State Farm Latest Company Shying Away From Donating to Garrett
- Insurer discloses it won't give more money to U.S. lawmaker
- Contributions have dried up after alleged anti-gay comments
Representative Scott Garrett speaks during an interview in New York on May 10, 2010.
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Add the nation’s largest property-casualty insurer to the growing list of financial companies that won’t be donating to U.S. Representative Scott Garrett in the wake of his alleged anti-gay remarks.
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., which contributed $2,000 to the New Jersey Republican last year, doesn’t plan on giving any more, an e-mail written by one of its outside lobbyists shows. The e-mail, a copy of which Bloomberg News obtained, was sent last week to the staff of the New Jersey senate majority leader who has questioned companies about their contributions to Garrett.