McCain Raising Money From The Bush Machine
While John McCain has been forced to deal with the unprecedented unpopularity of President Bush, he has no qualms
about tapping Bush’s fundraising prowess to fund his own campaign. Here is the list of 121 bundlers who raised large
amounts of cash for Bush during his 2000 and 2004 campaigns and are now raising the same large amounts for McCain.
McCain Added More Than 400 Names To Fundraiser List. The New York Times reported, “Senator John McCain
released an updated list of his top money collectors on Tuesday, revealing that nearly a fifth of those who have brought in
the largest amounts for him, more than $500,000 each, are lobbyists or work for firms that engage in lobbying. Mr.
McCain added more than 400 names to an existing list of just more than 100 elite fund-raisers that his campaign first
posted on its Web site in April.” [New York Times, 7/16/08]
Prior To July 15, 2008, McCain Shared 34 Bundlers With George W. Bush.
As Of July 15, 2008, They Shared 121
Fundraiser
Sheldon G.
Adelson
Title/Position and
Firm/Company
Chair, Las Vegas Sands,
Inc.
Hometown
Las Vegas, NV
Bush Pioneer
or
Ranger Status*
2004 Major
League Pioneer
Hushang Ansary
Chair, Parman Capital
Group
Houston, TX
2004 Major
League Pioneer
George Argyros
US Government
(Ambassador to Spain)
Costa Mesa, CA
2000 Major
League Pioneer
Robert H. Asher
Former President, Chilo
Manufacturing & Plating
Chicago, IL
2004 Pioneer
Robert B. Asher
Chair, Ashers Candies
2004 Ranger
Cathy Bailey
Spouse of Managing
Director, Chrysalis
Ventures
Congressman, United
States House of
Representatives
Bathgate Wegener & Wolf
Gwynedd Valley,
PA
Louisville, KY
Ennis, TX
2000 Major
League Pioneer
Father donated to
Bush; Son donated
to McCain
Farmington Hills,
MI
2000 Major
League Pioneer
2004 Ranger
(father)
2000 Major
League Pioneer
2004 Major
League Pioneer
2000 Pioneer
2004 Ranger
2004 Major
League Pioneer
Alexandria, VA
2004 Pioneer
Alexandria, VA
2004 Pioneer
Joe Barton
Lawrence
Bathgate
(II and III)
George S. Bayoud
Jr.
Juan Carlos
Benitez
Wayne and Lea
Berman
Harold Beznos
Managing Partner, Texas,
LTD
Senior Vice President,
Cassidy & Associates
Ogilvy Government
Relations
CEO, Beztak Co’s
Charlie & Judy
Black
Kirk Blalock
Brownstein Hyatt Farber
Schreck
Fierce Isakowitz & Blalock
Dallas, TX
Alexandria, VA
Washington, DC
2004 Ranger
McCain
Trailblazer Status
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazer ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazer ($100,00 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Innovators ($250,000 or
more)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Lobbyist Innovator
($250,000 - $499,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazer ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazer ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
(son)
Lobbyist ($50,000 $99,000)
Lobbyist ($50,000 $99,000)
Lobbyist Innovators
($250,000 or more)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Lobbyist Trailblazer
($100,000 - $249,999)
Lobbyist Innovators
($250,000 or more)
Geoffrey T. Boisi
Ex-Vice Chair, JPMorgan
New York, NY
2004 Ranger
Rudy Boschwitz
Chair, Home Valu
Plymouth, MN
Kimmy T. and
Stephen F. Brauer
Chair & CEO, Hunter
Engineering
Bridgeton, MO
Elliott B. Broidy
Los Angeles, CA
Mark Broxmeyer
Owner, Elliott Capital
Management
Fairfield Properties
2000 Major
League Pioneer,
2004 Ranger
2000 Major
League Pioneer,
2004 Ranger
2004 Ranger
Glen Head, NY
2004 Major
League Pioneer
August Busch
Anheuser-Busch
St. Louis, MO
2004 Ranger
Joseph C.
