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Money and presidential politics
Source Louis Proyect
Date 04/01/29/07:05

From today's NY Times:

"In contrast to Dr. Dean, who has relied on small contributions
collected over the Internet, Mr. Kerry has built his financial base
largely on bigger donors reached through traditional fund-raising.

"More than half of Mr. Kerry's contributions came from donors giving the
maximum $2,000 through September of last year, according to the Center
for Responsive Politics. Only about 13 percent of Dr. Dean's money came
from donors who gave the maximum contribution."

HOWARD DEAN--Top Contributors

Maverick Farm/ForestWorld Group  $15,000
Central Vermont Public Service Corp  $11,000
Barge Capital  $10,000
United Liquors  $10,000
Baroda Ventures  $7,500
Heritage Capital Corp  $5,000
IDX Systems Corp  $5,000
Lehman Brothers  $5,000
Automac Parking  $5,000
Ksi Corp  $5,000
Natural Elegance  $5,000
Mitchell Gold Furniture  $5,000
The Cheese Factory  $5,000
Middlebury College  $5,000
LevCo Inc  $5,000
Wintanset Assoc  $4,000
Andrx Corp  $4,000
Retired/Businessman  $3,000
Wdev  $2,500
Anne Klein Inc  $2,500
Fund for a Healthy America  $2,500


JOHN KERRY--Top Contributors

Skadden, Arps et al  $97,650
Citigroup Inc  $70,200
Piper Rudnick  $68,250
Mintz, Levin et al  $63,300
Goldman Sachs  $62,500
Robins, Kaplan et al  $62,250
Hill, Holliday et al  $50,750
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance  $50,250
Harvard University  $47,750
Morgan Stanley  $39,500
Clifford Law Offices  $36,000
Bain Capital  $35,500
International Profit Assn  $34,250
Holland & Knight  $32,950
Akin, Gump et al  $32,550
FleetBoston Financial  $32,000
UBS Americas  $31,550
Hale & Dorr  $30,200
Sullivan & Cromwell  $30,050
News Corp  $29,400


GEORGE W. BUSH--Top Contributors

Merrill Lynch  $370,200
UBS Americas  $269,000
Credit Suisse First Boston  $212,050
PricewaterhouseCoopers  $211,800
Lehman Brothers  $203,500
Goldman Sachs  $199,725
MBNA Corp  $196,500
Blank Rome LLP  $194,900
Bear Stearns  $165,000
Union Pacific Corp  $161,500
Microsoft Corp  $159,750
Haynes & Boone  $155,650
Ameriquest Capital  $150,800
Winston & Strawn  $144,000
Ernst & Young  $143,250
Vinson & Elkins  $135,750
SBC Communications  $125,750
Citigroup Inc  $115,350
Morgan Stanley  $110,750
American International Group  $110,300

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