Million-Dollar Donors in the 2016 Presidential Race
With nearly $400 million raised during the first half of 2015, this has been the fastest start to a presidential contest. In a stark departure from previous elections, most of the money is flowing not into the campaigns, but into outside groups like “super PACs” and other political organizations that are allowed to raise unlimited amounts of money from wealthy individuals, labor unions and corporations. See which candidate is winning the money race UPDATED Aug. 1, 2015 RELATED ARTICLE
Pct. for each candidate
Total amount given to campaigns and political organizations
1.
Robert Mercer
$11.3 million
Co-chief executive of Renaissance Technologies, a hedge-fund management company.
Ted Cruz 98%
Bobby Jindal 2%
Carly Fiorina <1%
2.
Toby Neugebauer
$10.0 million
Co-founder of a private equity firm and son of United States Representative Randy Neugebauer, Republican of Texas.
Ted Cruz 100%
3.
Kelcy L. Warren
$6.0 million
Dallas billionaire and chief executive of an energy company.
Rick Perry 100%
4.
Darwin A. Deason
$5.0 million
Entrepreneur; founder of Affiliated Computer Services.
Rick Perry 100%
Norman Braman
$5.0 million
Owner of automobile dealerships and former owner of the N.F.L.'s Philadelphia Eagles.
Marco Rubio 100%
Diane Hendricks
$5.0 million
Roofing billionaire.
Scott Walker 100%
Farris Wilks
$5.0 million
Co-founder of Frac Tech, a hydraulic fracturing and oil-field services company. Husband of Jo Ann Wilks.
Ted Cruz 100%
Joann Wilks
$5.0 million
Homemaker. Wife of Farris Wilks.
Ted Cruz 100%
Marlene Ricketts
$5.0 million
Her family owns M.L.B.'s Chicago Cubs. Wife of Joe Ricketts, founder of the online brokerage TD Ameritrade.
Scott Walker 99%
Chris Christie <1%
Ted Cruz <1%
Lindsey Graham <1%
Rick Perry <1%
Marco Rubio <1%
10.
Miguel “Mike” Fernandez
$3.0 million
Founder of the private equity firm MBF Healthcare Partners.
Jeb Bush 100%
Ronald Cameron
$3.0 million
President and chief executive of Mountaire, an Arkansas-based poultry company.
Mike Huckabee >99%
Chris Christie <1%
Larry Ellison
$3.0 million
Former chief executive of Oracle Corporation.
Marco Rubio 100%
13.
Besilu Stables, L.L.C.
$2.5 million
A horse stable owned by Benjamin Leon, a health care executive.
Marco Rubio 100%
Dan Wilks
$2.5 million
Co-founder of Frac Tech, a hydraulic fracturing and oil-field services company. Husband of Staci Wilks.
Ted Cruz 100%
Staci Wilks
$2.5 million
Vice president of Wilks Brothers LLC. Wife of Dan Wilks.
Ted Cruz 100%
16.
Jeffrey Yass
$2.3 million
Executive of the Susquehanna International Group, an investment company; on the board of the Cato Institute.
Rand Paul 100%
17.
Robert C. McNair
$2.0 million
Owner of the N.F.L.'s Houston Texans.
Lindsey Graham 25%
Jeb Bush 25%
Ted Cruz 25%
Scott Walker 25%
Rooney Holdings Inc.
$2.0 million
Private investment firm based in Tulsa, Okla. Its chief executive is Francis Rooney, a former United States ambassador to the Vatican.
Jeb Bush 100%
Laura Perlmutter
$2.0 million
Wife of Isaac Perlmutter, a prominent entertainment executive.
Marco Rubio 100%
Richard Uihlein
$2.0 million
Chief executive of Uline, a packaging supply company in Wisconsin, and an heir to the Schlitz beer fortune.
Scott Walker >99%
Marco Rubio <1%
21.
Donald J. Trump
$1.8 million
Presidential candidate, real estate developer and entertainer.
