Special interests, lobbyists make up bulk of Billy Long's fourth quarter contributions

Billy Long has yet to have a town hall meeting in the three years he has been Seventh District Congressman (and no, telephone town halls with carefully selected questioners do not count), but his door has been open to lobbyists, special interests, and, of course, their money.

Long's fourth quarter disclosure report, filed Friday with the Federal Election Commission showed that he received approximately $10,000 from within the Show-Me State, with more than $5,600 coming from outside the Seventh District, mostly from the St. Louis area.

Out of the approximately $4,400 from the Seventh District, $3,000 came from one source, Andrew Hunte, president of the Hunte Companies of Goodman.


Most of Long's Seventh District money came from two sources- Empire District Electric Company with 

Another $5,250 came from some of the most powerful Washington lobbyists and the rest, more than $55,000 came from special interest PACs.

The report showed Long received $74,374.80, spent $85,905.07, and still has $586,457.03 in the bank.

Special interests contributing to Long included the following:

NexEra Energy
CNS Energy
Dealers Electric
National Association of Broadcasters
Husch & Blackwell
Lockwood Martin
Entergy Corporation
Public Service Enterprise Group
National Stone, Sand, and Gravel
National Telecommunications Corporation
American Electric Power
American Veterinary Medical Association
American Waterworks Company
Merck
Enterprise Holdings
Credit Union National
Alpha Natural Resources
Ash Grove Cement
Barnes & Thornberg
Express Scripts
Empire District Electric Company
DTE Energy
National Beer Wholesalers
Association of Builders and Contractors
BNSF Railway
American Association of Ophthalmologists
RGA Reinsurance
American Bankers Association
Sprint Nextel
American Optometric Association
Association for Advanced Life Underwriters
Edison Electric
Verizon Wireless
Altria Group
Dominion PAC
CBS