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<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/pete-gallego/G000572">Rep. Gallego, Pete P. [D-TX-23]</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p>---<br /></p><p>hen Walter Palmer, a wealthy dentist from Minnesota, killed Cecil thelion in Zimbabwe last July, people all around the word were sickened
and outraged. </p><p>Action was quick. After the news broke, late-night talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel used his monologue to read Palmer the <a href="http://mic.com/articles/123064/jimmy-kimmel-has-perfect-takedown-of-walter-palmer">riot act</a>,
then helped raise $150,000 in donations in less than 24 hours to
support Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, the Oxford, U.K.-based
nonprofit that had been tasked with tracking Cecil's location and
activities. Within a month, thanks to pressure from the Animal Legal
Defense Fund, Humane Society of the U.S. and public demand, American
Airlines, Delta Airlines and United Airlines <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-zimbabwe-wildlife-airlines-idUSKCN0Q90KT20150804">announced bans</a>
in the transport of “trophies” (i.e., animal parts) from Africa’s
so-called big five species: the African lion, African elephant, Cape
buffalo, African leopard and white/black rhinoceros.</p><p>Beyond these
specific achievements, a silver lining to emerge from Cecil’s tragic
killing has been the dramatic increase in the global awareness of the
obscenity of trophy hunting. “Dr. Walter Palmer has done something
worthwhile after all,” wrote Capt. Paul Watson, founder of the Sea
Shepherd Conservation Society and former star of Animal Planet's “Whale
Wars,” in a Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/captpaulwatson/posts/10153393430140932">post</a>.
“His special combination of vanity, smugness, greed, arrogance and
stupidity has taken something which happens all the time, usually out of
sight and out of mind, and has elevated it to international
recognition.”</p><p>But while the slaughter of African wildlife has been
elevated to the global stage as never before, there is a larger story
behind Cecil’s death that has largely been overlooked by the media. That
story is the role played by Safari Club International (SCI), a stealthy
and powerful pro-hunting group that masquerades as an organization
dedicated to “promoting wildlife conservation,” according to its mission
statement.</p><p>Wildlife conservation could not be further from the
truth of what SCI does. In fact, SCI’s activities — both in the wild and
on Capitol Hill — have had a destructive impact on wildlife and
wildlife policies on the state, federal and even international levels.
With some 50,000 members, 150 chapters and over <a href="https://www.facebook.com/captpaulwatson/posts/10153393430140932">$10 million</a>
in revenue ($3 million from annual membership dues and another $7
million raised from its annual convention), Safari Club International
exercises a substantial amount of lobbying power, shaping anti-wildlife
conservation policies that only satisfy trophy hunters’ bloodlust,
negatively impacting wildlife on a global scale.</p><p>In Africa, SCI
has been a longtime driving force in the sustained killing of the
continent’s lions, contributing to the species’ sad, rapid decline: A
loss of more than 50 percent of the lion population over the last three
decades alone. Today, there are fewer than 40,000 African lions left in
the wild. And even though two-thirds of them remain unprotected, SCI has
for many years worked to block the conservation efforts of several
wildlife protection groups seeking to list the lion as endangered.
Thankfully, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service recently <a href="http://www.fws.gov/endangered/what-we-do/lion.html">announced</a> the African lion will be protected under the Endangered Species Act, a ruling that will go into effect in February.</p><p>The nonprofit In Defense of Animals describes SCI as “the most ruthless trophy hunting organization.” On its website, IDA <a href="http://www.idausa.org/campaigns/wild-free2/habitats-campaign/anti-hunting/the-safari-club-international-sci/">describes</a> the activities of the group:</p><blockquote>Clearly
leading the list of voracious hunting clubs with an appalling
callousness towards wild animals worldwide, is the Safari Club
International (SCI), a hunting advocacy group that promotes competitive
trophy hunting throughout the world, even of rare species, and not
shying away from canned hunts, through an elaborate awards program. The
SCI continues to create and feed a culture glamorizing death and
violence globally, across political lines, international borders, and
against wildlife and even people. Fortunes are made on the back of
millions of animals, whose lives are taken by trophy hunters for the
sake of killing in an endless spiral of competition....</blockquote><blockquote>Most
people would be shocked to learn about the length these wildlife
killers go to legally (and illegally) murder the largest, most beautiful
and “exotic’ animals — the rarer the animal, the better....</blockquote><p>SCI
responded to Cecil’s killing by suspending the memberships of Palmer
and Theo Bronkhorst, a professional hunter and guide who helped Palmer
slaughter the lion, stating, "those who intentionally take wildlife
illegally should be prosecuted and punished to the maximum extent
allowed by law." Indeed, the law is so important to SCI that it has
devoted significant time and financial resources to change it in its
favor. Primarily through its political and legal arm, the Department of
Hunter Advocacy, SCI is knee-deep in state and federal legislative and
judicial battles over how legal hunting is defined and regulated. “SCI
lobbyists are a fixture in Washington,” In Defense of Animals reports.
“Members are urged constantly to pressure their Congressional
representatives for less wildlife protection and more hunting leniency,
which is what concerns the SCI and nothing else.”</p><p>In 1981, SCI, in
cahoots with the National Rifle Association, argued against measures
intended to strengthen the Lacey Act, a 1900 United States law that bans
trafficking in illegal wildlife, such as the inclusion of a felony
penalty. More recently, SCI worked closely with<b> Rep. Dan Benishek (R-MI)</b>
in crafting the pro-hunting bill <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1825">H.R.1825</a>.
