Politics & Government
Who Are the Top Campaign Cash Donors in Rockridge?
The majority of contributions from 94618 are going to Democrats.
When the last polls close on November 6, the Republicans and the Democrats will have raised between them nearly $2 billion in the race for the White House. To date, Rockridge's contribution to that ocean of money has been around $618,000. In 2008, $1 million in political money came from the 94618 zip code.
According to Open Secrets, a non-partisan group that tracks money in politics, 97 percent of the top contributions in 2012 from Rockridge went to Democrats.
What do you think? Is money corrosive to our political system, or is cash a legitimate form of political speech, deserving of the same protections and freedoms extended to other types of discourse.
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Search the Open Secrets database for the names of specific donors.
The top contributors from 94618 Contributer Recipient Occupation Amount Date BERLEKAMP, ELWYN Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte SELF-EMPLOYED $10,000 5/29/2012 TOBIAS, STEPHEN F DNC Services Corp SELF $10,000 9/2/2011 MORGAN, LEIGH DNC Services Corp GENENTECH $7,500 2/29/2012 MORGAN, LEIGH EMILY's List MORGAN CONSULTING $7,500 4/2/2012 MORGAN, LEIGH Women Vote! MORGAN CONSULTING $7,500 4/27/2012 ORDONEZ, KATHY PALMER Quest Diagnostics QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED $5,000 6/14/2011 LANS, ALAN BOB MR EMILY's List UNEMPLOYED $5,000 8/31/2011 Townsend, Robert DNC Services Corp Morrison & Foerster, LLP $5,000 9/4/2012 GILLIAM, HAYWOOD DNC Services Corp BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN LLP $4,500 7/31/2012 RUSS, GAILE B Obama, Barack (D) RETIRED $3,000 9/6/2011 Source: Open Secrets
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