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2H2015 Political Donations 2H2015 Political Donations State First Name/Committee Name Last Name Senate House Other Party Amount AL House Democratic Caucus D $ 1,500 AL Alabama Senate Democratic Caucus D $ 1,500 AL House GOP Caucus R $ 2,500 AL Alabama Senate Republican Conference R $ 2,500 CA Ben Allen X D $ 1,000 CA Pat Bates X R $ 1,000 CA Richard Bloom Assembly D $ 1,000 CA Anthony Cannella Lt. Gov R $ 1,000 CA Ling-Ling Chang Assembly R $ 1,000 CA Ken Cooley Assembly D $ 1,000 CA Jim Cooper Assembly D $ 1,000 CA Tom Daly Assembly D $ 1,000 CA Bill Dodd Assembly D $ 1,000 CA Jean Fuller X R $ 1,000 CA Mike Gipson Assembly D $ 1,000 CA Bob Hertzberg X D $ 1,000 CA Chris Holden Assembly D $ 1,000 CA Bob Huff Assembly R $ 1,000 CA Jacqui Irwin Assembly D $ 1,000 CA Marc Levine Assembly D $ 1,000 CA Eric Linder Assembly D $ 1,000 CA Mike McGuire X D $ 1,000 CA Melissa Melendez Assembly R $ 1,000 CA Bill Monning X D $ 1,000 CA Mike Morrell X D $ 1,000 CA Andy Vidak X R $ 1,000 CA Don Wagner X R $ 1,000 CA Scott Wilk Assembly D $ 1,000 CA Luis Alejo Assembly D $ 1,500 CA Joel Anderson Assembly R $ 1,500 CA Susan Bonilla X D $ 1,500 CA Autumn Burke Assembly D $ 1,500 CA Susan Eggman Assembly D $ 1,500 CA Cathleen Galgiani X D $ 1,500 CA Steve Glazer X D $ 1,500 CA Todd Gloria Assembly Assembly D $ 1,500 CA Lorena Gonzalez Assembly D $ 1,500 CA Rich Gordon Assembly D $ 1,500 CA Roger Hernandez X D $ 1,500 CA Ben Hueso X D $ 1,500 CA Brian Jones Assembly R $ 1,500 CA Reginald Jones-Sawyer Assembly D $ 1,500 CA Tom Lackey Assembly R $ 1,500 CA Brian Maienschein Assembly R $ 1,500 CA Kevin Mullin Assembly D $ 1,500 CA Adrin Nazarian Assembly D $ 1,500 CA Jim Nielsen X R $ 1,500 CA Janet Nguyen X R $ 1,500 CA Kristin Olsen Assembly R $ 1,500 CA Bill Quirk Assembly D $ 1,500 CA Sebastian Ridley Thomas Assembly D $ 1,500 CA Freddie Rodriguez Assembly D $ 1,500 CA Richard Roth X D $ 1,500 CA Marc Steinorth Assembly R $ 1,500 CA Jeff Stone X R $ 1,500 CA Marie Waldron Assembly R $ 1,500 CA Shirley Weber Assembly D $ 1,500 CA Jim Wood Assembly D $ 1,500 CA Rob Bonta Assembly D $ 2,000 CA Jimmy Gomez Assembly D $ 2,000 CA Ed Hernandez Lt. Gov D $ 2,000 CA Jerry Hill X D $ 2,000 CA Holly Mitchell X D $ 2,000 CA Richard Pan X D $ 2,000 CA Anthony Rendon Assembly D $ 2,000 CA Toni Atkins Assembly D $ 3,000 CA Kevin de Leon Lt. Gov D $ 4,000 CA Californians for Jobs and a Strong Economy $ 5,000 CA CA Republican Leadership Fund R $ 5,000 CA CA Democratic Party X D $ 5,000 CO Colorado Citizens Alliance X D $ 2,000 CO Common Sense Values X D $ 2,000 CO Colorado Leadership Fund X R $ 3,000 CO Senate Majority Fund X R $ 8,500 DE Kimberly Williams X D $ 100 DE W. Charles Paradee X D $ 200 DE David Bentz $ 300 DE Ernesto Lopez X R $ 300 DE David B. McBride X D $ 300 DE Harris B. McDowell III X D $ 300 DE Karen E. Peterson X D $ 300 DE Nicole Poore X D $ 300 DE David Sokola X D $ 300 DE Ruth Briggs King X R $ 300 DE Timothy D. Dukes X D $ 300 DE Deborah Hudson X R $ 300 DE Earl G. Jaques Jr X D $ 300 DE James Johnson X D $ 300 DE S. Quinton Johnson X D $ 300 DE Helene M. Keeley X D $ 300 DE Valerie Longhurst X D $ 300 DE Joseph Miro X R $ 300 DE Edward S. Osienski