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Election 2020

Follow the money, 2020

1 race and 2 candidates with a figure filed in the records behind this page. Each figure is printed as filed, with the filing link.

Candidates run alphabetically by surname inside each race. Ohio rotates ballot order by precinct, so no order here is the ballot's.

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President of the United States

November 3, 2020

Joe Biden

Democratic

Totals as filed

FilerRaisedSpentCash on handAs of
FEC C00703975 $1,074,179,976$1,073,919,501December 31, 2020

Filings: fec.gov · opensecrets.org · cnn.com

From inside Ohio

Across the 6 donor entries below whose location the records establish: $0 in state (0.0%), $87,100,000 out of state (100.0%).

A share of the donor entries listed on this page, not of the money raised.

Top donor entries, as filed

  • Wall Street and the securities and investment industry · $74,000,000 · campaign committee · Out of state

    securities and investment; financial-industry professionals gave him more than $50 million against about $10 million for Donald Trump

    Sources: thehill.com · cnbc.com

  • Alphabet · $4,400,000 · campaign committee · Out of state

    employees and political action committee of Alphabet, Google's parent

    Sources: nbcnews.com · opensecrets.org

  • University of California employees · $3,900,000 · campaign committee · Out of state

    employees of the University of California system

    Source: opensecrets.org

  • Microsoft · $2,400,000 · campaign committee · Out of state

    employees and political action committee

    Sources: nbcnews.com · opensecrets.org

  • Amazon · $2,300,000 · campaign committee · Out of state

    employees and political action committee

    Sources: nbcnews.com · opensecrets.org

  • Harvey Schwartz · $100,000 · campaign committee · Out of state

    former president of Goldman Sachs; a bundler for the campaign

    Source: cnbc.com

Outside spending, for and against

  • supporting $2,680,000,000 · as of November 3, 2020

    Filing: issueone.org

Donald Trump

Republican

Totals as filed

FilerRaisedSpentCash on handAs of
FEC C00580100 $552,108,397December 31, 2020
FEC C00580100 $811,898,514October 14, 2020

Filings: opensecrets.org · npr.org · ballotpedia.org

Filings: docquery.fec.gov · fec.gov

From inside Ohio

Across the 3 donor entries below whose location the records establish: $0 in state (0.0%), $95,000,000 out of state (100.0%).

A share of the donor entries listed on this page, not of the money raised.

Top donor entries, as filed

  • Sheldon and Miriam Adelson · $75,000,000 · super PAC · Out of state

    Las Vegas Sands; the single largest 2020 gift to a pro-Trump vehicle

    Sources: bloomberg.com · forbes.com · opensecrets.org

  • Kelcy Warren · $10,000,000 · super PAC · Out of state

    co-founder, chairman and chief executive of Energy Transfer LP, operator of the Dakota Access Pipeline

    Sources: opensecrets.org · cbsnews.com · therevolvingdoorproject.org

  • Timothy Mellon · $10,000,000 · super PAC · Out of state

    chairman and majority owner of Pan Am Systems

    Source: opensecrets.org

Outside spending, for and against

  • supporting $255,945,422 · as of December 31, 2020

    • America First Action · $126,059,217 · support
    • Committee to Defend the President · $14,504,269 · support
    • Great America PAC · $9,881,272 · support

    Filings: opensecrets.org · opensecrets.org

The biggest donor entries across every race

One row per donor entry on record for this cycle, largest amount first. Some entries the records themselves describe as an aggregate across a cycle rather than a single filed contribution; each row's source says which.

DonorAmountToRaceThroughSource
Sheldon and Miriam Adelson · Out of state $75,000,000 Donald Trump President of the United States super PAC bloomberg.com · forbes.com · opensecrets.org
Wall Street and the securities and investment industry · Out of state $74,000,000 Joe Biden President of the United States campaign committee thehill.com · cnbc.com
Kelcy Warren · Out of state $10,000,000 Donald Trump President of the United States super PAC opensecrets.org · cbsnews.com · therevolvingdoorproject.org
Timothy Mellon · Out of state $10,000,000 Donald Trump President of the United States super PAC opensecrets.org
Alphabet · Out of state $4,400,000 Joe Biden President of the United States campaign committee nbcnews.com · opensecrets.org
University of California employees · Out of state $3,900,000 Joe Biden President of the United States campaign committee opensecrets.org
Microsoft · Out of state $2,400,000 Joe Biden President of the United States campaign committee nbcnews.com · opensecrets.org
Amazon · Out of state $2,300,000 Joe Biden President of the United States campaign committee nbcnews.com · opensecrets.org
Harvey Schwartz · Out of state $100,000 Joe Biden President of the United States campaign committee cnbc.com

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