D.C. Lobbyist Alcalde made $25k in contributions using four different employers

D.C. lobbyist Richard Alcalde (Rick Alcalde) formed his lobbying firm Potomac Partners D.C. in the Spring 2005. However, according to CampaignMoney.com, since then he's contributed more than $25,000 to federal campaigns and PACs which list his employer/occupation as:

• Alcalde & Fay/owner or attorney
• Federalist Group/attorney or owner or partner or associate
• Hall Green Rupli LLC/lobbyist
• Potomac Partners DC/executive or president or partner or attorney or consultant or government affairs

Alcalde has been identified as one of Rep. Don Young's "A-Team" lobbyists. Alcalde is at the center of a Justice Department investigation surrounding Young's 2005 $10 million Coconut Road earmark. Alcalde had two clients involved in the circumstances surround the earmark: Michigan developer Daniel J. Aronoff (Landon Companies) and Florida Gulf Coast University.