X D $ 300 DE Charles Potter Jr. X D $ 300 DE Michael Ramone X R $ 300 DE Daniel B. Short X R $ 300 DE Melanie George Smith X D $ 300 DE John Viola X D $ 300 DE Peter C. Schwartzkopf X D $ 300 DE Patricia Blevins D $ 600 DE John Carney Governor D $ 1,200 DE Delaware Republican Party R $ 2,000 DE Delaware Democratic Party D $ 4,500 FL Loranne Ausley X D $ 500 FL Aaron Bean X R $ 500 FL Jeffrey Brandes X R $ 500 FL Jason Brodeur X R $ 500 FL Richard Corcoran X R $ 500 FL Travis Cummings X R $ 500 FL Jose Diaz X R $ 500 FL Anitere Flores X R $ 500 FL Bill Galvano X R $ 500 FL Rene Garcia X R $ 500 FL Gayle Harrell X R $ 500 FL Matt Hudson X R $ 500 FL Chris Latvala X R $ 500 FL Jack Latvala X R $ 500 FL Tom Lee X R $ 500 FL Bill Montford X D $ 500 FL Joe Negron X R $ 500 FL Jeanette Nunez X R $ 500 FL Jose Oliva X R $ 500 FL Cary Pigman X R $ 500 FL Kevin Rader X D $ 500 FL David Simmons X R $ 500 FL Wilton Simpson X R $ 500 FL John Wood X R $ 500 Growing a Sustainable Future FL $ 750 Note: this is a 527 political organization Protect Florida Families FL $ 750 Note: this is a 527 political organization FL Florida Senate Democrat Party Other D $ 3,000 FL Florida Democratic Party House Victory Other D $ 3,000 FL Florida House Republican Majority Other R $ 6,000 GA James Beverly X $ 250 GA Lee Hawkins X $ 250 GA Stacey Abrams X D $ 500 GA Brandon Beach X $ 500 GA Katie Dempsey X $ 500 GA Terry England X R $ 500 GA Steve Henson X D $ 500 GA Jack Hill X R $ 500 GA Rick Jasperse X R $ 500 GA Jan Jones X R $ 500 GA Butch Miller X $ 500 GA Jeff Mullis X $ 500 GA Billy Mitchell X D $ 500 GA Butch Parrish X R $ 500 GA Matt Ramsey X $ 500 GA Carl Rogers X R $ 500 GA Richard Smith X R $ 500 GA Ben Watson X R $ 500 GA Sharon Cooper X R $ 1,000 GA David Shafer X R $ 1,000 GA Renee Unterman X R $ 1,000 GA Democratic Party of Georgia D $ 1,000 GA Georgia Republican Party R $ 2,000 HI Rosalyn Baker X D $ 500 HI Suzanne Chun Oakland X D $ 500 HI Josh Green X D $ 500 HI David Ige X D $ 500 HI Scott Saiki X D $ 500 HI Lauren Cheape Matsumoto X R $ 1,000 HI Brickwood Galuteria X D $ 1,000 HI Joe Souki X D $ 1,000 HI Beth Fukamoto X R $ 1,500 HI Aron Johanson X D $ 1,500 HI John Mizuno X D $ 1,500 HI Ryan Yamane X D $ 1,500 ID Scott Bedke X R $ 750 ID Fred Wood X R $ 750 IL Greg Harris X D $ 250 IL Pamela Althoff X R $ 500 IL Patti Bellock X R $ 500 IL Michael Connelly X R $ 500 IL William Delgado X D $ 500 IL Sara Feigenholtz X D $ 500 IL Robyn Gabel X D $ 500 IL Don Harmon X D $ 500 IL Mattie Hunter X D $ 500 IL Lou Lang X D $ 500 IL Tony Munoz X D $ 500 IL Matt Murphy X R $ 500 IL Heather Steans X D $ 500 IL Dave Syverson X R $ 500 IL Jim Durkin X R $ 1,000 IL Christine Radogno X R $ 1,000 IL John Cullerton X D $ 2,000 IL Michael Madigan X D $ 2,000 IL Bruce Rauner Gov R $ 2,500 IN Mike Pence Gov R $ 2,000 IN IN House Republican Campaign Committee X R $ 2,500 LA Neil Abramson X R $ 500 LA Bryan Adams X R $ 500 LA Taylor Barras X D $ 500 LA Stuart Bishop X D $ 500 LA Chris Broadwater X R $ 500 LA Cameron Henry X R $ 500 LA Ronnie Johns X R $ 500 LA Eric LaFleur X D $ 500 LA Walt Leger X D $ 500 LA Joe Lapinto X R $ 500 LA Nick Lorusso X D $ 500 LA Fred Mills X R $ 500 LA John Schroder X R $ 500 LA Scott