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Pioneers Give Big Money to Federal Candidates

The 212 identified Pioneers have raised a minimum of $21.2 million in hard money for Bush’s presidential effort.  These 212 individuals also contributed; $2.3 million to Bush’s gubernatorial campaigns, $7.1 million in hard money to federal candidates and PACs and $4.1 million in soft money contributions to federal political party committees since the ’96 election cycle.
 
 

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25 Biggest Spenders
Name
Total
Republican  Democrat
PACs
Alex. G. Spanos
  $877,450
$ 870,450 
$5,000
$2,000
Sam Fox
$831,733
$ 793,880 
$0
  $37,853
Kenneth Lay
$574,550
$ 518,350 
$39,000
$17,200
Tom & Nancy Loeffler
$495,424
$ 484,924 
$3,500
$7,000
Louis A. Beecherl, Jr.
$446,350
$ 402,100 
$0
$44,250
Richard & Nancy Kinder
$408,759
$ 405,409 
$1,750
$1,600
John N. Palmer, Sr.
$368,300
$ 354,300 
$2,000
$12,000
Heinz C. Prechter
$337,337
$ 324,637 
$2,700
$10,000
John Price
$335,792
$ 328,292 
$0
$7,500
Clifford Sobel
$330,958
$ 298,958 
$4,000
$28,000
Dennis R. Berman
$305,400
$ 293,400 
$0
$12,000
Herbert F. Collins
$303,719
$ 298,719 
$0
$5,000
Charles J. Wyly, Jr.
$291,940
$ 285,940 
$0
$6,000
Howard H. Leach
$282,163
$ 281,163 
$0
$1,000
Robert Addison Day, Jr.
$274,770
$ 213,850 
$45,420
$15,500
Nancy Brinker
$255,835
$ 251,095 
$0
$4,740
Joseph C. Canizaro
$234,250
$ 218,500 
$14,750
$1,000
Bradford M. Freeman
$207,706
$ 202,250 
$5,456
$0
Stephen F. Brauer
$190,130
$ 169,130 
$0
$21,000
Glenn Steil
$186,982
$ 185,982 
$0
$1,000
Sheldon B. Kamins
$185,350
$ 176,100 
$0
$9,250
W. L. Brown, Jr.
$169,250
$ 168,750 
$0
$500
Wayne L. Berman
$165,878
$ 152,128 
$0
$13,750
Patrick M. Nesbitt
$161,000
$ 161,000 
$0
$0
Robert H. Pickens
$148,370
$ 136,370 
$0
$12,000
Source: Center for Responsive Politics.  Contributions come from Pioneers and their immediate families.  Totals do not include the at least $100,000 the Pioneers have raised (not given) for the current election.  Contributions are from the 1996 election cycle to the present.



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