PAC Data

NEA-PAC and AFT-COPE
Political Contributions Summary and Breakdown*
1977 to March 25, 1998

NEA-PAC Candidate Contributions	17,138,564
to Democrats in dollars	16,430,438
to Democrats in average percentage	95.87
to Republicans in dollars	671,126
to Republicans in average percentage	3.92
to Other in dollars	37,000
to Other in average percentage	.22

AFT-COPE Candidate Contributions	7,937,771
to Democrats in dollars	7,758,979
to Democrats in average percentage	97.75
to Republicans in dollars	160,675
to Republicans in average percentage	2.02
to Other in dollars	18,117
to Other in average percentage	.23

The following tables show NEA-PAC and AFT-COPE cash contributions given to candidates in primary and general election campaigns during two-year election cycles from 1977 to March 25, 1998. The dates reflect contributions between January 1 of the first year and December 31 of the second year of the cycle (e.g., Jan. 1, 1977 through Dec. 31, 1978).

NEA-PAC 1977-78	Number of Democrats	Contributions	Percent of Total
	175	324,687	95.78
	Number of Republicans	Contributions	Percent of Total
	15	13,300	3.92
	Number of Other	Contributions	Percent of Total
	1	1,000	.30
Totals	191	338,987	100

AFT-COPE 1977-78	Number of Democrats	Contributions	Percent of Total
	99	105,561	93.20
	Number of Republicans	Contributions	Percent of Total
	8	7,700	6.80
	Number of Other	Contributions	Percent of Total
	0	0	0
Totals	107	113,261	100

NEA-PAC 1979-80	Number of Democrats	Contributions	Percent of Total
	206	258,385	91.11
	Number of Republicans	Contributions	Percent of Total
	26	25,200	8.89
	Number of Other	Contributions	Percent of Total
	0	0	0
Totals	232	283,585	100

AFT-COPE 1979-80	Number of Democrats	Contributions	Percent of Total
	121	170,395	90.09
	Number of Republicans	Contributions	Percent of Total
	10	18,750	9.91
	Number of Other	Contributions	Percent of Total
	0	0	0
Totals	131	189,145	100

NEA-PAC 1981-82	Number of Democrats	Contributions	Percent of Total
	327	1,118,065	94.49
	Number of Republicans	Contributions	Percent of Total
	44	65,150	5.51
	Number of Other	Contributions	Percent of Total
	0	0	0
Totals	371	1,183,215	100

AFT-COPE 1981-82	Number of Democrats	Contributions	Percent of Total
	141	287,925	98.60
	Number of Republicans	Contributions	Percent of Total
	5	4,100	1.40
	Number of Other	Contributions	Percent of Total
	0	0	0
Totals	146	292,025	100

NEA-PAC 1983-84	Number of Democrats	Contributions	Percent of Total
	377	1,500,795	95.35
	Number of Republicans	Contributions	Percent of Total
	37	73,208	4.65
	Number of Other	Contributions	Percent of Total
	0	0	0
Totals	414	1,574,003	100

AFT-COPE 1983-84	Number of Democrats	Contributions	Percent of Total
	165	324,180	98.63
	Number of Republicans	Contributions	Percent of Total
	3	4,500	1.37
	Number of Other	Contributions	Percent of Total
	0	0	0
Totals	168	328,680	100

NEA-PAC 1985-86	Number of Democrats	Contributions	Percent of Total
	353	1,969,276	95.62
	Number of Republicans	Contributions	Percent of Total
	41	90,157	4.38
	Number of Other	Contributions	Percent of Total
	0	0	0
Totals	394	2,059,433	100

AFT-COPE 1985-86	Number of Democrats	Contributions	Percent of Total
	210	728,049	97.61
	Number of Republicans	Contributions	Percent of Total
	7	17,825	2.39
	Number of Other	Contributions	Percent of Total
	0	0	0
Totals	217	745,874	100

