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The Changing Face of Education Advocacy: Political Capital in Colorado

POLITICAL CAPITAL IN COLORADO Colorado's largest teachers' union and two of the education advocacy organizations profiled in this Education Week series made significant political contributions and endorsed candidates in state elections in 2010. co Won | Lost STAND FOR CHILDREN endorsed 18 candidates in the 2010 elections- COLORADO STATE LEGISLATIVE MAKEUP 12 Democrats, 5 Republicans, 1 Independent- PRE-2010 ELECTIONS: HOUSE: 37 Democrats 27 Republicans 1 Independent SENATE: 21 Democrats 14 Republicans THE COLORADO EDUCATION ASSOCIATION endorsed 43 candidates- all of them Democrats- POST-2010 ELECTIONS: HOUSE: 32 Democrats 33 Republicans SENATE: 20 Democrats 15 Republicans DIRECT DONATIONS Colorado Education Association Stand for Children Democrats for Education Reform $32,000 spent $32,000 on candidates and party $163,000 $3,900 committees. spent some $805,000 on state contests in 2010, but the vast majority of that spending was concentrated on ballot initiatives. Only 20 percent, or $163,000, supported candidates or party committees. VS INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES Donations increase when independent expenditures-robocalls, fliers, and radio and television ads not coordinated with candidates-are taken into account. The Colorado Education Association gave more than $800,000 to seven groups that made independent expenditures on legislative races. Education Reform Now Advocacy, a 501(c)4 group affiliated with Democrats for Education Reform, gave more than $400,000 to three such groups. An independent-expenditure committee, or IEC, itself run by Colorado Stand for Children, donated $122,000. СЕА DFER/ERN Stand for Children $800,000 $400,000 $122,000 $247,000 to Accountability for Colorado $234,000 to Colorado Leadership Coalition $32,000 to Our Colorado Values $50,000 to Colorado Alliance for Working $200,000 to Our Colorado Values $50,000 to Twenty First Century Colorado Families $20,000 to Twenty First Century Colorado $30,000 to Colorado Leadership Fund $10,000 to Business Opportunity Fund $150,000 to Colorado Freedom Fund $3,000 to Colorado Leadership Fund $255,000 to the Neighborhood Project $100,000 to Twenty First Century Colorado -STEPHEN SAWCHUK $24,000 to Westerm Values NOTE: The figures do not include expenditures on local elections, such as school boards, or contributions to legislative races made by local CEA affiliates. SOURCES: Stand for Children; Colorado Education Association; Colorado Secretary of State, Elections Division; National Institute on Money in State Politics; National Conference of State Legislatures POLITICAL CAPITAL IN COLORADO Colorado's largest teachers' union and two of the education advocacy organizations profiled in this Education Week series made significant political contributions and endorsed candidates in state elections in 2010. co Won | Lost STAND FOR CHILDREN endorsed 18 candidates in the 2010 elections- COLORADO STATE LEGISLATIVE MAKEUP 12 Democrats, 5 Republicans, 1 Independent- PRE-2010 ELECTIONS: HOUSE: 37 Democrats 27 Republicans 1 Independent SENATE: 21 Democrats 14 Republicans THE COLORADO EDUCATION ASSOCIATION endorsed 43 candidates- all of them Democrats- POST-2010 ELECTIONS: HOUSE: 32 Democrats 33 Republicans SENATE: 20 Democrats 15 Republicans DIRECT DONATIONS Colorado Education Association Stand for Children Democrats for Education Reform $32,000 spent $32,000 on candidates and party $163,000 $3,900 committees. spent some $805,000 on state contests in 2010, but the vast majority of that spending was concentrated on ballot initiatives. Only 20 percent, or $163,000, supported candidates or party committees. VS INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES Donations increase when independent expenditures-robocalls, fliers, and radio and television ads not coordinated with candidates-are taken into account. The Colorado Education Association gave more than $800,000 to seven groups that made independent expenditures on legislative races. Education Reform Now Advocacy, a 501(c)4 group affiliated with Democrats for Education Reform, gave more than $400,000 to three such groups. An independent-expenditure committee, or IEC, itself run by Colorado Stand for Children, donated $122,000. СЕА DFER/ERN Stand for