WASHINGTON —President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign identified its top fundraisers Tuesday, including 61 people who each raised at least half a million dollars. Altogether, the more than 440 fundraisers collected at least $75 million to help Obama win a second term.
Among them are embattled former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine. Obama’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee late last year returned $70,000 in contributions from Corzine and his wife following questions about the collapse of MF Global, the financial firm Corzine ran. Corzine is no longer raising money for the re-election, campaign officials said.
The campaign divided the list into four groups based on how much money donors raised: $50,000 to $100,000, $100,000 to $200,000, $200,000 to $500,000, and those who raised more than $500,000.
The donors represent a broad network of contributors, many of them longtime Democratic Party stalwarts.
The list includes two fundraisers linked to Solyndra LLC, the California solar company that received a $528 million federal loan and then later declared bankruptcy, prompting a federal investigation. Steve Spinner, an Energy Department adviser, raised at least $500,000, and Steve Westly, a venture capitalist who was an unpaid adviser to the department, raised between $200,000 and $500,000.
The disclosure came as Obama headed back out on the money trail, speaking Tuesday night at two high-dollar fundraisers in the Washington area where donors paid $35,800 per ticket to see him.
Denver Post wire services
