Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Fifty lobbyists give $70K to Josh Hawley campaign, DeVos family kicks in $27,000

At least 50 lobbyists contributed  $70,900 to Attorney General Josh Hawley's campaign to unseat Sen. Claire McCaskill during the past three months, according to his financial disclosure report filed with the Federal Election Commission.

The lobbyists represented special interests across the spectrum with many of them handling insurance, pharmaceutical and health care interests, while others looked after the interest of banking and financial groups, energy and communications.

Hawley also received $27,000 from five members of the DeVos family, though not from Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos.

The report shows Hawley received $1,554,095.95 during the quarter and spent $961,716.97, leaving him with $1,347,345.95.

Political action committees accounted for $296,750.

Among others listed among Hawley's contributors:

-Former Trump Chief of Staff Reince Preibus $2,700
-Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld $2,700
-Sen. Ron Richard $1,000
-Former Sen. Kit Bond (now a lobbyist) $300
-Kit Bond Strategies $1,700
-Rep. Bill White $500

Among the PACs, contributing to Hawley:

Acadia Healthcare
Alliance Coal
Altria
Coalpac
Koch Industries
Leggett & Platt
Marathon Petroleum
National Rifle Association
Committee to Defend the President


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Big deal....they all have sources of money

Anonymous said...

How about a list of his opponents contributions, Randy?