Top Donors: The Races
Top Donors Across All Campaigns
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| Rank |
Name |
Amount |
City |
Employer/Occupation |
Donated to |
| 1. (tie) |
E. Renee Grisham |
$14,800 |
North |
None/Homemaker |
Clinton, Perriello, |
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Garden |
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Warner, Obama |
| 1. (tie) |
John Grisham |
$14,800 |
North |
Self employed/Writer |
Clinton, Warner, |
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Garden |
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Perriello, Obama |
| 2. (tie) |
Michael Bills |
$13,800 |
C’ville |
Self employed/Investor |
Perriello, Warner, |
| 2. (tie) |
Leslie Gilliam |
$13,800 |
Keswick |
Cumberland Resources |
Warner, Goode, Obama |
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Corp./Manager |
Giuliani, McCain |
| 2. (tie) |
Richard Gilliam |
$13,800 |
Keswick |
Cumberland Resources |
Warner, Giuliani, |
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Corp./President |
McCain, Goode, Romney |
| 2. (tie) |
Bruce R. Murray |
$13,800 |
Keene |
Greenbriar Square Properties/ |
Obama, Warner, Perriello |
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Property Manager |
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| 2. (tie) |
Sonjia Smith |
$13,800 |
C’ville |
None/Homemaker |
Obama, Warner, |
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Perriello |
| 2. (tie) |
R. Ted Weschler |
$13,800 |
C’ville |
Peninsula Capital |
McCain, Perriello, |
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Advisors, LLC/Managing |
Clinton, Warner |
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Director |
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Roberta Williamson |
$11,500 |
C’ville |
None/Ice Rink Owner |
Obama, Perriello, Warner |
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Richard Hewitt |
$11,300 |
C’ville |
Self employed/ |
Goode, Warner |
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Real Estate Developer |
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DEMOCRATIC DONORS
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Top Obama Donors
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| Rank |
Name |
Amount |
City |
Employer/Occupation |
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| 1 |
Stanley Woodward |
$6,300 |
C’ville |
Self employed/Artist |
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| 2 |
George Willis Logan Jr. |
$5,600 |
C’ville |
Virginia Wine of the Month Club/ |
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President–Retailer |
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| 3. (tie) |
Karen Jane Beauford |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
None/None |
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| 3. (tie) |
Michael Bills |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
Self employed/Investor |
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| 3. (tie) |
Margaret Boyd |
$4,600 |
Earlysville |
BCG Transportation Group, Inc./ |
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Transportation Safety Consultant |
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| 3. (tie) |
Dennis Crumpler |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
Techdiscovery LLC/Private Investor |
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| 3. (tie) |
Robin Dripps |
$4,600 |
Batesville |
UVA/Teacher |
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| 3. (tie) |
Harold Jordan |
$4,600 |
Greenwood |
None/Retired |
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| 3. (tie) |
Barbara Hough Lee |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
None/Retired |
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| 3. (tie) |
Robert E. Lee Jr. |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
None/Retired |
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| 3. (tie) |
Mary Jordan |
$4,600 |
Greenwood |
None/Retired |
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Name |
Amount |
City |
Employer/Occupation |
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| 3. (tie) |
Mark Logan |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
None/Retired |
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| 3. (tie) |
Bruce R. Murray |
$4,600 |
Keene |
Greenbriar Square Properties/ |
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Property Manager |
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| 3. (tie) |
James B. Murray Jr. |
$4,600 |
Keene |
Self employed/Investor |
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| 3. (tie) |
Reid Nagle |
$4,600 |
Crozet |
SNL Financial/Chairman & Founder |
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| 3. (tie) |
Jan Paynter |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
Self employed/Writer |
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| 3. (tie) |
Judith Trumbly |
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Rasmussen |
$4,600 |
Ivy |
None/Homemaker |
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| 3. (tie) |
Jane Ashley Skinner |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
None/Homemaker |
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| 3. (tie) |
Peter Skinner |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
Self employed/Artist |
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| 3. (tie) |
Boyd Tinsley |
$4,600 |
North |
