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Name: Savannah Class: Federal Government Elections & Campaign Assignment Provide the following information for the US House Member
that represents a district other than your own. You will probably want to select someone who has served more than one-term in office.
Election Data for your selected US House Member: Use US House Member
for this section. (
A-B 30 pts
)
A.
US House Member
District
#
Party Affiliation
Randy Weber 14
Republican 2022 Democratic/Republican Primary/Run-off Election: (Provide your Rep and his/her top competitor. If your Rep did
not run for re-election, use the top two candidates for the election).
Candidate
Total Votes Received
% of vote received
1. Randy Weber 2. Joshua Foxworth 51,837
8,856
85.4%
14.6%
Upcoming 2022 General Election: (Provide your House member and top competitor) Ballotpedia & Follow the Money should be used here
Candidate
Total Raised in
2022
Election
(use follow the
money.org)
Date Info was
collected
1.Randy Weber 2.Mikal Williams $1,027,698
$72,507
12/31/2022
10/19/2022
B.
2020 General Election: (Provide your House member and top competitor) Ballotpedia & Follow the Money should be used here
Candidate
Total Votes Received
% of vote received
Total Raised in
2020
Election
(use follow the
money.org)
1.Randy Weber 2. Adrienne Bell
190,541
118,574
61.6%
38.4%
$749,999
$0
2020 Democratic/Republican Primary/Run-off Election: (Provide your Rep and his/her top competitor. If your Rep did
not run for re-election, use the top two candidates for the election).
Candidate
Total Votes Received
% of vote received
1. Randy Weber 2. Joshua Foxworth 51,837
8,856
85.4%
14.6%
** If the race went to a run-off, you will need another box for the run-off.
C.
(20 pts)
Total #of Raises and Funding Collected (Use Followthemoney.org) Use the 2020 elections here: Randy Weber (your elected Rep) has run in 6 races for public office, winning 6 of them. The candidate has raised a total of $ $4,637,328
.
On average, your Rep has raised $772,888 per election.
D.
(20 pts)
Total Contributions collected by your US House Member: (Use votesmart.org –
Funding Tab
for this section—
using the
most recent data)
Total Collected from:
Total
1.
Total Contributions for 2022 Cycle
$1,027,698.18
2.
In-State
$518,792
3.
Out of State
$53,400
4.
Personal Funds
$0
5.
Individual Contributions
$575,131
6.
Party Committee
$47,225
E.
(20 pts)
Top 10 Contributors:
Total
1.
American Israel Public Affairs Cmte
$30,000
2.
House Freedom Fund
$27,400
3.
McCorvey Sheet Metal Works $11,600
4.
Sullivan Interest $11,600
5.
Trans-Global Solutions $11,600
6.
Eye of the Tiger PAC $10,000
7.
Majority Cmte PAC
$10,000
8.
Texas Farm Bureau
$9,615
9.
Teichman Group $8,700
10.
Bastion Technologies $7,700
F.
(20 pts)
Top 5 Industries:
Total
1.
Retired
$67,030
2.
Oil and gas $64,600
3.
Leadership PAC’s $51,400
4.
Republican/Conservative $47,225
5.
Real estate $35,600
Top Sectors: Total
1.
Ideological/Single issues $157,359
2.
Finance, Insurance, and Real estate $90,750
3.
Energy and natural resources $77,450
4.
Transportation $67,680
5.
Construction $64,100
G.
(50 pts) Based on your research, answer the following questions:
a.
Summarize your Representatives performance in the most recent election, as compared to his/her previous elections? If your Representative is new, compare to prior election results. Randy Weber raised the most money
in the 2012 election. In the 2022 election he came very close to beating his 2012 number but could not. In all six of his elections he raised a lot more money than his competitors and has won six out of six elections. b.
Summarize patterns that you see regarding funding and contributions for your Representative. Do you see any connections to: (A) Committee Appointments, (B) Professional connections, AND/OR Party Affliations? Randy Weber gets most of his contributions from the industries that are on his priority list for helping. He also gets a large chuck of his funding from the republican/conservative industry. The part he affiliates with h=give him a large sum of money to fund his campaign. Randy owns an air conditioning business so I do not see any professional connections that largely give to his campaign. c.
How do you feel about your Representative’s Top Contributors and the potential impact it may have on legislative action by your Member? Are there any pieces of legislation your Representative has worked on (sponsor/co-sponsor) that seem to benefit your Representative’s Top Contributors? The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is the top contributor to Randy’s last election. They meet regularly with congress to discussion
matters with Israel. I do not feel super passionate about issues like this. This contribution may have helped him win his last election. He works on many national defense issues which may be why the AIPAC fund his campaign so heavily.
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d.
What has this assignment taught you about your representative and funding? This has taught me that money does help you win an election. Having ample amounts of funding puts you so far of your opponent that they don’t really have a chance if they do not have much funding. Money is super important in running for office. People who run for office and don’t have ample amount of funding don’t make it very far. If you really believe in an individual that is running for office contribute to them every little bit helps. This could give them a leg up in that election.