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Group: National Right to Work Committee (NRWC)

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National Right to Work Committee (NRWC) (overview) Contest:‡ Tim Hutchinson - incumb. (R) 46% v. Mark Pryor (D) 54% * Arkansas 2002 Senate/General Election Activity: TV ad attacks Democrat Mark Pryor "for his failure to defend your right to work." Citing Pryor's decision not to get involved in a labor dispute that had the potential to halt construction on the Clinton presidential library, the ad stated, "When radical union bosses threatened to cut off forced-dues funding for partisan politics if non-union workers were allowed to work on the Clinton library, Mark Pryor stood by and allowed hundreds of Arkansas workers to be forced off the job." Images of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Ted Kennedy are shown on the screen when the announcer talks about the Clinton Library. Candidate Praised:µ None Mentioned Candidate Criticized:µ Mark Pryor Issue Covered: 37 Spending on Contest: N/A Last Confirmed Date of Activity: 11/01/2002 Sources: ( 1 )

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National Right to Work Committee (NRWC) (overview) Contest:‡ Mary Landrieu - incumb. (D) 52% * v. Suzanne Haik Terrell (R) 48% Louisiana 2002 Senate/General Election Activity: TV narrator: "The big labor bosses ... love the thought of sending back to Washington another senator who will vote for more forced unionism" and are "emptying their wallets to fund politicians who will join" Sen. Ted Kennedy and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton "against worker freedom." The ad accuses Landrieu of "supporting a bill that would hand all your local police and firefighters over to the union bosses" and of helping Sen. Tom Daschle hold up President Bush's homeland security bill "unless union bosses were granted control over public employees." Candidate Praised:µ None Mentioned Candidate Criticized:µ Mary Landrieu Issue Covered: 37 Spending on Contest: $30,000 Last Confirmed Date of Activity: 12/01/2002 Sources: ( 2 3 )

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National Right to Work Committee (NRWC) (overview) Contest:‡ Bill McCollum (R) 46% v. Bill Nelson (D) 51% Florida 2000 Senate/General Election Activity: 60-second television ad said Bill Nelson "welcomed union bosses into his campaign with open arms." The ad ran from late October through Election Day. Candidate Praised:µ None Mentioned Candidate Criticized:µ Bill Nelson Issue Covered: 30 Spending on Contest: Part of a $1 million campaign, covering several contests Last Confirmed Date of Activity: 10/17/2000 Sources: ( 4 )

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National Right to Work Committee (NRWC) (overview) Contest:‡ Ben Nelson (D) 51% * v. Don Stenberg (R) 49% Nebraska 2000 Senate/General Election Activity: 60-second TV ad says Ben Nelson "pledged to vote against the National Right To Work Act" when he was governor of Nebraska. The ad ran from late October through the Election Day. Candidate Praised:µ None Mentioned Candidate Criticized:µ Ben Nelson Issue Covered: Spending on Contest: Part of a $1 million campaign, covering several contests Last Confirmed Date of Activity: 10/23/2000 Sources: ( 5 )

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National Right to Work Committee (NRWC) (overview) Contest:‡ Ed Bernstein (R) 40% v. John Ensign (R) 55% * Nebraska 2000 Senate/General Election Activity: 60-second television ad criticized Bernstein for refusing "to say where he stands on forced unionism." The ad ran from late October through Election Day. Candidate Praised:µ None Mentioned Candidate Criticized:µ Ed Bernstein Issue Covered: 30 Spending on Contest: Part of a $1 million campaign, covering several contests Last Confirmed Date of Activity: N/A Sources: ( 6 )

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National Right to Work Committee (NRWC) (overview) Contest:‡ Charles Robb - incumb. (D) 48% v. George Allen (R) 52% * Virginia 2000 Senate/General Election Activity: TV ad says Robb voted for Sen. Ted Kennedy's "job destroying pushbutton strike bill," and "voted to kill the National Right To Work Act, which would have stripped union bosses of their forced-dues power nationwide." The ad ran from late October through Election Day. Candidate Praised:µ None Mentioned Candidate Criticized:µ Charles Robb Issue Covered: 30 Spending on Contest: $100,000 Last Confirmed Date of Activity: 10/23/2000 Sources: ( 7 )

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† Election activities are those that were found by Public Citizen to raise significant questions as to whether they met the IRS definition of political expenditures, which covers activities "intended to influence the selection, nomination, election, or appointment of anyone to a federal, state, or local public office, or office in a political organization." Activities were found in news reports, organizations' Web sites and press releases, and academic studies. The examples published here are not all encompassing.

‡ Candidates' names are followed by their incumbency status, if any ("incumb."); party affiliations (R, D or other); and percentage of vote received, followed by the jurisdiction of the election, year of election, office sought, and whether the contest was a general or primary election. The victorious candidate is denoted with an asterisk. Percentages of votes received are not included for presidential primaries or caucuses.

µ Typically, electioneering messages by independent groups only mention one candidate. The "Candidate Praised" and "Candidate Criticized" headings refer to candidates mentioned by name in a positive or negative light. If the electioneering message did not single out a candidate for praise or criticism, "None Mentioned" is entered under the appropriate heading. However, if Public Citizen learned of a message but did not obtain a verbatim account of its content, (e.g., a news report said that a certain group sent direct mail aiding a certain candidate), the candidate that the group favored is listed under "Candidate Praised" and "Unknown" is listed under "Candidate Criticized."

1   Laura Kellams, "Right-to-Work Group Airs Pro-Hutchinson TV Ads," Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Oct. 19, 2002. 2   Bruce Alpert, "Latest Ads Criticize Landrieu on Taxes, Unions," The Times-Picayune, Dec. 4, 2002. 3   Mark H. Rodeffer, "Three Groups Go After Landrieu," National Journal, Dec. 6, 2002. 4   Julie Samuels, "Anti-Union Group Hits Dem Senate Hopefuls," National Journal, Oct. 17, 2000. 5   Julie Samuels, "Anti-Union Group Hits Dem Senate Hopefuls," National Journal, Oct. 17, 2000. 6   Julie Samuels, "Anti-Union Group Hits Dem Senate Hopefuls," National Journal, Oct. 17, 2000. 7   Julie Samuels, "Anti-Union Group Hits Dem Senate Hopefuls," National Journal, Oct. 17, 2000.