Lake Research Partners Has Deep Ties To The Democratic Party
Polls developed by Lake Research Partners — a firm based in Washington, D.C., and Berkeley, California — have been cited by Arizona Democrats as “proof” that their Republican opponents are vulnerable.
In reality, the polling firm has deep ties to the Democratic Party. Their funding should be scrutinized and their polls taken with a large grain of salt by the press.
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Lake Research Partners Has Worked For Several Well-Known Democratic Candidates And Politicians. The firm’s client list includes President Bill Clinton, Vice President Joe Biden, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick, among others. (“Selected Candidates And Ballot Initiatives,” Lake Research Partners, Accessed February 2018)
- Its Client List Includes More Than 35 Labor Union Organizations. (“Labor Organizations,” Lake Research Partners, Accessed February 2018)
- Its Client List Includes Mainstream Democratic Organizations Like The Center For American Progress As Well As Highly Controversial Democratic Groups Like ACORN. (“Issue Advocacy Groups,” Lake Research Partners, Accessed February 2018)
Lake Research Partners’ Client List Also Includes “People For The American Way,” A Democratic Group That Has Endorsed One Of Governor Doug Ducey’s Opponents. “Garcia published a tweet Wednesday addressing Arizona Statehood Day but failed to mention that he had already flown the coop for greener pastures. Instead, the embattled Democratic candidate for governor quietly headed to Washington, D.C., to audition for a progressive group looking to sway the midterm elections in 2018. That group, People for the American Way Action Fund, is the political arm of the like-named nonprofit. People for the American Way has ties to the Democracy Alliance — a secretive network of wealthy Democratic donors — through its founder, Hollywood producer Norman Lear.” (“David Garcia Ditched Arizona On Statehood Day,” Arizona Democrats Exposed, 02/18/18)
Employees At Lake Research Partners Have Donated More Than $60,000 To Democratic Candidates And Democratic Party-Aligned Groups. (Federal Election Commission, Accessed February 2018)
See below for a select list of Lake Research Partners-tied campaign contributions to Democrats since President Obama’s first term:
Recipient |
Contributor | Date | Amount |
Jennifer Brunner |
Celinda Lake | 03/10/09 | $1,000 |
Ann Kuster |
Celinda Lake | 05/27/09 | $1,000 |
Lois Herr |
Celinda Lake | 06/10/09 | $250 |
Jennifer Brunner |
Celinda Lake | 06/23/09 | $500 |
Cheryle Jackson |
Celinda Lake | 08/29/09 | $1,000 |
Tyler Gernant |
Celinda Lake | 08/31/09 | $500 |
Paula Brooks | Celinda Lake | 09/10/09 |
$1,000 |
Manan Trivedi | Celinda Lake | 12/21/09 |
$250 |
Sheila Jackson Lee | Celinda Lake | 01/31/10 |
$500 |
Ruben Gallego | Joshua Ulibarri | 02/09/10 |
$50 |
Scott Robinson | Celinda Lake | 03/15/10 |
$500 |
Felecia Rotellini |
Joshua Ulibarri | 04/02/10 | $50 |
Rosa DeLauro | Celinda Lake | 04/21/10 |
$1,000 |
Tyler Gernant |
Celinda Lake | 05/19/10 | $500 |
Kyrsten Sinema | Joshua Ulibarri | 06/16/10 |
$50 |
Andrew Romanoff |
Celinda Lake | 07/27/10 | $500 |
Lois Herr | Celinda Lake | 10/02/10 |
$250 |
Russ Carnahan |
Celinda Lake | 03/31/11 | $1,000 |
Heather McTeer | Celinda Lake | 05/06/11 |
$500 |
Lois Frankel |
Celinda Lake | 05/12/11 | $1,000 |
Gillian For Congress | Celinda Lake | 06/18/11 |
$500 |
Oregon Dem. Party |
Daniel Spicer | 09/01/11 | $350 |
Marty Chavez | Celinda Lake | 09/01/11 |
$1,000 |
Ilya Sheyman |
Celinda Lake | 09/15/11 | $500 |
Kim Gillan | Celinda Lake | 09/23/11 |
$500 |
Kirsten Gillibrand |
Celinda Lake | 10/21/11 | $250 |
Darcy Burner | Celinda Lake | 11/16/11 |
$1,000 |
Marty Chavez |
Celinda Lake | 12/22/11 | $500 |
Manan Trivedi | Celinda Lake | 02/15/12 |
$500 |
Darcy Burner |
Celinda Lake | 03/12/12 | $500 |
Marty Chavez | Celinda Lake | 03/31/12 |
$500 |
Kirsten Gilibrand |
Celinda Lake | 04/11/12 | $1,000 |
Raul Ruiz | Celinda Lake | 05/11/12 |