Simon X R $ 500 LA Julie Stokes X R $ 500 LA Kirk Talbot X R $ 500 House Democratic Campaign Committee - LA X D $ 500 Donkey Romp Senate Democratic Campaign Committee - LA X D $ 500 Taste of the Senate Republican Legislative Delegation LA R $ 500 Committee - Elephant Romp MD Kumar Barve X D $ 500 MD Peter Hammen X D $ 500 MD Ed Kasemyer X D $ 500 MD Nancy King X D $ 500 MD Mac Middleton X D $ 500 MD Mike Miller X D $ 500 Empowering Maine Leadership ME X D $ 250 (Barry Hobbins) Capital Leadership PAC ME X R $ 250 (Roger Katz) Leading to a Balanced Maine PAC ME X R $ 250 (Tom Saviello) Diamond PAC ME X D $ 250 (Bill Diamond) Women's Leadership Fund ME X R $ 250 (Deb Sanderson) Prosperity for Maine's Future ME X R $ 250 (Matt Pouliot) Charting Maine's Future PAC ME X R $ 500 (Garrett Mason) Alfond, Business, Community & Democracy ME PAC X D $ 500 (Justin Alfond) The Dawn Hill PAC ME X D $ 500 (Dawn Hill) Eves Leadership PAC ME X D $ 750 (Mark Eves) ME Senate Democratic Campaign Committee X D $ 1,000 ME House Democratic Campaign committee X D $ 1,000 ME House Republican Majority Fund X R $ 1,500 Leadership for Maine's Future PAC ME X R $ 1,500 (Ken Fredette) ME Senate Republican Presidents Fund X R $ 1,500 ME Maine Senate Republican Majority X R $ 2,000 Cushing for Senate ME X R $ 375 (Andre Cushing) Thibodeau for Senate ME X R $ 250 (Mike Thibodeau) Gideon Leadership PAC ME X D $ 375 (Sara Gideon) Maine Republican Party - SHE Leads ME X R $ 1,000 (Ellie Espling) Respect Maine PAC ME X R $ 2,500 (Andre Cushing) McCabe Leadership PAC ME X D $ 250 (Jeff McCabe) MO Ryan Silvey X R $ 500 MO Ron Richard X R $ 1,000 MO Todd Richardson X R $ 1,000 MO Kurt Schaffer X R $ 1,000 NH David Boutin X R $ 250 NH Sharon Carson X R $ 250 NH Lou D'Allesandro X D $ 250 NH Jeanie Forrester X R $ 250 NH Andrew Hosmer X D $ 250 NH Andy Sanborn X R $ 250 NH David Watters X D $ 250 NH Jeff Woodburn X D $ 250 NH Nancy Stiles X R $ 500 NH NH Democratic Party D $ 500 NH Committee to Elect House Democrats X D $ 500 NH Jeb Bradley X R $ 750 NH Shawn Jasper X R $ 1,000 NH Chuck Morse X R $ 1,000 NJ Diane Allen X R $ 500 NJ Loretta Weinberg X D $ 500 NJ Assembly Republican Victory Assembly $ 1,000 NJ Senate Democratic Majority X D $ 3,000 NM Nate Gentry X $ 2,500 NY John DeFrancisco X R $ 1,000 NY Carl Heastie Assembly D $ 1,000 NY Jeff Klein X D $ 1,000 NY Joseph Morelle Assembly D $ 1,000 NY Robert Rodriguez Assembly D $ 1,000 Bronx Democratic County NY D $ 1,000 Committee-Housekeeping Account New York County Democratic NY D $ 1,000 Committee - Housekeeping Account Republican Assembly Campaign NY Assembly R $ 5,000 Committee - Housekeeping Account New York State Democratic Committee - NY D $ 5,000 Housekeeping Account New York State Democratic Senate NY Campaign Committee-Housekeeping X D $ 7,500 Account New York State Democratic Assembly NY Campaign Committee - Housekeeping Assembly D $ 7,500 Account New York State Senate Republican NY Campaign Committee - Housekeeping X R $ 15,000 Account OR Jeff Barker X $ 500 OR Peter Buckley X D $ 500 OR Brian Clem X $ 500 OR John Davis X R $ 500 OR Sara Gelser X D $ 500 OR Cedric Hayden X $ 500 OR Betsy Johnson X D $ 500 OR Bill
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