Canizaro
CEO, Columbus Properties
New Orleans, LA
Alberto R.
Cardenas
Donald H. Clark
Lobbyist, Tew Cardenas
Rebak Kellog et al.
Attorney, Reed Smith Shaw
& McClay
Jim Click Automotive
Group
Miami, FL
Charles Cobb
Retired CEO, Cobb
Partners
Miami, FL
2000 Major
League Pioneer,
2004 Ranger
2004 Major
League Pioneer
2000 Minor
League Pioneer
2000 Major
League Pioneer,
2004 Ranger
2004 Pioneer
James Courter
IDT Corp
Hackettstown, NJ
2004 Pioneer
Alfonse D’Amato
Park Strategies
New York City, NY
2004 Pioneer
Robert A. Day Jr.
Chair & CEO, Trust Co. of
the West
New York, NY
Craig J.
Duchossois
CEO, Duchossois
Industries, Inc.
Elmhurst, IL
2000 Major
League Pioneer,
2004 Major
League Pioneer
2004 Major
League Pioneer
Patrick Durkin
Credit Suisse First Boston
New York City, NY
2000 Pioneer
2004 Ranger
Dale L. Dykema
Chair & CEO, TD Service
Financial
Granite Capital
International Group
Newport Beach, CA
2004 Major
League Pioneer
2004 Ranger
Itchko Ezratti
President, G.L. Homes of
Florida
Coral Springs, FL
2004 Major
League Pioneer
Richard T. Farmer
Chair & Founder, Cintas
Corporation
Cincinnati, OH
Thomas Fiorentino
Fiorentino & Hewett
Jacksonville, FL
2000 Minor
League Pioneer,
2004 Ranger
2000 Pioneer
James H. Click
Lewis Eisenberg
Washington, DC
Tucson, AZ
New York City, NY
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist ($50,000
– $99,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist
($500,000 +)
Non-Lobbyist
Innovators ($250,000 or
more)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist
($500,000 +)
Lobbyist ($50,000 $99,000)
Non-Lobbyist ($50,000 $99,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Innovators ($250,000 or
more)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Lobbyist Trailblazer
($100,000 - $249,999)
Lobbyist Innovators
($250,000 or more)
Non-Lobbyist ($50,000 $99,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist ($50,000 $99,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Innovators ($250,000 or
more)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist ($50,000 $99,000)
Lobbyist Trailblazer
2004 Ranger
2000 Major
League Pioneer,
2004 Ranger
2000 Major
League Pioneer
2000 Minor
League Pioneer,
2004 Major
League Pioneer
2000 Minor
League Pioneer,
2004 Ranger
2004 Major
League Pioneer
C. Edward Floyd
Physician, Floyd Medical
Associates
Florence, SC
William P. Foley
II
Barbara Hackman
Franklin
Chair & CEO, Fidelity
National Financial
President & CEO, Barbara
Franklin Enterprises
Santa Barbara, CA
Bradford M.
Freeman
General Partner, Freeman
Spogli & Co
Los Angeles, CA
Ronald J. Gidwitz
Partner, GCG Partners
Chicago, IL
George Gilmore
Attorney, Gilmore &
Monahan
Toms River, NJ
Anthony H. Gioia
Ambassador to Malta
Buffalo, NY
David GirarddiCarlo
Christopher K.
Gleason
Fred J. Hall
BlankRome
Philadelphia, PA
President, Gleason Group
Johnstown, PA
Chair, CEO, & President,
Fred Jones Companies
Hammes & Co.
