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NY2008 Election Cycle

Campaign finance in NY during 2008

Total Raised

$71,845,297

Total Donated

$336,218,833

Candidates

77

Individual Donors

97,429

Party Receipts in 2008

DEM $51,038,925
REP $20,742,412

Top Candidates in NY (2008)

Top federal candidates in NY during the 2008 election cycle.
NamePartyOfficeTotal Raised
TREADWELL, SANDYREPHouse$7,043,429
RANGEL, CHARLES BDEMHouse$5,093,242
GILLIBRAND, KIRSTEN ELIZABETH MRS.DEMHouse$4,649,657
DAVIS, JOHN R JRDEMHouse$3,910,537
MAFFEI, DANIEL B MR.DEMHouse$2,366,304
LEE, CHRISTOPHER J.REPHouse$2,247,747
HALL, JOHN JOSEPHDEMHouse$2,239,382
MASSA, ERIC J JDEMHouse$2,161,662
ISRAEL, STEVEDEMHouse$2,144,802
CROWLEY, JOSEPHDEMHouse$2,058,157
KING, PETER TREPHouse$1,791,789
MALONEY, CAROLYN BDEMHouse$1,692,323
ARCURI, MICHAEL ADEMHouse$1,612,043
TOWNS, EDOLPHUSDEMHouse$1,545,294
KUHL, JOHNREPHouse$1,501,074
MCMAHON, MICHAEL E. MR.DEMHouse$1,481,527
SAUL, ANDREW MARSHALLREPHouse$1,466,368
LOWEY, NITA MDEMHouse$1,394,487
BISHOP, TIMOTHYDEMHouse$1,391,807
NADLER, JERROLD L MR.DEMHouse$1,381,999
MCCARTHY, CAROLYNDEMHouse$1,336,625
ACKERMAN, GARY L.DEMHouse$1,313,445
MEEKS, GREGORY WDEMHouse$1,308,855
KRYZAN, ALICE JDEMHouse$1,235,757
POWERS, JONATHANDEMHouse$1,207,583

Top Donors in NY (2008)

Top individual donors in NY during the 2008 election cycle.
#NameTotalEmployer
1TREADWELL, SANDY$5,916,629
2DAVIS, JOHN R JR$4,504,690I SQUARED R ELEMENT CO INC
3SAUL, ANDREW MARSHALL MR$650,000PRIVATE INVESTOR
4OAK SPRING FARMS LLC$495,000
5SENECA NATION OF INDIANS$341,750
6DRUCKENMILLER, STANLEY F$286,552MONEY MANAGER
7KAUFMAN, DAVID$220,880URBACH KOHN & WERLIN
8KOHLBERG, JEROME$210,650
9BLOOMBERG, MICHAEL R$205,405INNOVATIVE MARKET SYSTEMS
10GEIER, PHILIP H JR$195,050THE INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF CO
11BUHRMASTER, JAMES MR.$177,023J.H. BUHRMASTER CO., INC.
12LICHTENSTEIN, DOROTHY$176,500
13KAMEN, BARBARA$174,550
14ROSE, DAVID$164,200SPECIAL ASST FOR URBAN AFF
15CARSON, RUSSELL L$158,152WELSH, CARSON, ANDERSON & STOWE
16SUSSMAN, DONALD$153,970
17RANGEL FOR CONGRESS$149,000
18ABRAHAM, S DANIEL$144,400THOMPSON MEDICAL CO INC
19THOMAS, WILLIAM MR$143,825
20PEARL, MORRIS$140,250PAINE WEBBER
21WOHL, HOWARD$135,050IVY ASSET
22MILLER, ROBERT$134,597SUBRBAN FED SAV & LOAN ASSOC
23TISHMAN, JOHN L$132,700TISHMAN PROPERTIES
24BENT, BRUCE$130,090RESERVE MANAGEMENT CORP
25KAGAN, HOWARD$129,200CONSULTANT