Not Up for Election
Coburn, Tom (R-OK) $3,000 Won
Crapo, Mike (R-ID) $9,250 Won
Ellsworth, Brad (D-IN) $1,000 Lost Election
Gillibrand, Kirsten (D-NY) $2,000 Won
Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) $10,000 Won
Hagan, Kay R (D-NC) $1,000 Not Up for Election
Hatch, Orrin G (R-UT) $2,000 Not Up for Election
Hoeven, John (R-ND) $5,000 Won
Inouye, Daniel K (D-HI) $7,000 Won
Lincoln, Blanche (D-AR) $12,000 Lost Election
Lugar, Richard G (R-IN) $2,000 Not Up for Election
Melancon, Charles (D-LA) $4,500 Lost Election
Nelson, Ben (D-NE) $1,000 Not Up for Election
Portman, Rob (R-OH) $5,000 Won
Risch, James E (R-ID) $1,000 Not Up for Election
Roberts, Pat (R-KS) $1,000 Not Up for Election
Sessions, Jeff (R-AL) $1,000 Not Up for Election
Specter, Arlen (D-PA) $1,000 Lost Renomination
Stabenow, Debbie (D-MI) $2,000 Not Up for Election
Thune, John (R-SD) $2,500 Won
Vitter, David (R-LA) $5,000 Won