</p><p><a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1825">https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1825</a></p><p>
</p><p>The
bill, which was introduced in 2013, stalled in the Senate. It has been
backed by the NRA and the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance, both of which, like
SCI, wield significant influence on Capitol Hill. In addition to being
criticized by environmental groups, the bill has been slammed by some
pro-hunting conservation groups like the Wilderness Society, the
National Wildlife Federation and Wilderness Watch for seeking to <a href="http://wildernesswatch.org/newsroom/guardian/June2013_Wilderness_Congress.html">gut provisions</a> in the Wilderness Act designed to keep some federal lands “untrammeled by man.” That same year, SCI introduced more than <a href="http://huntforever.org/sitemap.xml">20 pro-hunting bills</a> to Congress.</p><p>But
beyond its lobbying work, what is most distressing about SCI, as Sea
Shepherd's Paul Watson points out, is how the group glorifies a culture
of death by celebrating the slaughter of animals — a ritual supported by
an elaborate system that rewards killing. He <a href="https://www.facebook.com/captpaulwatson/posts/10153393430140932">writes</a>:</p><blockquote>What
is truly despicable about this organization is that it encourages
slaughter through awards. SCI’s record book system ranks the biggest
tusks, horns, antlers, skulls and bodies of hunted animals. Hunters are
rewarded with trophies for completing a “Grand Slam.”</blockquote><blockquote>There are 15 “Grand Slams.” The ones that cover Africa are:</blockquote><blockquote><ul><li>The African Big Five Club (African lion, African leopard, African elephant, African buffalo and African rhinoceros)</li><li>“Dangerous
Game of Africa” (requires a minimum of five from the African lion,
African leopard, African elephant, African rhinoceros, African buffalo,
hippopotamus and Nile crocodile)</li><li>“African 29” (African lion,
leopard, elephant, rhinoceros, buffalo, eland, bongo, kudu, nyala,
sitatunga, bushbuck, sable antelope, roan antelope, oryx/gemsbok,
waterbuck, lechwe, kob or puku, reedbuck or rhebok, wildebeest,
hartebeest, impala, gazelle, pygmy antelope, springbok, dik-dik, bush
duiker, forest duiker, nubian ibex, aoudad, hippopotamus and wild pig)</li><li>“Cats
of the World” (minimum of four of: lion, leopard, cheetah, jaguar,
cougar, lynx, cougar or puma, serval, carcal, African golden cat or
bobcat)</li></ul></blockquote><blockquote>...There is the Hunting
Achievement Award that requires a minimum of 125 animals, or 60 if
hunting with a bow. And for women they have the Diana award, given to
women who “have excelled in international big game hunting.” And finally
there is the obscenely named “World Conservation & Hunting Award,”
given to hunters who have killed on six continents and have killed more
than 300 species. This “esteemed” award goes to the killer who has taken
all 14 Grand Slams, the 23 Inner Circles, Pinnacle of Achievement
(fourth) and the Crowning Achievement Award.</blockquote><blockquote>It
is this award system that is driving thousands of wealthy primarily
white men and a few women to spend millions of dollars stalking animals
around the world for the sole purpose of killing in the name of vanity
and self-glorification.</blockquote><p>In his book <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dominion-Power-Suffering-Animals-Mercy/dp/0312319738">Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy</a></em>,
Matthew Scully, who calls himself a “pro-life vegan
conservative” addresses SCI's unethical and illogical argument that
sport hunting is a necessary form of population control. It is a truly
speciesist argument if there ever was one, giving <em>Homo sapiens</em> primacy over all other sentient beings.</p><p>Scully writes:</p><blockquote>Wildlife,
we are constantly told, would run loose across our towns and cities
were it not for the sport hunters to control their population, as birds
would blanket the skies without the culling services of Ducks Unlimited
and other groups. Yet here they are breeding wild animals, year after
year replenishing the stock, all for the sole purpose of selling and
killing them, deer and bears and elephants so many products being
readied for the market. Animals such as deer, we are told, have no
predators in many areas, and therefore need systematic culling. Yet when
attempts are made to reintroduce natural predators such as wolves and
coyotes into these very areas, sport hunters themselves are the first to
resist it. Weaker animals in the wild, we hear, will only die miserable
deaths by starvation and exposure without sport hunters to control
their population. Yet it's the bigger, stronger animals they're killing
and wounding — the very opposite of natural selection — often with bows
and pistols that only compound and prolong the victim's suffering.</blockquote><p>While
the sport hunting of animals is unnatural, it is also exceedingly
unfair. Marc Bekoff, a renowned animal behaviorist biologist who
specializes in non-human cognition and emotion, is on a mission to help
people understand that animals have many of the same feelings humans do,
and that understanding should be the basis for our ethical treatment of
them.</p><p>“Hunting
and fishing involve killing animals with devices (such as guns) for
which the animals have not evolved natural defenses,” he writes in his
book <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Animals-Matter-Biologist-Explains-Compassion/dp/1590305221">Animals Matter: A Biologist Explains Why We Should Treat Animals with Compassion and Respect</a></em>.
