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527 groups, which can collect unlimited donations, raised $506 million in 2008. They’ve already raised $236 million for this fall’s election—and it’s not even a presidential year. Here are the 10 biggest:
527 COMMITTEE / POLITICAL LEANING |
TOTAL RAISED |
TOP DONOR / AMOUNT |
American Solutions for Winning the Future |
$17.2 million |
Crow Holdings |
Service Employees International Union |
$6.4 million |
SEIU |
America Votes |
$6.4 million |
Friends of America Votes |
Citizens United |
$5.8 million |
Self-employed donors |
College Republican National Committee |
$4.5 million |
John Templeton Foundation |
EMILY’s List |
$4 million |
Akonadi Foundation/Newsweb |
Carly for California |
$3.6 million |
Carly Fiorina Enterprises |
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers |
$2.7 million |
IBEW |
ActBlue |
$2.5 million |
JPMorgan Chase |
Mid-Atlantic Leadership Fund |
$2.4 million |
Democratic Governors Association |