NEA-PAC 1987-88	Number of Democrats	Contributions	Percent of Total
	346	1,984,413	94.29
	Number of Republicans	Contributions	Percent of Total
	44	120,276	5.71
	Number of Other	Contributions	Percent of Total
	0	0	0
Totals	390	2,104,689	100

AFT-COPE 1987-88	Number of Democrats	Contributions	Percent of Total
	237	844,113	97.58
	Number of Republicans	Contributions	Percent of Total
	8	20,950	2.42
	Number of Other	Contributions	Percent of Total
	0	0	0
Totals	245	865,063	100

NEA-PAC 1989-90	Number of Democrats	Contributions	Percent of Total
	329	2,167,745	93.49
	Number of Republicans	Contributions	Percent of Total
	45	149,910	6.47
	Number of Other	Contributions	Percent of Total
	1	1,000	.04
Totals	375	2,318,655	100

AFT-COPE 1989-90	Number of Democrats	Contributions	Percent of Total
	234	999,350	97.55
	Number of Republicans	Contributions	Percent of Total
	18	25,050	2.45
	Number of Other	Contributions	Percent of Total
	0	0	0
Totals	252	1,024,400	100

NEA-PAC 1991-92	Number of Democrats	Contributions	Percent of Total
	375	2,228,447	95.66
	Number of Republicans	Contributions	Percent of Total
	32	82,175	3.53
	Number of Other	Contributions	Percent of Total
	2	19,000	.82
Totals	409	2,329,622	100.01

AFT-COPE 1991-92	Number of Democrats	Contributions	Percent of Total
	246	1,077,400	96.95
	Number of Republicans	Contributions	Percent of Total
	14	23,850	2.15
	Number of Other	Contributions	Percent of Total
	1	10,000	.90
Totals	261	1,111,250	100

NEA-PAC 1993-94	Number of Democrats	Contributions	Percent of Total
	366	2,230,050	98.64
	Number of Republicans	Contributions	Percent of Total
	13	25,800	1.14
	Number of Other	Contributions	Percent of Total
	1	5,000	.22
Totals	380	2,260,850	100

AFT-COPE 1993-94	Number of Democrats	Contributions	Percent of Total
	243	1,278,690	99.07
	Number of Republicans	Contributions	Percent of Total
	6	11,000	.85
	Number of Other	Contributions	Percent of Total
	1	1,000	.08
Totals	250	1,290,690	100

NEA-PAC 1995-96	Number of Democrats	Contributions	Percent of Total
	382	2,303,980	99.02
	Number of Republicans	Contributions	Percent of Total
	13	11,850	.51
	Number of Other	Contributions	Percent of Total
	2	11,000	.47
Totals	397	2,326,830	100

AFT-COPE 1995-96	Number of Democrats	Contributions	Percent of Total
	305	1,590,466	98.49
	Number of Republicans	Contributions	Percent of Total
	4	19,750	1.22
	Number of Other	Contributions	Percent of Total
	1	4,617	.29
Totals	310	1,614,833	100

NEA-PAC 1997-98	Number of Democrats	Contributions	Percent of Total
(as of 3/25/98)	200	344,595	96.07
	Number of Republicans	Contributions	Percent of Total
	12	14,100	3.93
	Number of Other	Contributions	Percent of Total
	0	0	0
Totals	212	358,695	100

AFT-COPE 1997-98	Number of Democrats	Contributions	Percent of Total
(as of 3/25/98)	138	352,850	97.32
	Number of Republicans	Contributions	Percent of Total
	4	7,200	1.99
	Number of Other	Contributions	Percent of Total
	2	2,500	.69
Totals	144	362,550	100

* Source: Federal Election Commission

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PAC Data

NEA-PAC and AFT-COPE Political Contributions Summary and Breakdown* 1977 to March 25, 1998

Education Policy Institute, PMB 294, 4401-A Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20008-2322 202/244-7535, Fax 202/244-7584 http://www.educationpolicy.org, revised 6/8/98

NEA-PAC and AFT-COPE
Political Contributions Summary and Breakdown*
1977 to March 25, 1998