Stacey Abrams, Andrew Gillum draw cash from same bank of national donors
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/latest-news/article220919575.html
The donors come from 49 states and include both some of the party’s heaviest hitters — including billionaire investors George Soros and Tom Steyer — as well as hundreds of modest givers who have written checks for less than $200 combined to both candidates.
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But while Abrams and Gillum appear to have tapped into a national network of Democratic donors, their Republican opponents, Brian Kemp in Georgia and Ron DeSantis in Florida, don’t appear to have experienced the same benefit, despite both having been endorsed by President Trump. The two Republicans share fewer than 20 common donors, according to McClatchy’s analysis.
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Oakland real estate developer Wayne Jordan, who has given $21,000 to Abrams and $50,000 to Gillum.
▪ Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, who gave $21,000 to Abrams and $6,000 to Gillum’s committees.
▪ Silicon Valley couple Liz Simons, daughter of Robert Mercer’s former hedge fund partner James Simons, and husband Mark Heising, who gave more than $365,000 to the Gillum-connected groups and $23,000 combined to Abrams’ campaign.
Children’s book author Judy Blume, who has given $2,000 to Abrams and $3,000 to Gillum
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