By Beth Rucker
The Associated Press
NASHVILLE —; Republican U.S. Senate candidate Van Hilleary released his personal financial disclosure Thursday, showing he made $250,000 in salary in 2005 from a Washington law and lobbying firm.
The form, which was due May 15 to the Senate, discloses candidates’ income sources and assets. Hilleary received two extensions to file the form, giving him until Aug. 14 —; more than a week after the Republican primary —; to file the disclosure.
After the second extension, his campaign said it would finish the disclosure before the election. The primary is Aug. 3 and early voting ends Saturday.
The $250,000 was Hilleary’s 2005 salary from Washington law and lobbying firm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal. The form also shows the former congressman has made $86,664 from the firm for 2006.
The disclosure lists Federal Mogul Corp. and SMS Holdings Corp. as clients who paid him at least $5,000 for lobbying services in 2005. The form only requires a simple description of the services provided, and Hilleary described his as “legal/public policy services.”
Federal Mogul Corp., based in Southfield, Mich., manufacturers automobile parts. Nashville-based SMS Holdings Corp. offers security, cleaning and maintenance services at airports, shopping malls and health care facilities.
Hilleary spokeswoman Jennifer Coxe said she couldn’t comment on the work Hilleary had done for the two companies, except to say he was a registered lobbyist for both.
Dick Williams, director of the public interest advocacy group Tennessee Common Cause, said the spirit of personal disclosure laws is to let the public determine before they vote whether a candidate has questionable business connections, assets or debts.
“He’s not violating the letter of the law since he’s been granted an extension, but certainly it’s not in conformance with the spirit and the intent of the law,” he said before Hilleary’s disclosure was made public.
Coxe said Thursday that Hilleary needed the extensions because he had been busy campaigning.
Hilleary’s opponents filed their personal financial disclosures by the May deadline.
The disclosure for Bob Corker showed he earned between $3 million and $20 million in real estate holdings and investments to supplement $40,324 he earned as mayor of Chattanooga part of last year. Former U.S. Rep. Ed Bryant earned $52,017 in 2005 as an attorney in Jackson, as well as $88,030 from his position as special assistant to the president of Union University and guest lecturer in political science.
U.S. Rep. Harold Ford, the likely Democratic nominee, reported no salary other than his $165,200 congressional salary. Ford reported holding mutual funds and other financial assets valued between $22,000 and $155,000, and dividends and gains from those funds of between $2,000 and $8,000.
The Associated Press
NASHVILLE —; Republican U.S. Senate candidate Van Hilleary released his personal financial disclosure Thursday, showing he made $250,000 in salary in 2005 from a Washington law and lobbying firm.
The form, which was due May 15 to the Senate, discloses candidates’ income sources and assets. Hilleary received two extensions to file the form, giving him until Aug. 14 —; more than a week after the Republican primary —; to file the disclosure.
After the second extension, his campaign said it would finish the disclosure before the election. The primary is Aug. 3 and early voting ends Saturday.
The $250,000 was Hilleary’s 2005 salary from Washington law and lobbying firm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal. The form also shows the former congressman has made $86,664 from the firm for 2006.
The disclosure lists Federal Mogul Corp. and SMS Holdings Corp. as clients who paid him at least $5,000 for lobbying services in 2005. The form only requires a simple description of the services provided, and Hilleary described his as “legal/public policy services.”
Federal Mogul Corp., based in Southfield, Mich., manufacturers automobile parts. Nashville-based SMS Holdings Corp. offers security, cleaning and maintenance services at airports, shopping malls and health care facilities.
Hilleary spokeswoman Jennifer Coxe said she couldn’t comment on the work Hilleary had done for the two companies, except to say he was a registered lobbyist for both.
Dick Williams, director of the public interest advocacy group Tennessee Common Cause, said the spirit of personal disclosure laws is to let the public determine before they vote whether a candidate has questionable business connections, assets or debts.
“He’s not violating the letter of the law since he’s been granted an extension, but certainly it’s not in conformance with the spirit and the intent of the law,” he said before Hilleary’s disclosure was made public.
Coxe said Thursday that Hilleary needed the extensions because he had been busy campaigning.
Hilleary’s opponents filed their personal financial disclosures by the May deadline.
The disclosure for Bob Corker showed he earned between $3 million and $20 million in real estate holdings and investments to supplement $40,324 he earned as mayor of Chattanooga part of last year. Former U.S. Rep. Ed Bryant earned $52,017 in 2005 as an attorney in Jackson, as well as $88,030 from his position as special assistant to the president of Union University and guest lecturer in political science.
U.S. Rep. Harold Ford, the likely Democratic nominee, reported no salary other than his $165,200 congressional salary. Ford reported holding mutual funds and other financial assets valued between $22,000 and $155,000, and dividends and gains from those funds of between $2,000 and $8,000.
