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Alfred Lawson, Jr.

Party
Democrat
Office Sought:
US House, FL

Alfred "Al" Lawson Jr. is a Democratic member of the Florida Senate, representing the 6th District since 2001. Previously he was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1983 through 2000.

Source: Wikipedia

Campaign Finance

$711,550 Received
Information

Figures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:

  • contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
  • only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
  • contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
  • corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
  • organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.

For more information, please see our campaign finance methodology page. Lobbyist bundling data is described on our lobbyist bundling methodology page.

Latest FEC Data

covers through candidate's December 31, 2012 filing. independent expenditures updated daily.
Download all contributions to Alfred Lawson, Jr. Download all independent expenditures for or against Alfred Lawson, Jr.

  • Summary

    overview of how much the candidate raised and spent, and who contributed it
    Total Raised:
    $711,550 #438 of 728 House candidates
    Total Spent:
    $758,886 #419 of 728 House candidates
    Cash on Hand:
    $-4,835 #724 of 728 House candidates

  • Contributions Over Time

    reflects only contributions over $200, as smaller contributions are not individually reported. For some candidates a significant portion of their fundraising may not be captured by this chart.

  • Independent Expenditures

    outside groups that spent money supporting or opposing the candidate
    Committee Name Support/Oppose Total Spending
    Americans for Tax Reform
    Oppose
    		 $1,046,254
    National Fedn of Independent Business
    Oppose
    		 $293,038
    National Republican Congressional Cmte
    Oppose
    		 $195,441
    Fsa PAC
    Support
    		 $112,598
    House Majority PAC
    Support
    		 $40,753
    Freedomworks For America
    Oppose
    		 $21,498
    Protecting Our Vote PAC
    Support
    		 $1,973
    Afl-Cio
    Support
    		 $1,469
    Workers' Voice
    Support
    		 $1,469
note: data comes from latest FEC filings and has not been cleaned or standardized. See section below for standardized data.

Donor Information

covers roughly through Q4 2012. may lag behind FEC section above, as donors and industries are identified by hand.

  • Top Industries

    OpenSecrets.org and FollowTheMoney.org classify contribution data into about 100 industries.
    79% of the total amount raised came from an identifiable industry.

  • In State vs. Out of State

    contributions from individuals, in dollars

  • Top Contributors

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    PAC
    Includes contributions from an organization’s employees, their family members and its political action committee.
View all campaign finance data for Alfred Lawson, Jr. Sources: OpenSecrets.org Party Time