Dave Matthews Band/Musician |
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Garden |
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| 3. (tie) |
Melinda Vaughan |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
None/Homemaker |
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| 3. (tie) |
Roberta Williamson |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
None/Ice Rink Owner |
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Top Warner Donors
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| Rank |
Name |
Amount |
City |
Employer/Occupation |
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| 1. (tie) |
Janice Aron |
$4,600 |
Keswick |
Kinloch Enterprises/President |
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| 1. (tie) |
Robert Aron |
$4,600 |
Keswick |
None/Retired |
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| 1. (tie) |
Bill Atwood |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
Self employed/Architect |
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| 1. (tie) |
Michael Bills |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
Self employed/Investor |
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| 1. (tie) |
Courtney Daniels |
$4,600 |
Greenwood |
None/Homemaker |
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| 1. (tie) |
Terrence Daniels |
$4,600 |
Greenwood |
Quad-C Management Inc./Executive |
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| 1. (tie) |
Leslie Gilliam |
$4,600 |
Keswick |
Cumberland Resources Corp./Manager |
| 1. (tie) |
Richard Gilliam |
$4,600 |
Keswick |
Cumberland Resources Corp./President |
| 1. (tie) |
E. Renee Grisham |
$4,600 |
North |
None/Homemaker |
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Garden |
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| 1. (tie) |
John Grisham |
$4,600 |
North |
Self employed/Writer |
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Garden |
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| 1. (tie) |
Robert Hobart |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
None/Retired |
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| 1. (tie) |
William Kehoe |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
UVA/Educator |
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| 1. (tie) |
George W. Logan |
$4,600 |
Earlysville |
Self employed/Private Investor |
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| 1. (tie) |
Helen H. Logan |
$4,600 |
Earlysville |
UVA Medical Center/Music Investor |
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| 1. (tie) |
Charles Lunsford III |
$4,600 |
North |
Virginia Candle Company/President |
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Garden |
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| 1. (tie) |
Fleming Lunsford |
$4,600 |
North |
Self employed/Photographer |
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Garden |
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| 1. (tie) |
C. Wilson McNeely III |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
Self employed/Investor |
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| 1. (tie) |
Bruce R. Murray |
$4,600 |
Keene |
Greenbriar Square Properties/ |
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Property Manager |
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| 1. (tie) |
James B. Murray Jr. |
$4,600 |
Keene |
Self employed/Investor |
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| 1. (tie) |
Frederic Scott |
$4,600 |
North |
Bundoran Farms/Owner |
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Garden |
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| 1. (tie) |
Sonjia Smith |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
None/Homemaker |
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Top Perriello Donors
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Name |
Amount |
City |
Employer/Occupation |
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| 1. (tie) |
Ranjit Ahluwalia |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
Silver Point Capital/Senior Analyst |
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| 1. (tie) |
Sara Harris Ahluwalia |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
Silver Point Capital/Attorney |
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| 1. (tie) |
Michael Bills |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
Self employed/Investor |
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| 1. (tie) |
Lynne Conboy |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
Habitat for Humanity/Voluntary Board Chair |
| 1. (tie) |
Robin Dripps |
$4,600 |
Batesville |
UVA/Teacher |
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| 1. (tie) |
E. Renee Grisham |
$4,600 |
North |
None/Homemaker |
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Garden |
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| 1. (tie) |
John Grisham |
$4,600 |
North |
Self employed/Writer |
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Garden |
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| 1. (tie) |
Molly Hardie |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
Self employed/Homemaker |
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| 1. (tie) |
Robert Hardie |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
Level One Partners, LLC/Managing Director |
| 1. (tie) |
Bruce R. Murray |
$4,600 |
Keene |
Greenbriar Square Properties/ |