$500 |
Rich Cowan |
Celinda Lake | 05/14/12 | $500 |
Kirsten Gillibrand | Celinda Lake | 06/19/12 |
$500 |
Michelle Lujan Grisham |
Celinda Lake | 07/05/12 |
$250 |
Barack Obama |
Celinda Lake | 07/05/12 | $500 |
Kim Gillan | Celinda Lake | 07/20/12 |
$500 |
Barack Obama |
Celinda Lake | 08/06/12 | $240 |
Gerry Connolly | Celinda Lake | 08/18/12 |
$100 |
Barack Obama |
Robert Hillman | 09/05/12 |
$250 |
Barack Obama |
Henry Crawford |
09/06/12 |
$250 |
Barack Obama |
Tresa Undem | 09/10/12 | $250 |
Gerry Connolly | Rick Johnson | 09/19/12 |
$100 |
Barack Obama |
Henry Crawford | 09/24/12 | $250 |
Gerry Connolly | Celinda Lake | 09/25/12 |
$500 |
Raul Ruiz |
Celinda Lake | 09/25/12 | $500 |
Barack Obama | Daniel Gotoff | 10/29/12 |
$250 |
Barack Obama |
Henry Crawford | 10/31/12 | $250 |
Mark Begich | Celinda Lake | 12/10/12 |
$1,500 |
Andrew Romanoff |
Celinda Lake | 02/13/13 | $1,000 |
DCCC | Celinda Lake | 02/20/13 |
$250 |
Gerry Connolly |
Celinda Lake | 02/25/13 | $500 |
Marjorie Margolies | Celinda Lake | 06/18/13 |
$1,000 |
Hillary Clinton |
Celinda Lake | 06/19/13 | $1,000 |
Mark Begich |
Celinda Lake | 07/04/13 | $1,000 |
Mike Honda |
Celinda Lake | 08/08/13 | $500 |
Oregon Dem. Party |
Daniel Spicer | 09/10/13 | $350 |
John Lewis |
Celinda Lake | 10/06/13 | $500 |
Donna Edwards |
Celinda Lake | 11/08/13 | $500 |
Marjorie Margolies | Celinda Lake | 11/15/13 |
$500 |
Damian Lara | Celinda Lake | 11/24/13 |
$500 |
Meshea Poore | Celinda Lake | 03/07/14 |
$250 |
Mark Begich | Celinda Lake | 03/12/14 |
$1,000 |
Manan Trivedi | Celinda Lake | 03/31/14 |
$500 |
Hillary Clinton | Celinda Lake | 03/31/14 |
$500 |
Aaron Woolf |
Celinda Lake | 05/02/14 | $500 |
John Walsh |
Celinda Lake | 05/11/14 | $500 |
Manan Trivedi |
Celinda Lake | 06/26/14 | $200 |
Manan Trivedi |
Celinda Lake | 07/29/14 | $500 |
Amanda Curtis |
Celinda Lake | 09/01/14 | $500 |
Mark Begich |
Celinda Lake | 09/02/14 | $1,000 |
Mark Begich |
Celinda Lake | 09/29/14 |
$700 |
Mike Honda | Celinda Lake | 10/31/14 |
$500 |
Hillary Clinton | Celinda Lake | 12/08/14 |
$1,000 |
EMILY’s List | Celinda Lake | 12/22/14 |
$300 |
DSCC | Celinda Lake | 01/27/15 |
$500 |
Donna Edwards | Celinda Lake | 03/02/15 |
$1,000 |
Donna Edwards | Celinda Lake | 03/19/15 |
$1,000 |
Louise Slaughter |
Celinda Lake | 06/03/15 | $250 |
Hillary Clinton |
Celinda Lake | 07/08/15 | $1,000 |
Mike Honda |
Celinda Lake | 09/24/15 | $500 |
Eric Kingston |
Celinda Lake | 09/30/15 | $500 |
Dwight Evans |
Celinda Lake | 11/19/15 | $1,000 |
Denise Juneau |
Celinda Lake | 11/29/15 | $500 |
Hillary Clinton |
Celinda Lake | 11/30/15 | $500 |
Pramila Jayapal | Celinda Lake | 01/29/16 |
$500 |
Charlie Rangel | Robert Hillman | 02/17/16 |
$250 |
Maggie Hassan | Celinda Lake | 03/02/16 |
$500 |
Gerry Connolly | Celinda Lake | 03/02/16 |
$500 |
Thomas Mills | Celinda Lake | 03/04/16 |
$1,000 |
Democratic Action | Celinda Lake | 03/24/16 |
$250 |
Bernie Sanders | Henry Crawford | 03/29/16 |
$250 |
Zephyr Teachout |
Celinda Lake | 04/22/16 | $500 |
Steve Lindbeck |
Celinda Lake | 04/28/16 | $500 |
Ohio Dem. Party |
Celinda Lake | 05/10/16 |
$500 |
Zephyr Teachout | Celinda Lake | 05/22/16 |
$500 |
Mike Honda | Celinda Lake | 06/02/16 |
$500 |
Louise Slaughter |
Celinda Lake | 06/16/16 | $500 |
Pramila Jayapal |
Celinda Lake | 07/20/16 | $250 |
Hillary Clinton |
Celinda Lake | 08/17/16 |
$500 |
Denise Juneau | Celinda Lake | 09/14/16 |
$250 |
Hillary Clinton | Celinda Lake | 09/15/16 |
$500 |
Steve Lindbeck |
Celinda Lake | 09/16/16 | $250 |
Pramila Jayapal |
Celinda Lake | 10/03/16 | $100 |
Hillary Clinton |
Celinda Lake | 10/22/16 | $100 |
Jimmy Gomez |
Amy Young | 12/21/16 | $1,000 |
Yolie Flores | Celinda Lake | 03/07/17 |
$250 |
Jimmy Gomez | Amy Young | 05/15/17 |
$250 |
Oregon Dem. Party | David Mermin | 09/27/17 |
$350 |
Jared Polis |
Celinda Lake | 10/19/17 |
$500 |
Pramila Jayapal | Celinda Lake | 12/11/17 |
$1,000 |
Heenan Congress | Celinda Lake | 12/31/17 |
$1,000 |
TOTAL |
$60,540 |
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