Arlen Specter
- Party
- Democrat
- Office Held:
- US Senate, PA
- Office Sought:
- US Senate, PA
Arlen Specter (born February 12, 1930) is the senior United States senator from Pennsylvania. Specter is a Democrat, but was a Republican from 1965 (when he changed parties in order to challenge the Democratic district attorney of Philadelphia ) until switching back to the Democratic Party in 2009. Elected to the Senate in 1980, Specter staked out a spot in the political center. In April 2006, he was selected by Time as one of America's Ten Best Senators.
Source: Wikipedia
Campaign Finance
$4,350,634 ReceivedFigures 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, 2010 filing. independent expenditures updated daily.-
Summary
overview of how much the candidate raised and spent, and who contributed it- Total Raised:
- $4,350,634 #39 of 222 Senate candidates
- Total Spent:
- $13,836,433 #20 of 222 Senate candidates
- Cash on Hand:
- $77,584 #84 of 222 Senate candidates
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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 candidateCommittee Name Support/Oppose Total Spending Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Support$89,511 NARAL Pro-Choice America Oppose$1,006 Club for Growth Oppose$318
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.108% 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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- Employees
- PAC Color Block
- PAC
Earmarks
$192,605,100 AllocatedFigures are based on both committee earmark disclosures and on analysis of appropriations bill text. Table shows top 10 earmarks, ordered by dollar amount in the final version of the bill. Earmarks from the president's budget proposal are not included.
For more information, see our Earmark Methodology page.
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In State vs. Out of State
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Top Earmarks
Fiscal Year Amount Description 2010 $13,250,000 Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, Inc. for development, production, and circulation of accessible educational materials as authorized under section 674lc)(l)(D) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 2010 $13,000,000 National Rural Water Assn: National Rural Water Association 2010 $12,400,000 Visiting Quarters, Ph 1 2010 $5,000,000 Piasecki Aircraft: Vectored Thrust Ducted Compound Helicopter 2010 $4,844,000 Delaware River Mainstem and Channel Deepening, DE, NJ & PA 2010 $4,500,000 Northeast Counterdrug Training Center: Northeast Counter-Drug Training Center 2010 $4,000,000 Flight 93 National Memorial, Transportation Improvements, Somerset 2010 $4,000,000 193rd Special Operations Wing: EC-13OJ Multi-Mission Upgrades 2010 $3,200,000 Schott North America: High Homogeneity Optical Glass 2010 $3,200,000 Analytical Graphics Inc: COTS Technology for Space Command and Control
