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Several states have conducted their own analyses of how campaign contributions
affect communities of color:
Citizen
Action of New York. On January 13, 2004, Citizen Action released
an analysis of federal campaign finance and census data for eight regions
in New York State with local examples of how people of color are left
out of the campaign finance system.
Democracy North Carolina. This 2003 analysis of the
racial and ethnic backgrounds of North Carolina donors to the 2004 presidential
campaign uses voter registration and other public records to determine
the racial and ethnic makeup of North Carolina’s 2004 presidential
donors. Democracy North Carolina found that 96 % of the North Carolina
presidential donors are white and 67% are men. Click here
to see press release.
Campaigns
for People. This Texas-based public interest group has conducted
an analysis of donors to Texas state campaigns in 1998 and 2000.
New Jersey Citizen Action.
New Jersey exemplifies the national trend of people of color being underrepresented
in the campaign finance system, according to a 2004 report by New Jersey
Citizen Action. While 32% of the state's residents are people of color,
only 11% of the money contributed to federal elections comes from residents
of zip codes where the majority is people of color. For more information,
read the new report, The Color
of Money in New Jersey 2003: Campaign Finance, Race and Civil Rights in
the Garden State," by New Jersey Citizen Action and the Citizen
Policy & Education Fund of NJ.
 State-based
Organizations with Color of Money Projects:
A number of states are participating in the relaunching of the new
Color of Money Project.
AZ
Barb Lubin
barb@azclean.org
Arizona Clean Elections Institute
www.azclean.org
CA
Jim B. Clarke
jim@californiacleanmoney.org
California Clean Money Campaign
www.CaliforniaCleanMoney.org
CO
Bill Vandenberg
Colorado Progressive Coalition
coprogressive@aol.com
CT
Tom Swan
ccag@ccag.net
Connecticut Citizen Action Group
www.ccag.net
FL
Susie Caplowe
susiecaplowe@comcast.net
Florida Consumer Action Network
www.fcan.org
IA
Betty Ahrens
BettyAhren@IowaCAN.org
Iowa Citizen Action Network
www.iowacan.org
ID
Jim Hansen
uvijhansen@rmci.net
United Vision for Idaho
www.uvidaho.org
IL
Lynda DeLaforgue
info@citizenaction-il.org
Citizen Action IL
www.citizenaction-il.org
IN
Stefanie Miller
jackandstef@earthlink.net
Alliance for Democracy
KS
Bill Beachy
cckansas@aol.com
Kansas Alliance for Campaign Reform
MA
Joe O'Brien
joesoread@aol.com
Mass Voters for Clean Elections
www.massvoters.org
MD
Sean Dobson
Contact@ProgressiveMaryland.org
Progressive Maryland
www.progressivemaryland.org/
ME
Doug Clopp
dougmclf@maine.rr.com
Maine Citizen Leadership Fund
MI
Rich Robinson
rrobinson@mcfn.org
Michigan Campaign Finance Network
www.mcfn.org
MN
Beth Fraser
bfraser@mapa-mn.org
Minnesota Alliance for Progressive Action
www.mapa-mn.org
NC
Adam Sotak
adamsotak@democracy-nc.org
Democracy North Carolina
www.democracy-nc.org
NH
Abigail Abrash
aabrash@totalnethnh.net
New Hampshire Citizens Alliance
www.nhcitizensalliance.org
NJ
Steve Bonime
steve@njcitizenaction.org
NJ Citizen Action
www.njcitizenaction.org
NM
Max Bartlett
max@nmpace.org
Re-Visioning New Mexico
www.rvnm.org
NV
Paul Brown
planvegas@aol.com
Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada
www.planevada.org
NY
Jon Bartholomew
jbartholomew@citizenactionny.org
New York Citizen Action
www.citizenactionny.org
OR
Janice Thompson
miprap@oregonfollowthemoney.org
Money in Politics Research Action Project
www.oregonfollowthemoney.org
PA
Lauren Townsend
lauren2@erols.com
Citizens for Consumer Justice
www.ccjustice.org
SC
Brett Bursey
scpoint@mindspring.com
South Carolina Progressive Network
www.scpronet.org
TX
Fred Lewis
TX Campaign Finance Reform Project
flewis@sierra.onr.com
WI
Carilyn Castore
castore@wi-citizenaction.org
Wisconsin Citizen Action
www.wi-citizenaction.org
WV
Janet Fout
ohvec@ohvec.org
People's Election Reform Coalition/WV Citizen Action
www.ohvec.org
WY
Tom Throop
ttespc@wyoming.com
Equality State Policy Center
www.equalitystate.org
Public Campaign’s links:
http://www.publicampaign.org/websites/index.htm
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