Oklahoma City, OK
Samuel Hardage
Chair, Woodfin Suite
Hotels
San Diego, CA
2004 Major
League Pioneer
James A. Haslam
II
Owner, International
Industries, Inc
Gilbert, WV
Thomas O. Hicks
Ex-Chair, Hicks Muse Tate
& Furst
Dallas, TX
Alfred Hoffman, Jr
Watermark Communities;
US Ambassador to
Portugal, 2005
President, Hohlt & Co
Fort Myers, FL
2000 Major
League Pioneer,
2004 Ranger
2000 Minor
League Pioneer,
2004 Major
League Pioneer
2000 Pioneer
2004 Ranger
Jon Hammes
Richard F. Hohlt
James R. Huffines
Bristol, CT
Brookfield, WI
Alexandria, VA
Regional Chair,
PlainsCapital Bank
Self-Employed
Austin, TX
Gary Hunt
California Strategies; CA
GOP
Irvine, CA
George Dean
Johnson, Jr.
CEO, Extended Stay
America
Spartanburg, SC
Gaylord Hughey
Tyler, TX
2000 Major
League Pioneer,
2004 Major
League Pioneer
2000 Major
League Pioneer
2000 Pioneer
2004 Ranger
2000 Minor
League Pioneer
2000 Major
League Pioneer
2004 Ranger
2000 Minor
League Pioneer,
2004 Ranger
2000 Major
League Pioneer
2000 Pioneer
2004 Ranger
2000 Pioneer
2000 Minor
League Pioneer
($100,000 - $249,999)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist Innovator
($250,000 - $500,000)
Non-Lobbyist ($50,000 $99,000)
Non-Lobbyist ($50,000 $99,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist ($50,000 $99,000)
Lobbyist Innovators
($250,000 or more)
Non-Lobbyist ($50,000 $99,000)
Non-Lobbyist ($50,000 $99,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Innovators ($250,000 or
more)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist Innovator
($250,000 - $500,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Lobbyist Trailblazer
($100,000 - $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist
($500,000 +)
Lobbyist Trailblazer
($100,000 - $249,999)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist ($50,000 $99,000)
Robert Woody
Johnson IV
Chair & CEO, Johnson
Company
New York, NY
Munr Kazmir
President & CEO, Direct
Meds, Inc.
Closter, NJ
Earl G. Kendrick
Jr.
Bobbie Kilberg
Founder, Datatel, Inc.
Paradise Valley, AZ
Northern VA Technology
Council
McLean, VA
Attorney General, State of
Virginia
Congressman, United
States House of
Representatives
Kojaian Properties, Kojaian
Management Co., and
Kojaian Ventures, LLC
Senior Managing Director,
Bear Stearns & Co
Glen Allen, VA
Jerry Kilgore
Mark Kirk
C. Michael
Kojaian
Douglas R. Korn
Highland Park, IL
2000 Major
League Pioneer,
2004 Ranger
2000 Major
League Pioneer,
2004 Ranger
2000 Major
League Pioneer
2000 Major
League Pioneer,
2004 Ranger
2004 Major
League Pioneer
2004 Ranger
Bloomfield Hills,
MI
2000 Pioneer
2004 Ranger
New York, NY
2004 Major
League Pioneer
Henry Kravis
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts &
Co
New York City, NY
2004 Pioneer
Ted and Virginia
B. Lazenby
Retired Chair & CEO,
Southlife Holding Co
Nashville, TN
Howard H. Leach
Ambassador to France
San Francisco, CA
2000 Major
League Pioneer,
2004 Ranger
2000 Major
League Pioneer
James B. Lee
Retired CEO, James H. Lee
– Monument Securities
President, Edward C. Levy
Co
Houston, TX
Edward C. Levy,
Jr.
