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$2.5 billion [27] Inheritance, family owns the Hyatt hotel chain Bill Haslam: Republican: Mayor of Knoxville (2003–2011) Governor of Tennessee (2011–2019) $2 billion [28] Son of Jim Haslam, founder of Pilot Corporation, and former CEO of the e-commerce and catalog division of Saks Fifth Avenue: Mark Dayton: Democratic: Auditor of Minnesota ...
In 2015, the Supreme Federal Court declared corporate donations to political parties and campaigns to be unconstitutional. Before the decision, electoral laws allowed companies to donate up to 2% of their previous year's gross revenue to candidates or party campaign funds, which totaled over 76% ($760m) of the donations on the 2014 election.
RepresentUs is a nonpartisan not-for-profit organization focused on ending political corruption in the United States. [8] [9] [10] Funded by donations and grants, it is run mostly by volunteers aligned in a grassroots organizing network, and it has brought in high-profile celebrities to advance its message.
These groups are more active in American politics than ever before, as in 2016, more than $2.3 billion was raised between the Democratic and Republican National Committees. [73] For the amounts of soft money contributed in recent years and the legislation that enabled this, see the section on the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act.
This list shows only the direct contributions to each campaign but does not include more substantive contributions for lobbying and outside spending. In 2016, direct contributions (in this list) totaled $1,085,100; lobbying efforts (not in this list) totaled $3,188,000; and outside spending (not in this list) totaled $54,398,558.
David Bernhardt, U.S. Secretary of the Interior (2019–2021) and United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior (2017–2019) [1] Jovita Carranza, Administrator of the Small Business Administration (2020–2021) and Treasurer of the United States (2017–2020) [1] Ben Carson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (2017–2021) [2]
Steven Crowder, American-Canadian conservative political commentator, YouTuber and comedian [303] Dalas Review, Spanish YouTuber. [304] [305] Joe Dallas, conversion therapy advocate [306] Jim Daly, President of Focus on the Family [307] Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List [41] Mark Davis, commentator and radio host [308]
This is a list of United States ambassadors appointed by the 45th and 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump, during his 1st term in office (2017–2021). Ambassadorships are often used as a form of political patronage to reward high-profile or important supporters of the president.