Donald Trump 100%
Access Industries
$1.8 million
Privately held holding company founded by Len Blavatnik, a New York investor.
Scott Walker 71%
indsey Graham 29%
23.
A. Jerrold Perenchio
$1.7 million
Former chairman and chief executive of Univision.
Carly Fiorina 94%
Jeb Bush 6%
Chris Christie <1%
24.
Bernard Marcus
$1.6 million
Co-founder of Home Depot.
Jeb Bush 63%
Scott Walker 37%
25.
William E. Oberndorf
$1.5 million
Founding partner of SPO Partners, an investment firm.
Jeb Bush 100%
Helen Schwab
$1.5 million
Investor. Wife of Charles R. Schwab, the brokerage-company founder.
Jeb Bush 100%
27.
American Pacific International Capital
$1.3 million
Diversified holding company. Its board of directors includes Neil Bush, one of Jeb Bush's younger brothers.
Jeb Bush 100%
Scott Banister
$1.3 million
Technology entrepreneur and investor; a founder of IronPort, a provider of online security products.
Rand Paul 100%
29.
Robert A. Day
$1.1 million
Founder of the TCW Group, an investment management company.
Jeb Bush 90%
Carly Fiorina 9%
Chris Christie <1%
George Macricostas
$1.1 million
Nevada-based businessman and technology entrepreneur.
Rand Paul 100%
Julian Robertson
$1.1 million
Founder of Tiger Management, a hedge fund.
Jeb Bush 95%
Scott Walker 5%
32.
Charles B. Johnson
$1.0 million
Financier and part owner of M.L.B.'s San Francisco Giants.
Jeb Bush 97%
George Pataki 2%
Ben Carson <1%
NextEra Energy
$1.0 million
Clean energy producer.
Jeb Bush 100%
Nancy G. Kinder
$1.0 million
Philanthropist. Wife of Richard Kinder, the co-founder of an energy company.
Jeb Bush 100%
Richard Kinder
$1.0 million
Co-founder of the energy company Kinder Morgan. Husband of Nancy G. Kinder.
Jeb Bush 100%
Tom Stephenson
$1.0 million
Silicon Valley venture capitalist and a former ambassador to Portugal under President George W. Bush.
Jeb Bush 100%
Al Hoffman Jr.
$1.0 million
Retired Florida developer who served as ambassador to Portugal under President George W. Bush.
Jeb Bush 100%
Brad Freeman
$1.0 million
Chairman of a California private-equity firm.
Jeb Bush 100%
Shahla Ansary
$1.0 million
Homemaker in Houston. Wife of Hushang Ansary, a former Iranian ambassador to the United States.
Jeb Bush 100%
Gary Chouest
$1.0 million
President of Edison Chouest Offshore, a shipping company based in Louisiana.
Bobby Jindal 100%
Ronald O. Perelman
$1.0 million
Wall Street executive.
Lindsey Graham 50%
Jeb Bush 50%
Ray L. Hunt
$1.0 million
Dallas oil billionaire with close ties to the Bushes.
Jeb Bush 100%
Hushang Ansary
$1.0 million
Houston businessman and former Iranian ambassador to the United States. Husband of Shahla Ansary.
Jeb Bush 100%
Jeffrey Katzenberg
$1.0 million
Chief executive of DreamWorks Animation.
Hillary Clinton 100%
Nancy Ann Hunt
$1.0 million
Homemaker. Wife of the oil billionaire Ray L. Hunt.
Jeb Bush 100%
Raul Rodriguez
$1.0 million
Founder of a home medical equipment company.
Jeb Bush 100%
Haim Saban
$1.0 million
California media investor, major Democratic donor and husband of Cheryl Saban, a philanthropist.
Hillary Clinton 100%
Cheryl Saban
$1.0 million
Philanthropist and wife of Haim Saban, an entertainment mogul.
Hillary Clinton 100%
Herbert M. Sandler
$1.0 million
Founder, with his wife, Marion, of Golden West Financial, the giant California savings and loan bought by the Wachovia Corporation in 2006.