Children $800,000 $400,000 $122,000 $247,000 to Accountability for Colorado $234,000 to Colorado Leadership Coalition $32,000 to Our Colorado Values $50,000 to Colorado Alliance for Working $200,000 to Our Colorado Values $50,000 to Twenty First Century Colorado Families $20,000 to Twenty First Century Colorado $30,000 to Colorado Leadership Fund $10,000 to Business Opportunity Fund $150,000 to Colorado Freedom Fund $3,000 to Colorado Leadership Fund $255,000 to the Neighborhood Project $100,000 to Twenty First Century Colorado -STEPHEN SAWCHUK $24,000 to Westerm Values NOTE: The figures do not include expenditures on local elections, such as school boards, or contributions to legislative races made by local CEA affiliates. SOURCES: Stand for Children; Colorado Education Association; Colorado Secretary of State, Elections Division; National Institute on Money in State Politics; National Conference of State Legislatures POLITICAL CAPITAL IN COLORADO Colorado's largest teachers' union and two of the education advocacy organizations profiled in this Education Week series made significant political contributions and endorsed candidates in state elections in 2010. co Won | Lost STAND FOR CHILDREN endorsed 18 candidates in the 2010 elections- COLORADO STATE LEGISLATIVE MAKEUP 12 Democrats, 5 Republicans, 1 Independent- PRE-2010 ELECTIONS: HOUSE: 37 Democrats 27 Republicans 1 Independent SENATE: 21 Democrats 14 Republicans THE COLORADO EDUCATION ASSOCIATION endorsed 43 candidates- all of them Democrats- POST-2010 ELECTIONS: HOUSE: 32 Democrats 33 Republicans SENATE: 20 Democrats 15 Republicans DIRECT DONATIONS Colorado Education Association Stand for Children Democrats for Education Reform $32,000 spent $32,000 on candidates and party $163,000 $3,900 committees. spent some $805,000 on state contests in 2010, but the vast majority of that spending was concentrated on ballot initiatives. Only 20 percent, or $163,000, supported candidates or party committees. VS INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES Donations increase when independent expenditures-robocalls, fliers, and radio and television ads not coordinated with candidates-are taken into account. The Colorado Education Association gave more than $800,000 to seven groups that made independent expenditures on legislative races. Education Reform Now Advocacy, a 501(c)4 group affiliated with Democrats for Education Reform, gave more than $400,000 to three such groups. An independent-expenditure committee, or IEC, itself run by Colorado Stand for Children, donated $122,000. СЕА DFER/ERN Stand for Children $800,000 $400,000 $122,000 $247,000 to Accountability for Colorado $234,000 to Colorado Leadership Coalition $32,000 to Our Colorado Values $50,000 to Colorado Alliance for Working $200,000 to Our Colorado Values $50,000 to Twenty First Century Colorado Families $20,000 to Twenty First Century Colorado $30,000 to Colorado Leadership Fund $10,000 to Business Opportunity Fund $150,000 to Colorado Freedom Fund $3,000 to Colorado Leadership Fund $255,000 to the Neighborhood Project $100,000 to Twenty First Century Colorado -STEPHEN SAWCHUK $24,000 to Westerm Values NOTE: The figures do not include expenditures on local elections, such as school boards, or contributions to legislative races made by local CEA affiliates. SOURCES: Stand for Children; Colorado Education Association; Colorado Secretary of State, Elections Division; National Institute on Money in State Politics; National Conference of State Legislatures POLITICAL CAPITAL IN COLORADO Colorado's largest teachers' union and two of the education advocacy organizations profiled in this Education Week series made significant political contributions and endorsed candidates in state elections in 2010. co Won | Lost STAND FOR CHILDREN endorsed 18 candidates in the 2010 elections- COLORADO STATE LEGISLATIVE MAKEUP 12 Democrats, 5 Republicans, 1 Independent- PRE-2010 ELECTIONS: HOUSE: 37 Democrats 27 Republicans 1 Independent SENATE: 21 Democrats 14 Republicans THE COLORADO EDUCATION ASSOCIATION endorsed 43 candidates- all of them Democrats- POST-2010 ELECTIONS: HOUSE: 32 Democrats 33 Republicans SENATE: 20 Democrats 15 Republicans DIRECT DONATIONS Colorado Education Association Stand for Children Democrats for Education Reform $32,000 spent $32,000 on candidates and party $163,000 $3,900 committees. spent