OBERSTAR, JAMES L

DFL candidate for U.S. Representative - Minnesota District 08

FEC ID: H6MN08047

Profile

Party: DFL
Office: U.S. Representative - Minnesota District 08
District: Minnesota District 08
Status: Seat: Challenger · Candidacy: Prior candidate, not this cycle
Home Location: Duluth, Minnesota 55802

Campaign Timeline

Election Years: 2014, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1996, 1994, 1992, 1990, 1988, 1986, 1984, 1982, 1980
First Campaign: 1980
Most Recent: 2010

Campaign Funding

Total Received: $7.3M
Contributing Committees: 6994

Top Contributors

Committee	Amount	Contributions	Cycles
AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC	$139K	42	1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
D.R.I.V.E. - DEM, REP, IND VOTER ED (THE PAC OF THE INT'L BRHD OF TEAMSTERS)	$113K	44	1980, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
AIRCRAFT OWNERS AND PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	$103K	47	1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E	$103K	49	1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
SMART TD PAC	$100K	50	1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS	$97K	58	1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. PAC (UPSPAC)	$93K	69	1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC	$92K	48	1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS	$83K	49	1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
UNITED STEELWORKERS POLITICAL ACTION FUND	$82K	25	1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010

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Independent Expenditures Supporting

Spending by outside groups for this candidate, made independently of the campaign. Not a contribution to the campaign.

Committee	Amount	Contributions	Cycles
THE 60 PLUS ASSOCIATION	$104K	2	2010
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION INSTITUTE FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION	$24K	11	1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000
AFL-CIO	$21K	12	1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010
MINNESOTA DEMOCRATIC-FARMER-LABOR PARTY	$17K	6	2006
NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION	$15K	2	2010
NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE PAC	$13K	4	1986, 1988
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS	$5K	2	1988, 2010
MINNESOTA CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR LIFE, INC. FEDERAL PAC	$5K	9	1984, 1986, 2004, 2006
EDUCATION MINNESOTA	$3K	152	2002, 2006, 2008
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO	$2K	2	1996, 1998

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Independent Expenditures Opposing

Spending by outside groups against this candidate, made independently of any campaign.

Committee	Amount	Contributions	Cycles
CROSSROADS GRASSROOTS POLICY STRATEGIES	$49K	2	2010
SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST INC	$32K	2	2010
REVERE AMERICA	$1K	2	2010
PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	$5	1	1992
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC	$2	1	2002

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