2008 campaign, all oil company Presidential contributions:
Rank Candidate Amount
1 McCain, John (R) $2,541,904
2 Obama, Barack (D) $920,922
2012 campaign, all oil company Presidential contributions:
1 Perry, Rick (R) $762,908
2 Romney, Mitt (R) $308,500
3 Obama, Barack (D) $90,793
4 Pawlenty, Tim (R) $49,550
5 Paul, Ron (R) $47,362
6 Cain, Herman (R) $29,650
7 Huntsman, Jon (R) $22,750
8 Gingrich, Newt (R) $18,650
9 Santorum, Rick (R) $5,250
9 Johnson, Gary (L) $5,250
2012 Top Twenty recipients, all oil company money (poor Dems, not a one)
1 Perry, Rick (R) $762,908
2 Romney, Mitt (R) $308,500
3 Dewhurst, David H (R-TX) $265,250
4 McConnell, Mitch (R-KY) Senate $200,500
5 Williams, Michael (R-TX) $187,150
6 Barrasso, John A (R-WY) Senate $178,900
7 Williams, Roger (R-TX) $156,800
8 Berg, Richard A (R-ND) House $144,300
9 Cruz, Ted (R-TX) $133,550
10 Pompeo, Mike (R-KS) House $128,000
11 Flores, William (R-TX) House $122,256
12 McCarthy, Kevin (R-CA) House $119,200
13 Boehner, John (R-OH) House $110,850
14 Rehberg, Denny (R-MT) House $110,402
15 Hatch, Orrin G (R-UT) Senate $104,000
16 Corker, Bob (R-TN) Senate $102,150
17 Jones, Elizabeth Ames (R-TX) $99,400
18 Wicker, Roger (R-MS) Senate $95,200
19 Sullivan, John (R-OK) House $94,200
20 Cantor, Eric (R-VA) House $94,050
Graphs of all oil company contributions by party, current and from 1990-2012 (always Republican, very little Democrat)
http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?ind=e01