The Givers: NFL -- AFC West

It's time for another installment of The Givers -- an examination of how high-ranking sports executives donate their money to political candidates and organizations. All these figures are for the 2006 election cycle, courtesy of OpenSecrets.org.

Today we look at the NFL's AFC West

Denver Broncos
Pat Bowlen (Owner) -- $1,000 total: $1,000 to Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colorado)

Kansas City Chiefs
Clark Hunt (Onwer) -- $5,100 total: $2,100 to defeated Sen. George Allen (R-Virginia), $2,000 to the Missouri Republican Party, $1,000 to Volunteer PAC (former Sen. Bill Frist's (R-Tennessee) PAC)

Carl Peterson (GM) -- $29,750 total: $14,700 to the National Republican Senatorial Committee, $5,000 to Good Government of America (George Allen's PAC), $5,200 to George Allen, $2,100 to Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Missouri), $2,000 to the Republican National Committee, $750 to Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri)

Oakland Raiders
Owner Al Davis, GM Michael Lombardi and former coach Art Shell didn't win this season. They also didn't give to political candidates.

San Diego Chargers
Alex Spanos (Owner) -- $92,633 total: $25,000 National Republican Congressional Committee, $25,000 to the Republican National Committee, $7,100 to Sen. John Ensign (R-Nevada), $4,833 to the Greek-American PAC, $4,200 George Allen, $2,100 to Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), $2,100 to Sen. Bob Corker(R-Tennessee), $4,200 to Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-California), $2,000 to Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-Illinois), Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-Florida), $2,000 to the 21st Century Freedom PAC (former N.Y. Gov. George Pataki's PAC), $4,000 to Rep. Richard Pombo (R-California), $1,000 to Rep. Darrell Issa (R-California), $1,000 to former Sen. John Sarbanes (D-Maryland), $1,000 to defeated Senatorial candidate Michael Steele (R-Maryland), $500 to Rep. Ray LaHood (R-Illinois), $1,000 to Rep. Dennis Cardonza (D-California)

The lesson: If you run for office, you can get money from Alex Spanos