some $805,000 on state contests in 2010, but the vast majority of that spending was concentrated on ballot initiatives. Only 20 percent, or $163,000, supported candidates or party committees. VS INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES Donations increase when independent expenditures-robocalls, fliers, and radio and television ads not coordinated with candidates-are taken into account. The Colorado Education Association gave more than $800,000 to seven groups that made independent expenditures on legislative races. Education Reform Now Advocacy, a 501(c)4 group affiliated with Democrats for Education Reform, gave more than $400,000 to three such groups. An independent-expenditure committee, or IEC, itself run by Colorado Stand for Children, donated $122,000. СЕА DFER/ERN Stand for Children $800,000 $400,000 $122,000 $247,000 to Accountability for Colorado $234,000 to Colorado Leadership Coalition $32,000 to Our Colorado Values $50,000 to Colorado Alliance for Working $200,000 to Our Colorado Values $50,000 to Twenty First Century Colorado Families $20,000 to Twenty First Century Colorado $30,000 to Colorado Leadership Fund $10,000 to Business Opportunity Fund $150,000 to Colorado Freedom Fund $3,000 to Colorado Leadership Fund $255,000 to the Neighborhood Project $100,000 to Twenty First Century Colorado -STEPHEN SAWCHUK $24,000 to Westerm Values NOTE: The figures do not include expenditures on local elections, such as school boards, or contributions to legislative races made by local CEA affiliates. SOURCES: Stand for Children; Colorado Education Association; Colorado Secretary of State, Elections Division; National Institute on Money in State Politics; National Conference of State Legislatures POLITICAL CAPITAL IN COLORADO Colorado's largest teachers' union and two of the education advocacy organizations profiled in this Education Week series made significant political contributions and endorsed candidates in state elections in 2010. co Won | Lost STAND FOR CHILDREN endorsed 18 candidates in the 2010 elections- COLORADO STATE LEGISLATIVE MAKEUP 12 Democrats, 5 Republicans, 1 Independent- PRE-2010 ELECTIONS: HOUSE: 37 Democrats 27 Republicans 1 Independent SENATE: 21 Democrats 14 Republicans THE COLORADO EDUCATION ASSOCIATION endorsed 43 candidates- all of them Democrats- POST-2010 ELECTIONS: HOUSE: 32 Democrats 33 Republicans SENATE: 20 Democrats 15 Republicans DIRECT DONATIONS Colorado Education Association Stand for Children Democrats for Education Reform $32,000 spent $32,000 on candidates and party $163,000 $3,900 committees. spent some $805,000 on state contests in 2010, but the vast majority of that spending was concentrated on ballot initiatives. Only 20 percent, or $163,000, supported candidates or party committees. VS INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES Donations increase when independent expenditures-robocalls, fliers, and radio and television ads not coordinated with candidates-are taken into account. The Colorado Education Association gave more than $800,000 to seven groups that made independent expenditures on legislative races. Education Reform Now Advocacy, a 501(c)4 group affiliated with Democrats for Education Reform, gave more than $400,000 to three such groups. An independent-expenditure committee, or IEC, itself run by Colorado Stand for Children, donated $122,000. СЕА DFER/ERN Stand for Children $800,000 $400,000 $122,000 $247,000 to Accountability for Colorado $234,000 to Colorado Leadership Coalition $32,000 to Our Colorado Values $50,000 to Colorado Alliance for Working $200,000 to Our Colorado Values $50,000 to Twenty First Century Colorado Families $20,000 to Twenty First Century Colorado $30,000 to Colorado Leadership Fund $10,000 to Business Opportunity Fund $150,000 to Colorado Freedom Fund $3,000 to Colorado Leadership Fund $255,000 to the Neighborhood Project $100,000 to Twenty First Century Colorado -STEPHEN SAWCHUK $24,000 to Westerm Values NOTE: The figures do not include expenditures on local elections, such as school boards, or contributions to legislative races made by local CEA affiliates. SOURCES: Stand for Children; Colorado Education Association; Colorado Secretary of State, Elections Division; National Institute on Money in State Politics; National Conference of State Legislatures

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