Monsanto-Funded Candidates Win Races

November 3, 2010 | Alexis Baden-Mayer, Esq., Political Director

Organic Consumers Fund

Monsanto-Funded Candidates Win Races

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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