Hillary Clinton 100%
Stephen M. Silberstein
$1.0 million
Co-founder of Innovative Interfaces, a company that develops automated systems for libraries, in 1978 and served as its first president.
Hillary Clinton 100%
Steven Spielberg
$1.0 million
Film director and co-principal of DreamWorks Animation.
Hillary Clinton 100%
Alexandra Cohen
$1.0 million
President of the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation. Wife of Steven A. Cohen.
Chris Christie 100%
Fair Share Action
$1.0 million
An organization advocating for economic and political equality.
Hillary Clinton 100%
UA Political Education Committee
$1.0 million
A PAC run by a plumbers and pipefitters union.
Hillary Clinton 100%
Winecup Gamble Ranch
$1.0 million
Nevada ranch owned by Paul Fireman, the founder of Reebok, who has proposed a $4.6 billion casino resort in Jersey City.
Chris Christie 100%
Jasper Reserves, L.L.C.
$1.0 million
Jeb Bush 100%
Louis Moore Bacon
$1.0 million
Founder of the hedge fund Moore Capital Management.
Jeb Bush 100%
Steven A. Cohen
$1.0 million
Chairman and chief executive of Point72 Asset Management. Husband of Alexandra Cohen.
Chris Christie 100%
Schottenstein Management Company
$1.0 million
An Ohio real estate company.
John Kasich 100%
Trevor D. Rees-Jones
$1.0 million
Oil magnate. Husband of Jan Rees-Jones, a philanthropist.
Jeb Bush 100%
Jan Rees-Jones
$1.0 million
Philanthropist. Wife of Trevor D. Rees-Jones, an oil billionaire.
Jeb Bush 100%
George Soros
$1.0 million
Billionaire philanthropist and investor.
Hillary Clinton 100%
S. Donald Sussman
$1.0 million
Founder and chairman of Paloma Partners LLC.
Hillary Clinton 100%
Wendt Family Trust
$1.0 million
Based in San Francisco.
John Kasich 100%
Sources: Federal Election Commission, Internal Revenue Service
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With nearly $400 million raised during the first half of 2015, this has been the fastest start to a presidential contest. In a stark departure from previous elections, most of the money is flowing not into the campaigns, but into outside groups like “super PACs” and other political organizations that are allowed to raise unlimited amounts of money from wealthy individuals, labor unions and corporations. See which candidate is winning the money race UPDATED Aug. 1, 2015 RELATED ARTICLE
Pct. for each candidate
Total amount given to campaigns and political organizations
1.
Robert Mercer
$11.3 million
Co-chief executive of Renaissance Technologies, a hedge-fund management company.
Ted Cruz 98%
Bobby Jindal 2%
Carly Fiorina <1%
2.
Toby Neugebauer
$10.0 million
Co-founder of a private equity firm and son of United States Representative Randy Neugebauer, Republican of Texas.
Ted Cruz 100%
3.
Kelcy L. Warren
$6.0 million
Dallas billionaire and chief executive of an energy company.
Rick Perry 100%
4.
Darwin A. Deason
$5.0 million
Entrepreneur; founder of Affiliated Computer Services.
Rick Perry 100%
Norman Braman
$5.0 million
Owner of automobile dealerships and former owner of the N.F.L.'s Philadelphia Eagles.
Marco Rubio 100%
Diane Hendricks
$5.0 million
Roofing billionaire.
Scott Walker 100%
Farris Wilks
$5.0 million
Co-founder of Frac Tech, a hydraulic fracturing and oil-field services company. Husband of Jo Ann Wilks.
Ted Cruz 100%
Joann Wilks
$5.0 million
Homemaker. Wife of Farris Wilks.
Ted Cruz 100%
Marlene Ricketts
$5.0 million
Her family owns M.L.B.'s Chicago Cubs. Wife of Joe Ricketts, founder of the online brokerage TD Ameritrade.
Scott Walker 99%
Chris Christie <1%
Ted Cruz <1%
Lindsey Graham <1%
Rick Perry <1%
Marco Rubio <1%
10.
