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Top Contributors
Select: These tables list the top donors to these candidates in the 2012 election cycle. The organizations themselves did not donate , rather the money came from the organizations' PACs, their individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals' immediate families. Organization totals include subsidiaries and affiliates. Because of contribution limits, organizations that bundle together many individual contributions are often among the top donors to presidential candidates. These contributions can come from the organization's members or employees (and their families). The organization may support one candidate, or hedge its bets by supporting multiple candidates. Groups with national networks of donors - like EMILY's List and Club for Growth - make for particularly big bundlers.

Barack Obama
University of California Microsoft Corp Google Inc US Government Harvard University $1,092,906 $761,343 $737,055 $627,628 $602,992

Mitt Romney
Goldman Sachs Bank of America Morgan Stanley JPMorgan Chase & Co Credit Suisse Group $994,139 $921,839 $827,255 $792,147 $618,941

Ron Paul
US Army US Navy US Air Force Google Inc US Dept of Defense $115,458 $92,350 $90,611 $42,478 $39,500

Newt Gingrich
Rock-Tenn Co Las Vegas Sands Poet LLC Bay Area Surgical Management Pull-A-Part Inc $28,000 $25,000 $22,500 $17,500 $15,000

Rick Santorum
Blue Cross/Blue Shield Universal Health Services First Quality Enterprises Northwestern Mutual Martins Famous Pastry Shoppe $22,750 $20,000 $17,500 $16,900 $15,000

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Rick Perry
Ryan Inc Murray Energy USAA Contran Corp Ernst & Young $209,300 $107,554 $67,250 $50,000 $48,600

Herman Cain
Frias Holding T&L Irrigation Wells Fargo Jawa Chick-Fil-A $16,000 $15,000 $13,300 $11,600 $10,350

Michele Bachmann
Empire Office Inc College Loan Corp Hubbard Broadcasting Captive-Aire Inc Slumberland Inc $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000

Jon Huntsman
Ultimate Fighting Championship Fertitta Entertainment Station Casinos University of Utah Eastdil Secured $34,000 $29,500 $29,000 $25,200 $21,000

Tim Pawlenty
Goldman Sachs Moelis & Co Wells Fargo Capital Group Companies Morgan Stanley $57,500 $47,000 $37,250 $32,500 $31,715

Gary Johnson
Double Springs Ranch Morning Star Co Tower Energy Group Ryan Inc Maxwell Technologies Welcom Products $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $7,750 $7,500 $7,500

Jill Stein
Amazon.com University of California Signature Consulting San Luis Obispo County, CA City of Rochester, NY $5,250 $3,000 $2,500 $2,500 $2,400

Buddy Roemer
Farm Bureau Insurance Louisiana Companies University of San Diego School of Law HLB Engineering $200 $200 $-2 $-10

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Trident Seafoods

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Fred Karger
RMI Investment Murchison & Cumming Dahn Corp Corcoran Group Coldwell Banker $2,500 $2,400 $2,400 $1,500 $1,360

Thaddeus G. McCotter
McCotter Congressional Cmte ActRight National Assn of Convenience Stores Merrill Lynch Second Wind Enterprises Social Security Administration $219,305 $49,902 $5,000 $4,000 $2,500 $2,500

Randall Terry
Citgo Petroleum Oak Brook Racquet Club Social Security Administration Washington Air Compressor Rental Co Peroutka & Peroutka Domecile Engineer $3,300 $2,500 $2,500 $2,500 $2,000 $2,000

Why (and How) We Use Donors' Employer/Occupation Information METHODOLOGY NOTE: All the numbers on this page are for the 2012 election cycle and based on Federal Election Commission data released electronically on Thursday, October 25, 2012. ("Help! The numbers don't add up...")
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