The recent presidential election campaign was an expensive proposition, with almost $2 billion raised by candidates ($1.3 billion) and their major supporters. ($594 million by super PACSs). That’s according to the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks political contributions.
Our colleague James Jaillet writes:
“The total $6.32 million from trucking contributors in 2016 is $1.5 million less than mid-term election donations ($7.87 million) from the industry in 2014 and $3.5 million less than the 2012 presidential election cycle’s $9.98 million. However, it’s a tad more than the $5.9 million given in the 2008 election cycle.”
Below is a list of some of the industry’s top campaign contribution recipients, as well as some of the industry’s top political contributors:
Recipients:
- Sen. Ted Cruz: $169,674
- Donald Trump: $161,703
- Hillary Clinton: $114,256
- Rep. Jeff Denham: $111,850
- Rep. Bill Shuster: $113,750
- Sen. Bernie Sanders: $75,886
- Rep. Sam Graves: $71,952
- Sen. John Thune: $68,750
- Sen. Ron Johnson: $64,873
- Sen. Marco Rubio: $63,465
- Jeb Bush: $61,470
- John Kasich: $60,150
- Ben Carson: $56,985
- Paul Ryan: $51,265
Contributors:
- American Trucking Associations: $621,450
- Prime Inc: $270,768
- Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association: $256,750
- Werner Enterprises: $212,389
- CenTra Inc: $186,935
- Penske: $185,015
- Crete Carrier Corp: $184,570
- National Tank Truck Carriers: $175,500
- Oshkosh Corp: $169,125
- Anderson Trucking Services: $152,150
- Old Dominion: $150,132
- Schneider National: $116,348
- Ruan Companies: $102,850
- Paccar Inc: $86,013
- Swift Transportation: $81,734
