Top congressional recipients of campaign contributions from the financial-services industry:
Hillary Rodham Clinton $31 million
Barack Obama $27.9 million
John McCain $26.5 million
John Kerry $19 million
Colorado lawmakers
Amounts given to the state’s current congressional delegation:
Sen. Ken Salazar $1.65 million
Sen. Wayne Allard $1.44 million
Rep. Mark Udall $1.26 million
Rep. Marilyn Musgrave $780,317
Rep. Ed Perlmutter $587,179
Rep. Diana DeGette $500,176
Rep. Tom Tancredo $451,256
Rep. John Salazar $391,050
Rep. Doug Lamborn $125,720
Former Congressman Bob Schaffer, who was in Congress half as long as Udall, received at least $47,350 from the industry between 1997 and 2001, records show. Former Rep. Joel Hefley, the only member of the state’s delegation at the time to vote against FSMA, received $56,700 from the sector between 1999 and 2006.
Source: Center for Responsive Politics research covering donations between 1989 and 2008
