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• Top 25 super PAC donors for 2012 election cycle
• Rank Name Total Given Ideology
  • 1 Sheldon Adelson & family (see profile) $93.3 million Republican
  • 2 Harold Simmons & wife, companies (see profile) $30.9 million Republican
  • 3 Bob Perry (see profile) $23.5 million Republican
  • 4 Fred Eychaner (see profile) $14.1 million Democratic
  • 5 Joe Ricketts (see profile) $13.1 million Republican
  • 6 William S. Rose (Specialty Group) (see profile) $12.1 million Republican
  • 7 United Auto Workers (see profile) $11.8 million Democratic
  • 8 National Education Association (see profile) $10.8 million Democratic
  • 9 Michael Bloomberg (see profile) $10 million Independent
  • 10 Republican Governors Association (see profile) $9.8 million Republican
  • 11 James H. Simons (see profile) $9.6 million Democratic
  • 12 AFSCME (see profile) $8.2 million Democratic
  • 13 AFL-CIO (see profile) $7.4 million Democratic
  • 14 Robert B. Rowling (see profile) $6.1 million Republican
  • 15 American Federation of Teachers (see profile) $5.8 million Democratic
  • 16 Robert Mercer (see profile) $5.5 million Republican
  • 17 Steve and Amber Mostyn (see profile) $5.2 million Democratic
  • 18 George Soros* & family (see profile) $5.1 million Democratic
  • 19 William Koch (see profile) $4.8 million Republican
  • 20 Peter Thiel (see profile) $4.7 million Republican
  • 21 SEIU (see profile) $4.4 million Democratic
  • 21 Joe Craft (see profile) $4.4 million Republican
  • 23 John Childs (see profile) $4.2 million Republican
  • 23 Plumbers and Pipefitters Union (see profile) $4.2 million Democratic
  • 25 Jerry Perenchio (see profile) $4.1 million Republican