Carl H. Lindner
Thomas Loeffler
CEO, American Financial
Group
Loeffler Group
Bloomfield Hills,
MI
2004 Major
League Pioneer
2004 Major
League Pioneer
Cincinnati, OH
2004 Ranger
San Antonio, TX
John B. Mahaffey
President, Mahaffey
Enterprises
Springfield, MO
Fernando Mateo
President, Mateo Express
Irvington, NY
2000 Pioneer
2004 Ranger
2000 Major
League Pioneer,
2004 Major
League Pioneer
2004 Ranger
Susan R. McCaw
President, Com Investments
Kirkland, WA
2004 Ranger
Allen Morgan
CEO, Morgan Keegan &
Co
Former Secretary of
Commerce; General
Chairman of McCain’s
Campaign
President & CEO, Western
Memphis, TN
2004 Ranger
Houston, TX
2000 Minor
League Pioneer
La Jolla, CA
2004 Ranger
Robert Mosbacher
Thomas Nassif
Non-Lobbyist
($500,000 +)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist ($50,000 $99,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Innovators ($250,000 or
more)
Non-Lobbyist ($50,000 $99,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist
($500,000 +)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist ($50,000 $99,000)
Lobbyist ($500,000 +)
Non-Lobbyist ($50,000 $99,000)
Non-Lobbyist ($50,000 $99,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist ($50,000 $99,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Innovators ($250,000 or
more)
Non-Lobbyist ($50,000 -
John L. Nau III
Growers Association
President & CEO, Silver
Eagle Distributors
Houston, TX
James Nicholson
PVS Chemicals, Inc.
Detroit, MI
Dennis Nixon
International Bank of
Commerce; International
Bancshares Corporation
Price Waterhouse Cooper
Laredo, TX
Carter R. Pate
Tim Pawlenty
Donald K. Peay
A.Jerry Perenchio
Thomas F. Petway
III
Governor, State of
Minnesota
Lobbyist, Sportsmen for
Fish & Wildlife
Chair & CEO, Univision
Communications
Chair, Zurich Insurance
Services, Inc
2000 Minor
League Pioneer,
2004 Major
League Pioneer
2000 Major
League Pioneer,
2004 Ranger
2000 Pioneer
2004 Ranger
McLean, VA
2004 Ranger
St. Paul, MN
2004 Major
League Pioneer
2004 Major
League Pioneer
2004 Major
League Pioneer
2000 Major
League Pioneer,
2004 Ranger
2000 Minor
League Pioneer,
2004 Ranger
2004 Pioneer
Bountiful, UT
Los Angeles, CA
Jacksonville, FL
Bryan Pickens
President, Pickens Capital
LLC
Dallas, TX
Alec Poitevint
Southeastern Marshall and
Eastern Minerals, Inc
Bainbridge, GA
William Powell
Bitterblue, Inc.
San Antonio, TX
2004 Major
League Pioneer
John S. Rainey
Chair, Easlan Capital, Inc
Columbia, SC
John Rakolta Jr
Chair & CEO, Walbridge
Aldinger
Chair & CEO, Reynolds
Plantation
Bloomfield Hills,
MI
Greensboro, GA
Cincinnati, OH
Newport Beach, CA
Sig Rogich
Chair, Reynolds DeWitt &
Co
CEO, Entrepreneurial
Capital Corp.
Rogich Communications
2000 Major
League Pioneer,
2004 Major
League Pioneer
2004 Major
League Pioneer
2000 Major
League Pioneer,
2004 Ranger
2000 Major
League Pioneer
2004 Ranger
Las Vegas, NV
2000 Pioneer
2004 Ranger
John D. Rood
Chair, Vestcor Companies
Jacksonville, FL
Andrew M. Saul
CEO, Saul Partners
New York, NY
Dwight C. Schar
Chair & CEO, NVR Homes
McLean, VA
2000 Major
League Pioneer,
2004 Ranger
2004 Major
League Pioneer
2000 Major
League Pioneer,
2004 Ranger
James M.
Reynolds III
Mercer Reynolds
III
Duane R. Roberts
$99,000)
Non-Lobbyist ($50,000 $99,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Innovators ($250,000 or
more)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Innovators ($250,000 or
more)
Non-Lobbyist
($500,000 +)
Lobbyist Trailblazer
($100,000 - $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist
($500,000 +)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist ($50,000 $99,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Innovators ($250,000 or
more)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist Innovator
($250,000 - $500,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist Innovator
($250,000 - $500,000)
Non-Lobbyist ($50,000 $99,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist ($50,000 $99,000)
Non-Lobbyist
($500,000 +)
Peter Finley
Secchia
Chair, Universal Forest
Products
Grand Rapids, MI
Ivan G.
