Who Is Powerful and Why?

Good Clean Government States

Heather Miki and Lauren Lange

Contributor Total %of Total

Sector

Action Wisconsin $816,898 2.10% Ideology/Single Issue

Van Hollen, John (JB) $705,285 1.81% Candidate Contributions

Wisconsin Education Association Council

$463,086 1.19% Labor

Coalition for America’s Families

$391,580 1.01% Ideology/Single Issue

Stryker, John L $314,000 0.81% Ideology/Single Issue

Public Policy, labor and Professional Interests of 98,000 members

School Funding Reform

Health Care Reform

Licensure and Professional Development

Close Achievement Gaps

Organizing for Fairer Contracts

Collective Bargaining

Professional Development and Support

Legislative ProposalPublic Relations

“Nonpartisan”Affiliate: National

Education Association (NEA)

Endorses Democratic candidates

School Funding Crisis is Growing

State aid has decreased while operating costs have increased

Taxpayers are against higher property taxes and legislators have not reformed the system.

Successful Candidates

Moderate-Strong

Failed initiatives due to poor economy

Ability to influence elections, but not policy

Contributor Total %of Total

Sector

Devos Jr, Richard $35,472,272 25.41% Candidate Contributions

National Education Association

$3,412,000 2.44% Labor

United Automobile Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America

$2,360,815 1.69% Labor

Michigan Senate Republican Campaign CMTE

$2,290,135 1.64% Pary

Michigan House Democratic Fund

$2,198,390 1.57% Party

Businessman

2000: Bush-supporter

2006: ran for governor

Republican

Religious Right

Big Business

Economy

“Traditional Values”

School Privatization

Personal Wealth

Created integrated network

Democrats

AFL-CIO

Jennifer Granholm

Voucher movement lost 31% to 69%

Lost 2006 gubernatorial election by 14 points (42% to 56%)

Visible but interests not fulfilled

Contributor Total %of Total

Sector

Public Fund $4,766,764 7.75% Public Subsidy

Education Minnesota $3,379,963 5.50% Labor

Senate Democrat-Farmer-Labor Caucus

$2,416,953 3.93% Party

Minnesota House Democrat-Farmer-Labor Caucus

$2,006,770 3.26% Party

Minnesotans for Change

$911,572 1.48% Ideology/Single Issue

“The union of 70,000 educators”

Education Funding

Health Insurance

Student Achievement

Lobby LawmakersAdvocateProposalsTeacher equality

initiativesEducation Minnesota

Professional Conference

National Affiliates: American Federation of Teachers, National Education Association, AFL-CIO

State-level Affiliates: Education Minnesota Retired, Education Minnesota Student Program

Endorses DFL Candidates

Decrease in education funding

Classrooms are overcrowded

4-day school weeks

Endorsed candidates win elections

Moderate-StrongDeclining economy

and urgency to balance budget trumps education initiatives

2009, Pawlenty reverses budget cuts

Ability to influence elections exceeds influence in policy

Contributor Total %of Total

Sector

Iowa Democratic Party

$3,153,668 5.97% Party

Iowa Republican Party

$2,462,032 4.66% Party

Democratic Governors Association

$1,772,500 3.36% Ideology/Single Issue

Republican Governors Association

$1,401,000 2.65% Ideology/Single Issue

Iowa Senate Democratic Majority Fund

$872, 628 1.65% Party

We declare that the government, namely the federal government, has grown too large, too intrusive and too oppressive to the point that government now stifles the productivity, the freedom, the ingenuity and the very spirit of the American people.

Economy

Family Values

Getting Officials into Office

Party-Building Rhetoric

Mud-slinging

1. http://www.emmerforgovernor.com/issues/education/EmmerEducationAgenda.pdf

2. http://www.keyc.com/node/42312

3. http://markdayton.org/mainsite/issues/education/education-plan/

4. MARK DAYTON SAYS GOV. TIM PAWLENTY CUT EDUCATION SPENDING St. Petersburg Times (Florida) July 29, 2010 Thursday

5. http://www.educationminnesota.org/

6. http://bloggingblue.com/2010/08/22/tom-michalski-endorsed-by-weac/