Miguel “Mike” Fernandez
$3.0 million
Founder of the private equity firm MBF Healthcare Partners.
Jeb Bush 100%
Ronald Cameron
$3.0 million
President and chief executive of Mountaire, an Arkansas-based poultry company.
Mike Huckabee >99%
Chris Christie <1%
Larry Ellison
$3.0 million
Former chief executive of Oracle Corporation.
Marco Rubio 100%
13.
Besilu Stables, L.L.C.
$2.5 million
A horse stable owned by Benjamin Leon, a health care executive.
Marco Rubio 100%
Dan Wilks
$2.5 million
Co-founder of Frac Tech, a hydraulic fracturing and oil-field services company. Husband of Staci Wilks.
Ted Cruz 100%
Staci Wilks
$2.5 million
Vice president of Wilks Brothers LLC. Wife of Dan Wilks.
Ted Cruz 100%
16.
Jeffrey Yass
$2.3 million
Executive of the Susquehanna International Group, an investment company; on the board of the Cato Institute.
Rand Paul 100%
17.
Robert C. McNair
$2.0 million
Owner of the N.F.L.'s Houston Texans.
Lindsey Graham 25%
Jeb Bush 25%
Ted Cruz 25%
Scott Walker 25%
Rooney Holdings Inc.
$2.0 million
Private investment firm based in Tulsa, Okla. Its chief executive is Francis Rooney, a former United States ambassador to the Vatican.
Jeb Bush 100%
Laura Perlmutter
$2.0 million
Wife of Isaac Perlmutter, a prominent entertainment executive.
Marco Rubio 100%
Richard Uihlein
$2.0 million
Chief executive of Uline, a packaging supply company in Wisconsin, and an heir to the Schlitz beer fortune.
Scott Walker >99%
Marco Rubio <1%
21.
Donald J. Trump
$1.8 million
Presidential candidate, real estate developer and entertainer.
Donald Trump 100%
Access Industries
$1.8 million
Privately held holding company founded by Len Blavatnik, a New York investor.
Scott Walker 71%
indsey Graham 29%
23.
A. Jerrold Perenchio
$1.7 million
Former chairman and chief executive of Univision.
Carly Fiorina 94%
Jeb Bush 6%
Chris Christie <1%
24.
Bernard Marcus
$1.6 million
Co-founder of Home Depot.
Jeb Bush 63%
Scott Walker 37%
25.
William E. Oberndorf
$1.5 million
Founding partner of SPO Partners, an investment firm.
Jeb Bush 100%
Helen Schwab
$1.5 million
Investor. Wife of Charles R. Schwab, the brokerage-company founder.
Jeb Bush 100%
27.
American Pacific International Capital
$1.3 million
Diversified holding company. Its board of directors includes Neil Bush, one of Jeb Bush's younger brothers.
Jeb Bush 100%
Scott Banister
$1.3 million
Technology entrepreneur and investor; a founder of IronPort, a provider of online security products.
Rand Paul 100%
29.
Robert A. Day
$1.1 million
Founder of the TCW Group, an investment management company.
Jeb Bush 90%
Carly Fiorina 9%
Chris Christie <1%
George Macricostas
$1.1 million
Nevada-based businessman and technology entrepreneur.
Rand Paul 100%
Julian Robertson
$1.1 million
Founder of Tiger Management, a hedge fund.
Jeb Bush 95%
Scott Walker 5%
32.
Charles B. Johnson
$1.0 million
Financier and part owner of M.L.B.'s San Francisco Giants.
Jeb Bush 97%
George Pataki 2%
Ben Carson <1%
NextEra Energy
$1.0 million
Clean energy producer.
Jeb Bush 100%
Nancy G. Kinder
$1.0 million
Philanthropist. Wife of Richard Kinder, the co-founder of an energy company.
Jeb Bush 100%
Richard Kinder
$1.0 million
Co-founder of the energy company Kinder Morgan. Husband of Nancy G. Kinder.