“No animal on earth has adequate defense against a human armed with a
gun, a bow and arrow, a trap that can maim, a snare that can strangle,
or a fishing lure designed for the sole purpose of fooling fish into
thinking they have found something to eat.”</p><p>Beneath the lack of
fairness and morality and the appalling level of cruelty of sport
hunters lies something quite basic — and ultimately pathetic. The late
novelist John D. MacDonald knew something about the minds of
psychopathic killers. In his 1965 novel <em>A Deadly Shade of Gold</em>, he addressed the arrested emotional development of sport hunters, bluntly stating, “It is the search for balls.”</p><p>Sadly for the world’s wildlife, that search has a powerful ally in Washington: Safari Club International.</p><p>==</p>
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<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/lynn-westmoreland/W000796">Rep. Westmoreland, Lynn A. [R-GA-3]</a>
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<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/dennis-ross/R000593">Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15]</a>
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<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/trent-franks/F000448">Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-8]</a>
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<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/steve-stockman/S000937">Rep. Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36]</a>
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<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/andy-harris/H001052">Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1]</a>
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<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/tim-walberg/W000798">Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]</a>
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<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/tom-latham/L000111">Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-3]</a>
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<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/phil-gingrey/G000550">Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]</a>
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</td><td class="date">05/21/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/john-duncan/D000533">Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]</a>
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<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/rodney-alexander/A000361">Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5]</a>
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<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/rodney-davis/D000619">Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]</a>
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<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/marsha-blackburn/B001243">Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]</a>
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<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/william-owens/O000169">Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-21]</a>
</td><td class="date">06/04/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/vicky-hartzler/H001053">Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]</a>
</td><td class="date">06/05/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
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</td><td class="date">06/05/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/bill-huizenga/H001058">Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-2]</a>
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<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/jeb-hensarling/H001036">Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX-5]</a>
</td><td class="date">06/11/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/jeff-duncan/D000615">Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]</a>
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<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/duncan-hunter/H001048">Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50]</a>
</td><td class="date">06/12/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/luke-messer/M001189">Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6]</a>
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</td><td class="date">06/12/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/kenny-marchant/M001158">Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24]</a>
</td><td class="date">06/13/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/mike-kelly/K000376">Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]</a>
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<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/pete-sessions/S000250">Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]</a>
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<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/christopher-gibson/G000564">Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19]</a>
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<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/charles-fleischmann/F000459">Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3]</a>
</td><td class="date">06/17/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/bill-shuster/S001154">Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9]</a>
</td><td class="date">06/17/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/todd-young/Y000064">Rep. Young, Todd C. [R-IN-9]</a>
</td><td class="date">06/18/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/kerry-bentivolio/B001280">Rep. Bentivolio, Kerry L. [R-MI-11]</a>
</td><td class="date">06/19/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/bill-johnson/J000292">Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]</a>
</td><td class="date">06/19/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/brad-wenstrup/W000815">Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2]</a>
</td><td class="date">06/24/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/jim-bridenstine/B001283">Rep. Bridenstine, Jim [R-OK-1]</a>
</td><td class="date">06/25/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/jason-smith/S001195">Rep. Smith, Jason T. [R-MO-8]</a>
</td><td class="date">06/25/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/tom-cole/C001053">Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]</a>
</td><td class="date">06/26/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/bill-flores/F000461">Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17]</a>
</td><td class="date">06/27/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/alan-nunnelee/N000186">Rep. Nunnelee, Alan [R-MS-1]</a>
</td><td class="date">06/27/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/steve-southerland/S001186">Rep. Southerland, Steve II [R-FL-2]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/08/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/pete-gallego/G000572">Rep. Gallego, Pete P. [D-TX-23]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/08/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/cory-gardner/G000562">Rep. Gardner, Cory [R-CO-4]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/08/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/stephen-fincher/F000458">Rep. Fincher, Stephen Lee [R-TN-8]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/08/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/doug-collins/C001093">Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/08/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/david-roe/R000582">Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/08/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/reid-ribble/R000587">Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/09/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/andy-barr/B001282">Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/09/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/ted-poe/P000592">Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/09/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/ted-yoho/Y000065">Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/10/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/david-joyce/J000295">Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/11/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/mo-brooks/B001274">Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/11/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/john-fleming/F000456">Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/16/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/thomas-rooney/R000583">Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-17]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/16/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/mark-meadows/M001187">Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/16/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/howard-coble/C000556">Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/16/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/diane-black/B001273">Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/16/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/sam-graves/G000546">Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/16/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/eric-crawford/C001087">Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/16/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/steven-palazzo/P000601">Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/16/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/tim-griffin/G000567">Rep. Griffin, Tim [R-AR-2]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/17/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/spencer-bachus/B000013">Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/17/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/kristi-noem/N000184">Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/17/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/joseph-heck/H001055">Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/17/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/trey-radel/R000596">Rep. Radel, Trey [R-FL-19]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/18/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/randy-neugebauer/N000182">Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/18/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/dave-camp/C000071">Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/19/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/ron-desantis/D000621">Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/22/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/charles-boustany/B001255">Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/22/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/todd-rokita/R000592">Rep. Rokita, Todd [R-IN-4]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/23/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/susan-brooks/B001284">Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/23/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/james-lankford/L000575">Rep. Lankford, James [R-OK-5]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/23/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/shelley-capito/C001047">Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/23/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/billy-long/L000576">Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/24/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/tom-graves/G000560">Rep. Graves, Tom [R-GA-14]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/24/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/sam-johnson/J000174">Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/24/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/tom-rice/R000597">Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/31/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/jackie-walorski/W000813">Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2]</a>
</td><td class="date">07/31/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/kay-granger/G000377">Rep. Granger, Kay [R-TX-12]</a>
</td><td class="date">08/01/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/mike-rogers/R000575">Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3]</a>
</td><td class="date">08/01/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/blaine-luetkemeyer/L000569">Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]</a>
</td><td class="date">08/02/2013</td></tr><tr><td class="actions">
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/robert-pittenger/P000606">Rep. Pittenger, Robert [R-NC-9]</a>
