Talk:Americans for Prosperity

Saving reference: Peter H. Stone, "Watch Out, Dems: Sheldon Adelson And The Koch Brothers Are Closer Than Ever," Huffington Post, June 14, 2015.

Moving state staff to talk page (outdated, but saving list here in case it's useful)

State staff

• Alan Cobb, National Director of State Operations Arizona was paid over $114,000 in 2007;
• Tom Jenney, State Director, Arizona
• David Spady, State Director California
• Jeff Crank, State Director Colorado
• Virginia Galloway, State Director Georgia
• Joe Calomino, State Director Illinois
• Jim Raftis, Legislative Liaison Illinois
• Derrick Sontag, State Director Kansas
• Scott Hagerstrom, State Director Michigan
• Carl Bearden, State Director Missouri
• Travis Fitzwater, Field Director, Missouri
• Michelle Colbert, Field Director, Missouri
• Brad Stevens, State Director Nebraska
• Corey Lewandowski, State Director New Hampshire
• Colette Campbell, State Director, New Jersey
• Steve Lonegan, Senior Policy Director New Jersey was paid over $93,000 in 2007;
• Dallas Woodhouse, State Director, North Carolina
• Jack Boyle, State Director, Ohio
• Jeff Kropf, State Director, Oregon
• Stuart Jolly, State Director, Oklahoma
• Peggy Venable, State Director Texas was paid over $72,000 in 2007;
• Ben Marchi, State Director,
• Mark Block, State Director Wisconsin

Edit note

I removed the statement that AFP was founded in 2003 "with money from the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation" as I can't find a source for this. I have checked the 2003 and 2004 returns of the foundation and AFP is not listed there. It may be that the group was founded with $ from one of the other Koch foundations. So pending finding a primary reference I have moved this statement off the article page.--Bob Burton 19:55, 17 February 2009 (EST)

Edit note

User:JackStone posted the following unreferenced material on the article page - I have removed it pending the addition of a better source than Perdue's role as donoe being "acknowledged as a major donor in AFP events". --Bob Burton 16:32, 30 August 2009 (EDT)

"The largest donor to Americans for Prosperity, Richard Perdue, has announced grants exceeding $1 million, and has been publicly acknowledged as a major donor in AFP events."

Edit note 2

I relocated this off the article page -- I'm not sure that a comment from a Daily Kos user necessarily means it should be featured on the article page.--Bob Burton 20:08, 9 September 2009 (EDT)

and "North Carolina's Karl Rove" by a contributor to Daily Kos.

Edit 3

The following material was unreferenced and the current Whois registration data doesn't support this statement.--Bob Burton 06:09, 10 September 2009 (EDT)

"The website was registered in 2003 by Antony Woodlief of the Mercatus Center."

Financials

• 2007 Form 990 - http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2007/753/148/2007-753148958-043ec8f7-9O.pdf
• 2006 Form 990 - http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2006/753/148/2006-753148958-0326f498-9O.pdf
• 2005 Form 990 - http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2005/753/148/2005-753148958-02700e45-9.pdf
• 2005 Form 990 - http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2005/753/148/2005-753148958-02796d52-9.pdf
• 2004 Form 990 - http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2004/753/148/2004-753148958-01c06378-9.pdf

2014 Elections

AFP Ad Buys Against Politicians Supporting Affordable Care Act

On April 23, 2014, Americans for Prosperity launched a series of ads in several targeted races across the country, including ads against in Michigan against Rep. Gary Peters, in Lousiana against Senator Mary Landrieu, in New Hampshire against Senator Jeanne Shaheen, and in Colorado against Senator Mark Udall.

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AFP faced criticism for its statements in its ad against Shaheen. In the ad, AFP claims "health care premiums up 90 percent in New Hampshire." However, Politifact rates these claims "False," stating: "The claim cited a Morgan Stanley report that based its New Hampshire numbers on data from just one insurance broker in the state. Experts say that’s far too small a sample to say anything definitive about what’s happening to premiums in the state."AFP put $457,000 behind the ad buy.

In the same wave of ads, AFP faced controversy its ad targeting Udall. The ad came under fire for using a picture of Udall and Barack Obama following a mass shooting in an Aurora, Colorado movie theater. According to the Denver Post, the group "later released a new commercial without the image, but several family members who lost loved ones in the massacre released a statement decrying its use in the first place."

According to Politico, AFP also spent $650,000 on May 14, 2014 in an ad buy criticizing Rep. Ann McLane Kuster's vote for the Affordable Care Act.

AFP Spends Nearly $900,000 in Wisconsin in Support of Scott Walker

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According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Americans for Prosperity made $866,000 in ad buys in late May 2014 boosting Governor Scott Walker's reelection campaign. The ad never mentions Walker by name; however, the ad touts the budget policies of his administration. Notably, it was AFP's 501(c)(3) arm, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, that produced the ad.