FLAKE OIL MONEY

posted by Christopher Conover

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is leading an online attack aimed at Republican Senate Candidate Jeff Flake. The DSCC is complaining that Flake’s campaign has received tens of thousands of dollars from oil companies.

An Arizona Public Media review of Flake’s donations from PACs this year finds otherwise. In the three reports that Flake’s campaign has filed he has a $5000 donation from Devon Energy which is an oil and gas company based in Oklahoma. He also has two donations from Southwest Gas which is a supplier of natural gas. The AZPM review did not look at individual donations so it is possible Flake received donations from oil company executives. He did, however, receive numerous donations from mining companies.

To see Flake’s full campaign finance report from the last quarter go to AZPM’s special report on campaign finance.