By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 2nd, 2014
The U.S. Congressional Elections of 2014 will be upon us before we know it. We at The American Spark feel it’s only right to expose who is buying the two major political parties.
On Tuesday, we began things by taking a look at those spending the most money on the Democratic Party. Today, we’re revealing the most generous donors to the Republican Party.
For this election cycle, The American Spark also will show which industries are spending the most money to influence this or that political party.
The numbers below are based on information released by the Federal Election Commission on September 8th, 2014. The totals were first printed by the Center for Responsive Politics.
Republican Party Donors
Total Raised: $461,338,555
Top Donors
Contributor ……………………………………………………… Total
Friends of John Boehner ……………………………………. $7,759,952
Friends of Jeb Hensarling ………………………………….. $2,146,725
Ryan for Congress ……………………………………………. $1,744,900
Elliott Management ………………………………………….. $933,800
Roskam For Congress ……………………………………….. $772,825
Dave Camp for Congress …………………………………… $707,969
Goldman Sachs ……………………………………………….. $630,949
Kevin McCarthy for Congress …………………………….. $605,185
Tiberi for Congress ………………………………………….. $593,450
Hal Rogers for Congress …………………………………… $546,400
Carlyle Group …………………………………………………. $526,600
Koch Industries ………………………………………………. $511,425
Volunteers for Shimkus …………………………………….. $471,322
Las Vegas Sands ……………………………………………… $467,350
McCaul for Congress ……………………………………….. $423,250
Northwest Excavating ………………………………………. $418,400
Walden for Congress ……………………………………….. $402,500
Fremont Group ………………………………………………. $401,602
Affiliated Managers Group ……………………………….. $398,150
Crow Holdings ……………………………………………….. $368,200
Top Industries
Industry ……………………………………………………….. Total
Candidate Committees …………………………………… $28,540,816
Securities & Investment …………………………………. $27,351,937
Retired ………………………………………………………… $26,586,613
Real Estate …………………………………………………… $12,748,329
Oil & Gas ……………………………………………………… $8,268,556
Misc Manufacturing & Distributing ………………….. $6,442,666
Misc Finance ………………………………………………… $6,350,477
Lawyers/Law Firms ……………………………………….. $5,045,267
Health Professionals ……………………………………… $4,351,600
Business Services …………………………………………. $4,312,041
Insurance ……………………………………………………. $4,152,973
Leadership PACs ………………………………………….. $3,587,524
Casinos/Gambling ………………………………………… $3,430,007
Pharmaceuticals/Health Products …………………… $3,385,333
Commercial Banks ……………………………………….. $3,206,556
Automotive …………………………………………………. $3,058,808
General Contractors …………………………………….. $2,827,397
Republican/Conservative ………………………………. $2,700,000
Lobbyists ……………………………………………………. $2,505,112
Computers/Internet ……………………………………… $2,415,322