Seidenberg
John Sherman Jr.
President & CEO, Verizon
Communications
Vice Chair, Scott &
Stringfellow
West Nyack, NY
Paul Singer
New York, NY
Frederick W.
Smith
General Partner, Elliott
Capital Advisors
Retired Chair & CEO, US
Freightways Corp
Chair, President & CEO,
FedEx
Gordon E. Smith
Senator
Pendleton, OR
2004 Ranger
Mary Smith
Attorney’s Spouse, Bartlit
Beck Herman Palenchar &
Scott
Vice President, Haury &
Smith
Denver, CO
2004 Major
League Pioneer
Nashville, TN
2004 Major
League Pioneer
2000 Major
League Pioneer,
2004 Ranger
2000 Major
League Pioneer,
2004 Ranger
2004 Ranger
Samuel K. Skinner
Stephen B. Smith
Richmond, VA
Winnetka, IL
Memphis, TN
2000 Major
League Pioneer,
2004 Ranger
2004 Major
League Pioneer
2004 Major
League Pioneer
2004 Major
League Pioneer
2004 Major
League Pioneer
2004 Major
League Pioneer
Barbara Sobel
Ambassador to Netherlands
(spouse)
Hackensack, NJ
Alex G. Spanos
Chair, A.G. Spanos
Companies
Stockton, CA
John T. Steen, Jr.
Attorney, Law Office of
John Steen
San Antonio, TX
Glenn Steil
Compatico, Inc.
Bonita Springs, FL
Sandra D. Stein
Attorney, Milberg Weiss
Bershad Hynes & Leach
Los Angeles, CA
Warren A.
Stephens
Marc Stern
President & CEO, Stephens
Inc
Trust Co. of the West
Little Rock, AR
2004 Ranger
Malibu, CA
2004 Ranger
William Strong
Morgan Stanley
Chicago, IL
2004 Ranger
Peter Terpeluk Jr.
Ambassador to
Luxembourg
Ex-CEO, Orange, SA
Chevy Chase, MD
2000 Major
League Pioneer
2000 Major
League Pioneer
2000 Minor
League Pioneer,
2004 Ranger
2004 Major
League Pioneer
Solomon D.
Trujillo
Dirk Van Dongen
John R. Vogt
President, National
Association of Wholesale
Distributors
Executive Vice President,
Bond Market Association
Englewood, CO
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
2000 Major
League Pioneer
2004 Major
League Pioneer
2000 Minor
League Pioneer
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist ($50,000 $99,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist
($500,000 +)
Non-Lobbyist ($50,000 $99,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist ($50,000 $99,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist ($50,000 $99,000)
Non-Lobbyist Innovator
($250,000 - $500,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist ($50,000 $99,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Non-Lobbyist
($500,000 +)
Non-Lobbyist ($50,000 $99,000)
Lobbyist
($500,000 +)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 -
Raymond T.
Wagner Jr.
Ronald N. Weiser
Aldona Z. Wos
Fred S. Zeidman
Lobbyist, Calfee Halter &
Griswold
Ambassador to Slovak
Republic
Retired Physician
Director of Governmental
Affairs, Greenberg Traurig
Cleveland, OH
Ann Arbor, MI
Greensboro, GA
Houston, TX
2000 Major
League Pioneer
2000 Major
League Pioneer
2004 Ranger
2000 Minor
League Pioneer,
2004 Ranger
$249,000)
Lobbyist ($50,000 $99,000)
Non-Lobbyist
($500,000 +)
Non-Lobbyist
Trailblazers ($100,000 $249,000)
Lobbyist Trailblazers
($100,000 - $249,000)
Source: Texas Public Justice, Accessed 7/18/08; John McCain Fundraising Disclosure, Accessed 7/18/08.
*Note: George W. Bush levels: Minor League Pioneers Raised Less Than $100,000, Major League Pioneers Raised At
Least $100,000, And Rangers Raised At Least $200,000.