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The career totals column includes all monies contributed from the NRA either directly or in an effort to elect or reelect the candidate. [12] This includes direct support payments, money spent to elect the candidate and also money used to campaign against the opposing candidate.
By 1976, as the NRA became more politically oriented, the Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF), a PAC, was established as a subsidiary to the NRA, to support NRA-friendly politicians. [101] Chris W. Cox, who is the NRA's chief lobbyist and principal political strategist, is also the NRA-PVF chairman. Through the NRA-PVF, the NRA began to rate ...
The primary list is sortable by year elected to office, last name, and type of occupation a person had, and the specific name of that occupation. Additionally, it is color-coded to represent backgrounds of Activism, Business, Law enforcement, Legal, Military, Nature, Politics, shooting sports, or other general fields.
Since the NRA's founding in 1871, nine of the following 28 presidents were NRA members. Of those nine, eight were Republicans while one, President John F. Kennedy, was a Democrat. The first ...
The endorsement of Peltola is the first NRA endorsement of a Democrat since 2020, when the association supported former Rep. Collin Peterson (D-Minn.). It was first reported by the Washington ...
Donald Trump. Statement: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called voter ID “racist,” calls NRA a “terrorist organization” and supports affirmative action. Amid independent presidential candidate ...
The NRA-PVF was established in 1976 as an NRA subsidiary and registered as a political action committee (PAC). [4] The NRA-PVF operates a rating system for political candidates that assesses their support for gun-rights. It also helps its members locate an NRA Election Volunteer Coordinator (EVC) for their area and to register to vote. [5] [4] [6]
Even diminished, the NRA still dwarfs the NSSF in terms of overall revenue and membership, and it remains a heavyweight in electoral politics, having recently hosted former President Donald Trump.