Congressman Raises Under $30,000 for Three-Month Period

Washington, D.C.—Utah Rep. Rob Bishop (R) continued to raise little money for his re-election campaign, pulling in just $27,850 for the third quarter, but half that funding came directly from the oil and gas industry, according to Public Campaign analysis of Federal Election Commission (FEC) data.

Bishop received $14,500 from oil and gas interests, mostly from ten separate political action committees (PACs), including contributions from ExxonMobil ($3,000), Chevron ($1,000), Halliburton ($1,000), and the American Petroleum Institute ($1,000).

“Rob Bishop may not haul in big bucks but it’s clear from his campaign finance reports, and his actions in Congress, his best friend is Big Oil,” said David Donnelly, national campaigns director of Public Campaign. “And with his opposition to cutting taxpayer giveaways for profitable oil companies, he appears to be listening more to his Big Oil donors than the small businesses on Main Street in the towns and cities of his district.”

Bishop has voted multiple times this year against efforts to end wasteful taxpayer handouts to some of our country’s largest oil companies.

Bishop has raised $65,600 for the year to date and ended September with $69,001 in his account. The congressman is carrying $49,859 in outstanding campaign debt.

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