With the control of the House and possibly the Senate at stake, construction unions and industry groups say their members are highly engaged in the 2010 mid-term congressional elections and are on track to equal, if not exceed, their political contributions for 2006, the last mid-term election year.
Contributions from construction industry associations and companies reached $40.7 million as of Sept. 13, according to their filings with the Federal Election Commission, says the Center for Responsive Politics. Construction donors gave a little more than $55 million by the end of the 2006 election cycle.