Jeb Bush 100%
Tom Stephenson
$1.0 million
Silicon Valley venture capitalist and a former ambassador to Portugal under President George W. Bush.
Jeb Bush 100%
Al Hoffman Jr.
$1.0 million
Retired Florida developer who served as ambassador to Portugal under President George W. Bush.
Jeb Bush 100%
Brad Freeman
$1.0 million
Chairman of a California private-equity firm.
Jeb Bush 100%
Shahla Ansary
$1.0 million
Homemaker in Houston. Wife of Hushang Ansary, a former Iranian ambassador to the United States.
Jeb Bush 100%
Gary Chouest
$1.0 million
President of Edison Chouest Offshore, a shipping company based in Louisiana.
Bobby Jindal 100%
Ronald O. Perelman
$1.0 million
Wall Street executive.
Lindsey Graham 50%
Jeb Bush 50%
Ray L. Hunt
$1.0 million
Dallas oil billionaire with close ties to the Bushes.
Jeb Bush 100%
Hushang Ansary
$1.0 million
Houston businessman and former Iranian ambassador to the United States. Husband of Shahla Ansary.
Jeb Bush 100%
Jeffrey Katzenberg
$1.0 million
Chief executive of DreamWorks Animation.
Hillary Clinton 100%
Nancy Ann Hunt
$1.0 million
Homemaker. Wife of the oil billionaire Ray L. Hunt.
Jeb Bush 100%
Raul Rodriguez
$1.0 million
Founder of a home medical equipment company.
Jeb Bush 100%
Haim Saban
$1.0 million
California media investor, major Democratic donor and husband of Cheryl Saban, a philanthropist.
Hillary Clinton 100%
Cheryl Saban
$1.0 million
Philanthropist and wife of Haim Saban, an entertainment mogul.
Hillary Clinton 100%
Herbert M. Sandler
$1.0 million
Founder, with his wife, Marion, of Golden West Financial, the giant California savings and loan bought by the Wachovia Corporation in 2006.
Hillary Clinton 100%
Stephen M. Silberstein
$1.0 million
Co-founder of Innovative Interfaces, a company that develops automated systems for libraries, in 1978 and served as its first president.
Hillary Clinton 100%
Steven Spielberg
$1.0 million
Film director and co-principal of DreamWorks Animation.
Hillary Clinton 100%
Alexandra Cohen
$1.0 million
President of the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation. Wife of Steven A. Cohen.
Chris Christie 100%
Fair Share Action
$1.0 million
An organization advocating for economic and political equality.
Hillary Clinton 100%
UA Political Education Committee
$1.0 million
A PAC run by a plumbers and pipefitters union.
Hillary Clinton 100%
Winecup Gamble Ranch
$1.0 million
Nevada ranch owned by Paul Fireman, the founder of Reebok, who has proposed a $4.6 billion casino resort in Jersey City.
Chris Christie 100%
Jasper Reserves, L.L.C.
$1.0 million
Jeb Bush 100%
Louis Moore Bacon
$1.0 million
Founder of the hedge fund Moore Capital Management.
Jeb Bush 100%
Steven A. Cohen
$1.0 million
Chairman and chief executive of Point72 Asset Management. Husband of Alexandra Cohen.
Chris Christie 100%
Schottenstein Management Company
$1.0 million
An Ohio real estate company.
John Kasich 100%
Trevor D. Rees-Jones
$1.0 million
Oil magnate. Husband of Jan Rees-Jones, a philanthropist.
Jeb Bush 100%
Jan Rees-Jones
$1.0 million
Philanthropist. Wife of Trevor D. Rees-Jones, an oil billionaire.
Jeb Bush 100%
George Soros
$1.0 million
Billionaire philanthropist and investor.
Hillary Clinton 100%
S. Donald Sussman
$1.0 million
Founder and chairman of Paloma Partners LLC.
Hillary Clinton 100%
Wendt Family Trust
$1.0 million
Based in San Francisco.
John Kasich 100%
Sources: Federal Election Commission, Internal Revenue Service
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