Marketers' election candidates do well, but jobber donations slump

摘要

If they could pick horses as well as they pick politicians, gasoline marketer groups would not have to go begging for political action committee contributions from their members. A review of congressional races backed by the three main marketer organizations shows a remarkable number of winners. But there is a troubling trend emerging for one of the groups - the amount of money donated to the Petroleum Marketers Assn. of America has steadily declined over the last three election cycles. It has seen a nearly $50,000 drop in donations since 2004. The group has the largest number of members, representing 8,000 marketer firms through its affiliated state associations.