</td><td class="date">09/28/2013</td></tr></tbody></table><p>==<br /></p><p>opponent:</p><h3 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 17px; line-height: 19.1875px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="2010">2010</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.25em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gary_McDowell&action=edit§ion=7&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: 2010" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3><div class="rellink boilerplate seealso" style="font-style: italic; padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">See also: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Michigan,_2010#District_1" title="United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2010" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2010#District 1</a></div><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.1875px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">McDowell faced Benishek, independent Glenn Wilson, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Libertarian</a> nominee Keith Shelton, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Party_(United_States)" title="Green Party (United States)" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Green</a> nominee Ellis Boal, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Party_(United_States)" title="Constitution Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">UST</a> nominee Patrick Lambert in the general election. Democratic incumbent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak" title="Bart Stupak" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Bart Stupak</a> had announced his retirement, leaving this an open seat.</p><h3 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 17px; line-height: 19.1875px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="2012">2012</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.25em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gary_McDowell&action=edit§ion=8&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: 2012" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3><div class="rellink boilerplate seealso" style="font-style: italic; padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">See also: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Michigan,_2012#District_1" title="United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2012" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2012#District 1</a></div><p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;">On September 15, 2011, McDowell announced his intent to run against Benishek in the 2012 election.</span><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_McDowell#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[13]</a></sup><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;"> </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;">He has been endorsed by the</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFL-CIO" title="AFL-CIO" class="mw-redirect" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none;">AFL-CIO</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_McDowell#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[14]</a></sup><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;"> </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;">and the</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Dog_Coalition" title="Blue Dog Coalition" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none;">Blue Dog Coalition</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;">.</span><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_McDowell#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[15]</a></sup><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;"> </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;">McDowell lost his bid to defeat Benishek for a second straight election,<b> losing to the freshman incumbent by less than 2,000 votes</b> of over 347,000 that were cast.</span><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_McDowell#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[16]</a></sup><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;"> </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;">McDowell has not yet indicated if he will run a third time in 2014 to unseat Benishek.</span> </p><p>===</p><p>wa times: t<span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">RAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Shortly after</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/dan-benishek/" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(22, 74, 110); text-decoration: none; padding: 2px 2px 2px 0px;">Rep. Dan Benishek</a><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">arrived in Washington, staffers raised a banner that proclaimed to visitors in his Capitol Hill suite: “If you are here to ask for more money, you’re in the wrong</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/sep/26/keeping-budget-vow-may-unseat-tea-partyer-benishek/#" id="itxthook0" rel="nofollow" class="itxtnewhook itxthookactive" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(22, 74, 110); text-decoration: none; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; background-image: none; display: inline;"><span id="itxthook0p" class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap" style="height: auto; left: auto; right: auto; top: auto; bottom: auto; border: 0px; line-height: normal; position: static; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; float: none !important; display: inline !important; white-space: nowrap !important; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;"><span id="itxthook0w" class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan" style="float: none; height: auto; left: auto; right: auto; top: auto; bottom: auto; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-style: none none solid; border-color: transparent transparent rgb(0, 204, 0); position: static; display: inline; white-space: normal; font-family: inherit; color: rgb(0, 153, 0); padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; margin: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">office</span><img class="itxtrst itxtrstimg itxthookicon" id="itxthook0icon" src="http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png" style="left: auto; right: auto; top: auto; bottom: auto; position: static; white-space: normal; max-height: none; border: 0px !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px !important; margin: 0px !important; display: inline !important; max-width: none !important; width: auto !important; height: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important;" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">!”</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The message was fitting for a tea party favorite who had railed against federal spending and a “nanny-state mentality” during the 2010 campaign that led to a Republican takeover of the House. But it was something new for his constituents in northern Michigan, a largely rural area where a spirit of self-reliance coexists with the reality that government — popular or not — is a crucial economic player.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">For decades, Michigan’s 1st Congressional District elected representatives who sided with conservatives on social issues such as abortion while energetically seeking federal dollars for local projects — most recently <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/bart-stupak/" style="color: rgb(22, 74, 110); text-decoration: none; padding: 2px 2px 2px 0px;">Bart Stupak</a>, a Democrat who retired after nine terms.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">But <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/dan-benishek/" style="color: rgb(22, 74, 110); text-decoration: none; padding: 2px 2px 2px 0px;">Mr. Benishek</a> aimed to fully embrace the conservative ideal. And now after two years in office, he finds himself in an unusual predicament, a politician taking heat for staying true to his campaign rhetoric rather than failing to do so. Whether he wins a second term will offer clues about how well the less-government-is-better philosophy actually plays out in the countryside and small towns where the staunchly conservative movement has flourished.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">He isn’t the only tea party freshman caught between the cut-government philosophy and the expectations of constituents. First-term <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/ann-marie-buerkle/" style="color: rgb(22, 74, 110); text-decoration: none; padding: 2px 2px 2px 0px;">Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle</a> is in a close rematch with Democrat <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/dan-maffei/" style="color: rgb(22, 74, 110); text-decoration: none; padding: 2px 2px 2px 0px;">Dan Maffei</a> in western New York. Republican Reps. <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/robert-t-schilling/" style="color: rgb(22, 74, 110); text-decoration: none; padding: 2px 2px 2px 0px;">Robert T. Schilling</a> of Illinois and <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/allen-b-west/" style="color: rgb(22, 74, 110); text-decoration: none; padding: 2px 2px 2px 0px;">Allen B. West</a> in Florida are also fighting for their seats.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/dan-benishek/" style="color: rgb(22, 74, 110); text-decoration: none; padding: 2px 2px 2px 0px;">Mr. Benishek</a>, a political newcomer and plainspoken surgeon from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula town of Crystal Falls, has experienced a sometimes rocky first term punctuated by awkward meetings with constituents, conflicting attitudes and strained attempts to find common ground between the sharp edges of ideology and the practical demands of public service.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">He created hard feelings by voting to phase out federal subsidies for airlines serving small airports, even though they benefited six airports in his territory. He jolted local development officials by refusing to support continuing a federal <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/sep/26/keeping-budget-vow-may-unseat-tea-partyer-benishek/#" id="itxthook1" rel="nofollow" class="itxtnewhook itxthook" style="color: rgb(22, 74, 110); text-decoration: none; padding: 0px; border: 0px none transparent; cursor: pointer; background-image: none; display: inline;"><span id="itxthook1p" class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap" style="height: auto; left: auto; right: auto; top: auto; bottom: auto; border: 0px; line-height: normal; position: static; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; float: none !important; display: inline !important; white-space: nowrap !important; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;"><span id="itxthook1w" class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan" style="float: none; height: auto; left: auto; right: auto; top: auto; bottom: auto; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-style: none none solid; border-color: transparent transparent rgb(0, 204, 0); position: static; display: inline; white-space: normal; font-family: inherit; color: rgb(0, 153, 0); padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; margin: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">scholarship</span><img class="itxtrst itxtrstimg itxthookicon" id="itxthook1icon" src="http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png" style="left: auto; right: auto; top: auto; bottom: auto; position: static; white-space: normal; max-height: none; border: 0px !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px !important; margin: 0px !important; display: inline !important; max-width: none !important; width: auto !important; height: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important;" /></span></a> program for student-athletes at an Olympic training center that began in the 1990s.</p><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/sep/26/keeping-budget-vow-may-unseat-tea-partyer-benishek/#ixzz2nUFUplEx" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); text-decoration: none; padding: 2px 2px 2px 0px;">http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/sep/26/keeping-budget-vow-may-unseat-tea-partyer-benishek/#ixzz2nUFUplEx</a> <br />Follow us: <a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rw?id=ctd-fI3Dar4z1uacwqm_6r&u=washtimes" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(22, 74, 110); text-decoration: none; padding: 2px 2px 2px 0px;">@washtimes on Twitter</a></span><p>==</p><p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/18/flat-earth-five-billboard_n_1970385.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/18/flat-earth-five-billboard_n_1970385.html</a><br/>nd," a mobile billboard in the Illinois representative's district declares.