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Property Manager |
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| 1. (tie) |
L. Paige Perriello |
$4,600 |
Ivy |
Boston Children’s Hospital/Pediatrician |
| 1. (tie) |
Linda Perriello |
$4,600 |
Ivy |
Self employed/Financial Advisor |
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| 1. (tie) |
Maureen Perriello |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
None/None |
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| 1. (tie) |
Vito Perriello |
$4,600 |
Ivy |
Pediatric Associates/Physician |
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| 1. (tie) |
Vito A. Perriello |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
St. Anne’s Belfield School/Administrator |
| 1. (tie) |
Lucia Phinney |
$4,600 |
Batesville |
UVA/Teacher |
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| 1. (tie) |
Terence Sieg |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
JW Sieg and Co, Inc./President |
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| 1. (tie) |
Sonjia Smith |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
None/Homemaker |
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| 1. (tie) |
Sheila Weschler |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
None/Homemaker |
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| 1. (tie) |
R. Ted Weschler |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
Peninsula Capital Advisors, LLC/ |
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Managing Director |
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| 1. (tie) |
Roberta Williamson |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
None/Ice Rink Owner |
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REPUBLICAN DONORS
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Top McCain Donors
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| Rank |
Name |
Amount |
City |
Employer/Occupation |
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| 1 |
Michael La Duc |
$6,900 |
C’ville |
Center for Sustainable Solutions/Consultant |
| 2. (tie) |
Terrence Daniels |
$4,600 |
Greenwood |
Quad-C Management Inc./Executive |
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| 2. (tie) |
R. Ted Weschler |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
Peninsula Capital Advisors, LLC/ |
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Managing Director |
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| 2. (tie) |
Cecile C. Wheeler |
$4,600 |
Keswick |
Anheuser Busch Company/Distributor |
| 5 |
Clifford Lewis |
$4,300 |
Keswick |
Currenex/CEO |
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Lawrence Eagleburger |
$3,800 |
C’ville |
None/Retired |
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Lynn Gibbons Brown |
$2,800 |
C’ville |
Brown Honda Dodge/Owner |
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Top Gilmore Donors
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Name |
Amount |
City |
Employer/Occupation |
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John Galbraith |
$2,300 |
C’ville |
None/Retired |
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Top Goode Donors
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Name |
Amount |
City |
Employer/Occupation |
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| 1 |
John Galbraith |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
None/Retired |
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| 2. (tie) |
Leslie Gilliam |
$4,600 |
Keswick |
Cumberland Resources Corp./Manager |
| 2. (tie) |
Phil Wendel |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
Self employed/Business Owner |
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| 2. (tie) |
Doris Wilsdorf |
$4,600 |
C’ville |
Hypercon/Owner |
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| 5. (tie) |
Douglas Caton |
$4,300 |
C’ville |
Management Services Corporation/Executive |
| 5. (tie) |
James Hall |
$4,300 |
C’ville |
Worldstrides/CEO |
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Richard Hewitt |
$4,000 |
C’ville |
Self employed/Real Estate Developer |
| 8 |
Seminole Trail |
$3,000 |
C’ville |
Self employed/Real Estate Developer |
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Properties LLC |
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(Richard Hewitt) |
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| 9 |
William Stevenson |
$2,550 |
C’ville |
None/Retired |
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Thomas Boland |
$2,500 |
C’ville |
Self employed/Consultant |
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A note about our analysis:
Using publicly available election finance data from the presidential, senatorial, and congressional races, we analyzed the “big givers” in the Charlottesville area—those who gave at the legal limit of $2,300. In cases where a donor’s total is more than $2,300, donations were made to candidates in multiple races, to multiple candidates in the same race, or during the primary phase and again in the general election. The total of the gifts we analyzed is just over $1 million.
Only gifts through October 15, 2008, were included in the analysis. Some small donations made by “big givers” may not have been captured.
For our chart, we divided the donors into eight “types” based on vocation or occupation. Married donors without an identifiable profession were put in the same category as their spouses who had listed a profession.
