Hillary Clinton’s Double Donors
Largest Donors to Pro-Clinton 527 Have Something in Common
BY Josh Israel | March 05, 2008
Five of the six individuals who have given $10,000 or more to the American Leadership Project, a 527 committee formed recently to promote Hillary Clinton, had already given the legal maximum of $4,600 to her presidential campaign, an analysis by the Center for Public Integrity shows.
In its filings with the Federal Election Commission, the American Leadership Project reported receiving 24 contributions totaling $1,161,485 from February 22 to March 3. Of that amount, $1 million came from the American Federal of State, County, and Municipal Employees, a labor union that’s backing Clinton’s candidacy. AFSCME’s political action committee gave Clinton’s presidential committee $4,999 — a dollar short of the legal limit for the primary campaign.
The largest individual donors to the American Leadership Project were Jay Eisenhofer, a lawyer in New York City ($50,000); Stephen Kennedy, the owner of a construction company in Glenwood Springs, Colorado ($25,000); Michele Dunkerley, a lawyer in Mercer Island, Washington ($20,000); Paul Goldenberg, the founder of the California-based Paul’s TV chain and self-described “King of Big Screens” ($15,000); Monica Graham of East Hampton, New York ($10,000); and William Titelman, a lawyer in Washington, D.C. ($10,000). All but Kennedy had previously “maxed out” to Clinton’s presidential campaign.
There are no limits on contributions to 527 organizations.
According to the filings, published on The Politico’s website, ALP spent more than $863,000 on pro-Clinton television ads.