The following individuals gave $2,000 or more to candidates for the Fifth District U.S. House of Representatives in 2006, according to the Federal Election Committee. In the race between Democratic challenger Al Weed and Republican incumbent Virgil Goode, Goode lost Charlottesville and Albemarle but won the district overall by almost 20 percentage points.
What can we tell from who gave? The list of top donors for Goode includes a number of presidents, owners and CEOs. The list for Weed includes several attorneys, educators and a slew of retirees. High-profile developers like Wendell Wood, Hunter Craig and Charles Rotgin all gave to Goode, while high-profile celebrities like John Grisham and Boyd Tinsley gave to Weed. We guess sometimes the stereotypes are true.
Virgil Goode
Thomas F. Boland, Douglas E. Caton, John Dudinsky, Rosemary P. Galbraith, Leslie F. Gilliam, Richard Gilliam, Cindy Hewitt, Richard B. Hewitt, James L. Jessup Jr., C. Wilson McNeely III, James F. Rose, Charles Rotgin Jr., Fred Scott, Phil Wendel, Doris Wilsdorf, Marlene C. Wood, Wendell W. Wood
Al Weed
William J. Abbott, Michael D. Bills, Melinda Brown, Richard Brown, L. W. Deneveu, Robin Dripps, Llezelle A. Dugger, Lawrence R. Eicher, Catherine Goldschmidt, Vesta L. Gordon, John R. Grisham, Shea Grisham, Robert Hobart, Cri Kars-Marshall, Katie Kellett, Gary Kendall, Harold H. Kolb Jr., Anna T. Lane, William Lankford, George Leaman, Russell M. Linden, Anne J. Logan, Helen H. Logan, Mark B. Logan, John F. Marshall, Thomas B. McIntosh, Eugene J. Meyung, Catherine G. Peaslee, Lucia Phinney, Grace D. Riggs, Beverly Seng, S. S. Smith, W. M. Thompson Jr., Boyd Tinsley, John O. Wheeler, Roberta B. Williamson, Marie J. Woodward