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Joe Walsh

Party
Republican
Office Held:
US House, IL
Office Sought:
US House, IL
State Candidancy or Office Held:
See also: State profile for Joe Walsh

William Joseph "Joe" Walsh (born December 27, 1961) is the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 8th congressional district. He is a fundraiser and a conservative Republican Tea Party activist.

Source: Wikipedia

Campaign Finance

$1,834,977 Received
Information

Figures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:

  • contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
  • only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
  • contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
  • corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
  • organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.

For more information, please see our campaign finance methodology page. Lobbyist bundling data is described on our lobbyist bundling methodology page.

Latest FEC Data

covers through candidate's October 17, 2012 filing. independent expenditures updated daily.
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  • Summary

    overview of how much the candidate raised and spent, and who contributed it
    Total Raised:
    $1,834,977 #131 of 717 House candidates
    Total Spent:
    $1,298,856 #173 of 717 House candidates
    Cash on Hand:
    $592,562 #122 of 717 House candidates

  • Contributions Over Time

    reflects only contributions over $200, as smaller contributions are not individually reported. For some candidates a significant portion of their fundraising may not be captured by this chart.

  • Independent Expenditures

    outside groups that spent money supporting or opposing the candidate
    Committee Name Support/Oppose Total Spending
    Now Or Never PAC
    Support
    		 $917,320
    Freedomworks For America
    Support
    		 $331,203
    House Majority PAC
    Oppose
    		 $195,743
    Service Employees International Union
    Oppose
    		 $130,496
    Working Assets Long Distance
    Oppose
    		 $50,342
    Lunch Pail Republicans Independent Expenditure Only Committee
    Support
    		 $35,108
    VoteVets.org
    Oppose
    		 $26,503
    Heritage Action For America
    Support
    		 $23,639
    American Conservative Union
    Support
    		 $20,600
    American Conservative Union
    Support
    		 $20,600
note: data comes from latest FEC filings and has not been cleaned or standardized. See section below for standardized data.

Donor Information

covers through June 2012. may lag behind FEC section above, as donors and industries are identified by hand.

  • Top Industries

    OpenSecrets.org and FollowTheMoney.org classify contribution data into about 100 industries.
    76% of the total amount raised came from an identifiable industry.

  • In State vs. Out of State

    contributions from individuals, in dollars

  • Top Contributors

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    Employees
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    PAC
    Includes contributions from an organization’s employees, their family members and its political action committee.

  • Recent and upcoming fundraisers

    Full invitations can be viewed at Party Time
    Date Event
    Aug. 19, 2012
    Venue:
    Reception at Taxpayers for Skillicorn
    Hosted by:
    Heather Skillicorn, Allen Skillicorn
    Aug. 3, 2012
    Venue:
    Barbeque at Busse Woods at Busse Woods
View all campaign finance data for Joe Walsh Sources: OpenSecrets.org Party Time