The ad is part of a new billboard campaign launched by the <a href="http://lcv.org/" target="_hplink">League of Conservation Voters</a> (LCV) targeting members of Congress with "extreme, anti-science views on climate change."
According to an LCV press release, the billboards are expected to remain in the districts of targeted representatives through Election Day. The campaign is part of the advocacy group's "<font color="#ff0000">Flat Earth Five" </font>program, which specifically targets Rep. Dan Benishek (R-Mich.), Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (R-N.Y.), Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.), Rep. Francisco Canseco (R-Texas), and Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.).
The $2 million program's goal is to defeat five members of the House of Representatives unsupportive of climate efforts. All of them have received an overall lifetime score of under 10% on <a href="http://www.lcv.org/scorecard" target="_hplink">LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard</a>, which rates members of Congress based on how they vote on environmental issues.
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/oct/03/republican-climate-sceptics-reelection-backlash" target="_hplink">As The Guardian points out</a>, the effort is reflective of environmental groups acknowledging that, even given an environmentally friendly president, green efforts will be difficult without support from Congress.
<a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/house/2012_elections_house_map.html" target="_hplink">According to Real Clear Politics</a>, Walsh, Benishek and Lungren's seats are a "Toss Up," while Buerkle and Canseco's are "Likely/Leans Dem."
<b><span style=" color: #000000;"><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;">Rep. Benishek has been criticized by LCV for his "efforts to slash clean water standards protecting the Great Lakes." He also </span></span></b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVVuN4SCXqk" target="_hplink"><b><span><span style=" color: #000000;"><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;">declared in a recent debate</span></span></span></b></a><b><span><span style=" color: #000000;"><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;">, "Frankly, I'm not sure how significant global warming is." Responding to audience boos, he defended himself as a scientist, adding, "I don't think that we should be spending trillions of dollars not knowing what the long-term effects of the climate are." Challenger Gary McDowell shot back, "The climate is definitely warming... I think virtually every scientist who is not working for BP or the Koch brothers, and Dr. Benishek, agrees that we have to do something."</span></span></span></b></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.lcv.org/media/press-releases/LCV-Billboards-Lungren-Sides-with-Limbaugh-Palin-on-Climate-Change.html" target="hplink"><b>Rep. Lungren</b></a><b> has been targeted by LCV for his "votes to dismantle the Clean Water Act and allow polluters to keep spewing dangerous mercury pollution into our water and air." In </b><a href="http://lungren.house.gov/2009-news/elk-grove-townhall-questions/" target="hplink"><b>2009, Lungren said</b></a><b>, "It is my view that sound science rather than ideological bias should direct our consideration of this issue" though added "Without waiting for proof or disproof of global warming, it is prudent for us to take action to minimize CO2 emissions."</b>
<a href="http://www.lcv.org/media/press-releases/LCV-Billboards-Hit-Canseco-For-Having-Head-in-the-Sand-On-Climate-Change.html" target="hplink">Rep. Canseco</a> has been criticized by LCV "for voting in favor of tax cuts for millionaires like himself and companies that ship jobs overseas, while voting to slash job-creating investments in clean energy." In 2009, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=359985440141" target="hplink">Canseco responded to an EPA announcement</a> regulating carbon emissions, stating that "passing environmental regulations based on reportedly manufactured global warming data is utterly the wrong direction for our country.”
According to the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alvin-mcewen/former-employees-accuse-a_b_760086.html" target="hplink">controversial</a> site OneNewsNow.com, <a href="http://www.onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2012/08/25/flat-earth-five-targeted-for-climate-change-views" target="hplink">Canseco argued</a> that the rhetoric was wrong, stating, "It is really counterproductive to have a debate about whether or not there's climate change... What we should be having is a debate about policies that are promoted and implemented in the name of climate change and that negatively impact opportunities for our citizens and kill jobs."
Rep. Walsh has received an overall score of just 3% on LCV’s scorecard. In a <a href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/questionnaires/10471454-668/eighth-congressional-district-republican-primary.html" target="_hplink">Chicago Sun-Times questionnaire</a>, Walsh said that although it's important to protect the environment, on climate change "The science is not clear yet. Certainly, man's potential role in global warming has not been definitively determined."
Rep. Buerkle has <a href="http://www.lcv.org/media/press-releases/LCV-Launches-200-000-TV-Ad-Campaign-Against-Buerkle.html" target="hplink">faced scrutiny by LCV</a> for her "votes to block rules limiting toxic mercury pollution that causes birth defects, respiratory illnesses and premature deaths." In <a href="http://www.syracusenewtimes.com/newyork/article-4632-right-hand-turn.html" target="hplink">an interview with The Syracuse New Times last year</a>, Buerkle said, "Cycles come and go. There is global warming, but the bigger question is: Is it humans that are causing this? And I think that is where the debate still lies. I think politically it’s been decided, but I don’t think scientifically it has."
Many would argue it is the reverse, given <a href="http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2010/06/04/1003187107.full.pdf" target="_hplink">98% of active climate researchers</a> are in agreement on anthropogenic climate change.
