Inhofe Donates PAC Money To Charity

Two Oklahoma charitable organizations will get $10,000 each from Senator Jim Inhofe's re-election campaign.

The $20,000 represents donations Inhofe's campaign received from a political action committee controlled by indicted Republican Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska.

Josh Kivett, Inhofe's campaign manager, said the money from the Northern Lights PAC will be given to the Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity and the Tulsa affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

Stevens was indicted on seven felony counts of making false statements on his financial disclosure reports. It's alleged he hid $250,000 in gifts and services from Veco Corp., an Alaska-based energy company.

Other senators have donated the PACs contributions as well, saying they did so to distance themselves from Stevens.

Democratic Party Chairman Ivan Holmes, chairman of the Oklahoma Democratic Party, had called on Inhofe to return the money even though Holmes has been silent on donations to Oklahoma Democrats that violated state law.

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