Saturday, December 27, 2014

Who bagged the big bucks?

Big money donors: who are they, and to whom did they give their money in the recent mid-term elections? The biggest donors are teachers who belong to the National Education Association union. They gave $22 million to Democrats. In fact, a Republican doesn't appear on the list until number fourteen!
Democrat hedge fund billionaire and global warming activist Tom Steyer blew at least $74 million on the 2014 midterm elections, making him the cycle’s largest individual donor.

The libertarian Koch Brothers came in tied for the 23rd spot of largest spenders, according to the Associated Press.

Out of the $128 million spent by the top 10 individual donors to outside groups, Democrats hauled in $91 million or 71% of donations.
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