=</p><p>wiki</p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Daniel Joseph "Dan" Benishek</b> (born April 20, 1952) is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">American</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physician" title="Physician" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">physician</a> and politician who has been the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">U.S. Representative</a> for<b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Michigan's 1st congressional district" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Michigan's 1st congressional district</a> since January 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[2]</a></sup> He is a member of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Republican Party</a>.</b></p><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); padding: 7px; font-size: 12px; display: inline-block; zoom: 1; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; font-size: 12px; display: inline;">Contents</h2> <span class="toctoggle" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: 11.199999809265137px;"> [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#" class="internal" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">hide</a>] </span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#Early_life.2C_education.2C_and_medical_career" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Early life, education, and medical career</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#U.S.House_of_Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">U.S. House of Representatives</span></a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#2010_election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">2010 election</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#2012_election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">2012 election</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#Tenure" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Tenure</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#Committee_assignments" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">Committee assignments</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#Personal_life" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Personal life</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li></ul></div><h2 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Benishek was born in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_River,Michigan" title="Iron River, Michigan" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Iron River, Michigan</a> in 1952, the son of Helen (née Kovaleski) and Joseph Benishek. Three of his paternal great-grandparents were Bohemian (Czech) immigrants, while his maternal grandparents were <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_people" title="Polish people" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Polish</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_the_United_States" title="Immigration to the United States" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">immigrants</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[3]</a></sup> His father was killed in local iron mines in 1957, so Benishek was raised by his widowed mother and extended family. He worked in the family business, the Iron River Hotel, until he went to college. He graduated from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Michigan" title="University of Michigan" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">University of Michigan</a> in 1974 with a degree in biology. From there, he graduated from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_State_University_School_of_Medicine" title="Wayne State University School of Medicine" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Wayne State University School of Medicine</a> in 1978. Prior to his election to Congress, he was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_surgeon" title="General surgeon" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">general surgeon</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickinson_County_Healthcare_System" title="Dickinson County Healthcare System" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Dickinson County Healthcare System</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-imdn-3-2010_4-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#cite_note-imdn-3-2010-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[4]</a></sup></p><h2 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-size: 19.200000762939453px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="U.S.House_of_Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</span><span class="mw-editsection mw-editsection-expanded" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.25em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; direction: ltr;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: -0.25em; margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">[</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dan_Benishek&action=edit§ion=2&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: U.S. House of Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">edit source</a><span class="mw-editsection-divider" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85);"> | </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dan_Benishek&veaction=edit§ion=2&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: U.S. House of Representatives" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">edit<span class="ve-tabmessage-appendix" style="font-size: 0.7em; vertical-align: top; line-height: 1.43em; padding-left: 0.5em; background-image: none !important; display: inline !important;">beta</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: -0.25em; margin-left: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">]</span></span></h2><h3 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 16.799999237060547px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="2010_election"><span style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px; font-style: italic;">
Main article:</span><span style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px; font-style: italic;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Michigan,2010#District_1" title="United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2010" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none;">United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2010#District 1</a>2010 election</span><span class="mw-editsection mw-editsection-expanded" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.25em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; direction: ltr;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: -0.25em; margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">[</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dan_Benishek&action=edit§ion=3&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: 2010 election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">edit source</a><span class="mw-editsection-divider" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85);"> | </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dan_Benishek&veaction=edit§ion=3&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: 2010 election" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">edit<span class="ve-tabmessage-appendix" style="font-size: 0.7em; vertical-align: top; line-height: 1.43em; padding-left: 0.5em; background-image: none !important; display: inline !important;">beta</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: -0.25em; margin-left: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">]</span></span></h3><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Dan Benishek formally announced his candidacy for Congress on March 16, 2010, running against incumbent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Democrat</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak" title="Bart Stupak" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Bart Stupak</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-imdn-3-2010_4-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#cite_note-imdn-3-2010-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[4]</a></sup> Stupak's vote in support of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a> fueled an outpouring of support for Benishek, who had no Internet presence aside from a basic website on the day the bill was passed. He received more than $50,000 in unsolicited donations in the first 48 hours after Stupak's vote for the bill on March 21, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[5]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[6]</a></sup> "It's amazing, I just can't believe it," he said regarding the support he has gotten. "I need to use this momentum to repeal this health care bill and I'm going to do it. We're going to take over, the Republicans are going to regain the House of Representatives and we're going to repeal this health care bill."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[7]</a></sup> <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Spectator" title="The American Spectator" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The American Spectator</a></i> called him "The Most Popular Republican in America" on March 21, in the wake of Stupak's yea vote.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[8]</a></sup> Stupak announced his retirement on April 9, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[9]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[10]</a></sup> Benishek won the Republican primary against State Senator <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Allen(Michigan_politician)" title="Jason Allen (Michigan politician)" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Jason Allen</a> by 15 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[11]</a></sup></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">On November 2, 2010, in the general election, Dan Benishek defeated Democratic nominee State Representative <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_McDowell" title="Gary McDowell" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Gary McDowell</a>, Independent Glenn Wilson, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_Party(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Libertarian</a> Keith Shelton, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Party(United_States)" title="Green Party (United States)" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Green</a> Ellis Boal, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Party(United_States)" title="Constitution Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">UST</a> Patrick Lambert. Benishek was sworn into office on January 5, 2011, as a member of the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/112th_United_States_Congress" title="112th United States Congress" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">112th United States Congress</a>; he succeeded Bart Stupak.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[12]</a></sup></p><h3 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 16.799999237060547px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="2012_election">2012 election</span><span class="mw-editsection mw-editsection-expanded" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.25em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; direction: ltr;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: -0.25em; margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">[</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dan_Benishek&action=edit§ion=4&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: 2012 election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">edit source</a><span class="mw-editsection-divider" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85);"> | </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dan_Benishek&veaction=edit§ion=4&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: 2012 election" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">edit<span class="ve-tabmessage-appendix" style="font-size: 0.7em; vertical-align: top; line-height: 1.43em; padding-left: 0.5em; background-image: none !important; display: inline !important;">beta</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: -0.25em; margin-left: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">]</span></span></h3><div class="rellink boilerplate seealso" style="font-style: italic; padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">See also: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Michigan,_2012#District_1" title="United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2012" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2012#District 1</a></div><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Benishek faced re-election against McDowell in the 2012 election cycle. A September 20, 2012 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Public Policy Polling</a> poll showed the race as a statistical dead heat, with McDowell leading Benishek 44% to 42%.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[13]</a></sup> Benishek was re-elected by a margin of 2,297 votes, less than 1% of the total votes cast.