Which Minnesota donors gave to the presidential candidates?

Posted at 10:59 AM on May 4, 2007 by Tom Scheck (3 Comments)

I thought you would appreciate this neat little tool at Open Secrets. You'll be able to see if your neighbors, friends, etc gave to a particular candidate by clicking on the candidate and the state.

Here are some of the interesting donors:

Medtronic CEO Art Collins and Jim DeMay (who headed up the DNC's Get Out the Vote efforts in Ohio for John Kerry in 2004) gave to Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd.

New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton received checks from Mike and Ann Ciresi, former DFL House Minority Leader Matt Entenza and his wife, Lois Quam (with UnitedHealth), and investor/publisher Vance Opperman.

Former North Carolina Senator (and VP candidate) John Edwards received checks from Mike and Ann Ciresi, Keith Halleland (with Halleland Health Consulting) and lobbyist Andy Kozak.

Former U.S. Attorney Todd Jones gave to Illinois Senator Barack Obama.

John McCain received a check from Vikings long snapper Cullen Loeffler.

Rudy Giuliani received checks from KSTP-TV owner Stanley Hubbard, Wheelock Whitney, Harvey Mackay, Denny Hecker and George and Sally Pillsbury

No Minnesota donors gave to Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich or former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee

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Comments (3)

Slight correction - No Minnesota donors gave over $200 to Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich or former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee.

The list of donors on the FEC reports, where Open Secrets get their information, is those who gave over $200, for the cycle (day after last Pres. election to today) to the specific candidate (campaign actually).

You might be surprised how many people know this rule and only give $200 to candidates, knowing it will never show up in public records.

Open Secrets is nice, they do a good job of compiling the data into a way that is more readable. But any person can get the same information off of the FEC web site, www.fec.gov. The FEC’s web site is pretty user friendly though, they have done a good job at making the public records, well, public.

Posted by Brian J Hanf | May 4, 2007 11:32 AM

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point taken. sorry for the oversight.

Posted by tom scheck | May 4, 2007 12:33 PM

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Lots of folks contribute $1 less than the reporting limits (both R and D).

It isn't an attempt to obfuscate the source of contributions. It's more of an attempt at self-defense.

Both parties avidly mine the CFB reports.

If you show up as a contributor in a CFB report, it guarantees a couple months of unsolicited late night fund-raising calls from your own party.

Veteran activists on both side of the aisle know the score and act accordingly.

Posted by Gremlin | May 4, 2007 1:16 PM

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