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration: none; 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color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">fiscally</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_conservatism" title="Social conservatism" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">socially</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatism_in_the_United_States" title="Conservatism in the United States" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">conservative</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-life" title="Pro-life" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">pro-life</a> and pro-gun rights.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[15]</a></sup> In healthcare reform, he supports the Republican position of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tort_reform" title="Tort reform" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">tort reform</a> and allowing insurance companies to compete across state lines without federal regulation.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[16]</a></sup> He staunchly opposes federal funding for elective abortions. He supports lower taxes and secure borders.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#cite_note-17" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[17]</a></sup> Benishek dismisses <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_opinion_on_climate_change" title="Scientific opinion on climate change" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">scientific opinion on climate change</a>, stating "It’s all baloney. I think it’s just some scheme, I mean, thirty years ago we they were warning us about global cooling".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#cite_note-18" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[18]</a></sup></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Benishek endorsed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain" title="Herman Cain" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Herman Cain</a> in the 2012 Republican presidential primary.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#cite_note-19" style="text-decoration: none; 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They have five children. They also have two grandchildren.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#cite_note-20" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[20]</a></sup></p><h2 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-size: 19.200000762939453px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection mw-editsection-expanded" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.25em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; direction: ltr;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: -0.25em; margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">[</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dan_Benishek&action=edit§ion=8&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">edit source</a><span class="mw-editsection-divider" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85);"> | </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dan_Benishek&veaction=edit§ion=8&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: References" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">edit<span class="ve-tabmessage-appendix" style="font-size: 0.7em; vertical-align: top; line-height: 1.43em; padding-left: 0.5em; background-image: none !important; display: inline !important;">beta</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: -0.25em; margin-left: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">]</span></span></h2><div class="reflist references-column-count references-column-count-2" style="font-size: 11.199999809265137px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-column-count: 2; list-style-type: decimal;"><ol class="references" style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 3.2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: inherit;"><li id="cite_note-CQ-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#cite_ref-CQ_1-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><sup style="line-height: 1em;"><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#cite_ref-CQ_1-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><sup style="line-height: 1em;"><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#cite_ref-CQ_1-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><sup style="line-height: 1em;"><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#cite_ref-CQ_1-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><sup style="line-height: 1em;"><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek#cite_ref-CQ_1-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><sup style="line-height: 1em;"><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation news" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Reichard, John (November 3, 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20101103/pl_cq_politics/politics000003758269" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB/IkeGOrxXhqB+uA9Bfcm0lAZuh+YIeAD+cAqSz4kCMUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"112th Congress: Dan Benishek, R-Mich. (1st District)"</a>. <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Quarterly" title="Congressional Quarterly" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Congressional Quarterly</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Internet Movie Database</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gIQAOvErKP_topic.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB/IkeGOrxXhqB+uA9Bfcm0lAZuh+YIeAD+cAqSz4kCMUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Collected news and commentary</a> at <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The Washington Post</a></i></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">
</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">=</span></div><div><div class="crpItem" style="margin-left: 25px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><table id="topIndus" class="datadisplay" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236); border: 1px solid rgb(95, 95, 95); min-width: 450px; border-collapse: collapse; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><tbody><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;"><b>Leadership PACs</b></td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><b>$422,603</b></td></tr><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;"><b>Health Professionals</b></td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><b>$384,375</b></td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;"><b>Retired</b></td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><b>$155,934</b></td></tr><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;"><b>Oil & Gas</b></td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><b>$145,342</b></td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;"><b>Candidate Committees</b></td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><b>$120,126</b></td></tr><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;"><b>Republican/Conservative</b></td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><b>$93,464</b></td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;"><b>Real Estate</b></td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><b>$78,750</b></td></tr><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;"><b>Electric Utilities</b></td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$76,400</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Insurance</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$62,075</td></tr><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Casinos/Gambling</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$55,500</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Misc Manufacturing & Distributing</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$53,406</td></tr><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Commercial Banks</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$46,750</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Mining</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$43,900</td></tr><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Hospitals/Nursing Homes</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$42,900</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Securities & Investment</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$41,597</td></tr><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Retail Sales</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$39,100</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">General Contractors</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$35,950</td></tr><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Building Materials & Equipment</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$35,500</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Automotive</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$35,450</td></tr><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Lawyers/Law Firms</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$32,801</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h1 class="ruleAbove" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(132, 22, 40); line-height: 36px; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(132, 22, 40); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a name="sec">Sector Totals</a></h1><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); width: 600px;"><div class="crpItem" style="margin-left: 25px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><table id="topSect" class="datadisplay" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236); border: 1px solid rgb(95, 95, 95); min-width: 450px; border-collapse: collapse; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><tbody><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Sector</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Total</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">PACs</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Indivs</th></tr><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Agribusiness</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$102,151</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$80,401</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$21,750</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Communications/Electronics</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$63,250</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$37,000</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$26,250</td></tr><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Construction</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$99,087</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$71,000</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$28,087</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Defense</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$21,150</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$18,000</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$3,150</td></tr><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;"><b>Energy & Natural Resources</b></td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><b>$280,942</b></td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><b>$219,400</b></td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><b>$61,542</b></td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;"><b>Finance, Insurance & Real Estate</b></td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><b>$308,522</b></td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><b>$176,500</b></td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><b>$132,022</b></td></tr><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;"><b>Health</b></td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$448,662</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$282,387</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$166,275</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Lawyers & Lobbyists</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$57,201</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$21,375</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$35,826</td></tr><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Transportation</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$84,505</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$46,000</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$38,505</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;"><b>Misc Business</b></td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$336,555</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$131,256</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$205,299</td></tr><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Labor</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$4,500</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$4,500</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;"><b><font color="#ff0000">Ideological/Single-Issue</font></b></td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><b><font color="#ff0000">$677,209</font></b></td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$616,119</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$61,090</td></tr><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Other</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$169,970</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$1,000</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$168,970</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div><span style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"></span></div><div><table id="topContrib" class="tablesorter" style="font-family: arial; background-color: rgb(205, 205, 205); margin: 10px 0pt 15px; font-size: 8pt; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 18px;"><tbody><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;"><b>Exxon Mobil</b></td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;"><b>$25,000</b></td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;"><b>$0</b></td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;"><b>$25,000</b></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;"><b>Amway/Alticor Inc</b></td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$23,800</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$19,800</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$4,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">American Academy of Ophthalmology</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$22,500</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$22,500</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">American Society of Anesthesiologists</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$22,000</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$22,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;"><b>DTE Energy</b></td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;"><b>$22,000</b></td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;"><b>$0</b></td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;"><b>$22,000</b></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;"><b>CMS Energy</b></td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$20,750</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$750</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$20,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">American College of Surgeons Prof Assn</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$20,000</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$20,000</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">American Interventional Pain Physicians</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$20,000</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$20,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">Centra Inc</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$20,000</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$20,000</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$0</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">Continuing a Majority Party Action Cmte</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$20,000</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$20,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;"><b>Every Republican is Crucial PAC</b></td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;"><b>$20,000</b></td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;"><b>$0</b></td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;"><b>$20,000</b></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;"><b>Freedom Project</b></td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$20,000</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$20,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">Jobs, Economy & Budget Fund</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$20,000</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$20,000</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;"><b><font color="#ff0000">Koch Industries</font></b></td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$18,000</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$18,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">American Bankers Assn</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$17,500</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$17,500</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">Associated Builders & Contractors</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$17,500</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$17,500</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">Majority Cmte PAC</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$17,500</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$17,500</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">American College of Radiology</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$16,500</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$16,500</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">Michigan Farm Bureau</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$15,100</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$15,100</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;"><b>Majority Initiative-Keep Electing Repubs</b></td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;"><b>$15,000</b></td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;"><b>$0</b></td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;"><b>$15,000</b></td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;"><b>Marathon Petroleum</b></td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;"><b>$15,000</b></td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;"><b>$0</b></td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;"><b>$15,000</b></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;"><b>National Beer Wholesalers Assn</b></td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;"><b>$15,000</b></td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;"><b>$0</b></td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;"><b>$15,000</b></td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;"><b>National Mining Assn</b></td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$15,000</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$15,000</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">New York Life Insurance</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$15,000</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$15,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">Prosperity PAC</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$15,000</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$15,000</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">TRUST PAC</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$15,000</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246); vertical-align: top;">$15,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">Voice for Freedom</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$15,000</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">$15,000</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">===</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">
</span></div><div><h3 style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; clear: left; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Leadership PAC (1): </h3><div class="cmtePacs" style="margin: 5px 5px 10px 20px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="display: block;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00495317&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Michigan First PAC</a></span></div><h2 class="ruleAbove" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 2em 0px 0.2em; color: rgb(132, 22, 40); clear: left; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(132, 22, 40); line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a name="fundraising">Career Fundraising</a></h2><div class="crpItem" style="margin-left: 25px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><table id="summaryData" class="datadisplay" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236); border: 0px; min-width: 450px; border-collapse: collapse; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">1989 - 2014 Total Receipts:</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><img src="http://assets.opensecrets.org/img/legend1.gif" style="vertical-align: bottom;" border="0" height="10" width="150" /> $3,968,805</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">1989 - 2014 Total Spent:</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><img src="http://assets.opensecrets.org/img/legend1.gif" style="vertical-align: bottom;" border="0" height="10" width="138" /> $3,650,571</td></tr><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Debts:</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><img src="http://assets.opensecrets.org/img/legend1.gif" style="vertical-align: bottom;" border="0" height="10" width="6" /> $145,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Last Report:</td><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Sunday, June 30, 2013</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="headerWithIcons" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(132, 22, 40); margin: 2em 0px 0.2em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><h2 style="font-size: 14px; margin: 2em 0px 0.2em; color: rgb(132, 22, 40); clear: left; display: inline;">Top 5 Contributors, 2010 - 2014</h2></div><div class="crpItem" style="margin-left: 25px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><table id="topContrib" class="datadisplay" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236); border: 1px solid rgb(95, 95, 95); min-width: 450px; border-collapse: collapse; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><thead><tr><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Contributor</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Total</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Indivs</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">PACs</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Exxon Mobil</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$25,000</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$25,000</td></tr><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Amway/Alticor Inc</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$23,800</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$19,800</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$4,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">American Academy of Ophthalmology</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$22,500</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$22,500</td></tr><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">American Society of Anesthesiologists</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$22,000</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$22,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">DTE Energy</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$22,000</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$22,000</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="viewMoreText" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-style: italic; margin-right: 260px;"><a name="cont" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cycle=Career&cid=N00031934&type=I" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">...view more data</a></div></div><div class="headerWithIcons" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(132, 22, 40); margin: 2em 0px 0.2em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><h2 style="font-size: 14px; margin: 2em 0px 0.2em; color: rgb(132, 22, 40); clear: left; display: inline;">Top 5 Industries, 2010 - 2014</h2></div><div class="crpItem" style="margin-left: 25px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><table id="topIndus" class="datadisplay" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236); border: 1px solid rgb(95, 95, 95); min-width: 450px; border-collapse: collapse; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><thead><tr><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Industry</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Total</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Indivs</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">PACs</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Leadership PACs</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$422,603</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$422,603</td></tr><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Health Professionals</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$384,375</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$139,875</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$244,500</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Retired</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$155,934</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$155,934</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0</td></tr><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Oil & Gas</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$145,342</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$42,342</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$103,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: top;">Candidate Committees</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$120,126</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$2,500</td><td class="number" style="font-size: 12px; padding: 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$117,626</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>
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