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BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES/WIKIMEDIA COMMONSMichael Bloomberg, the former New York mayor who ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, has donated more than $8.2 million to campaigns in California in 2021-22.
By KALYN STRALOWBALLOTPEDIA VIA THE CENTER SQUARE
(The Center Square) — In California politics, state-level candidates and political action committees have received $1.5 billion in total donations between Jan. 1, 2021, and June 30, 2022.
The 10 largest donors gave more than $56.3 million, or 4% of all contributions.
These are the top 10 individual donors to California state-level candidates and political action committees in the 2022 election cycle, according to campaign finance reports submitted to the California:
— Joseph Sanberg, $10,925,000.— John Cox, $9,620,906.— Cari Tuna, $9,500,000.— Michael Bloomberg, $8,264, 662.— Yvonne Yiu, $5,623,945.— Reed Hastings, $5,557,945.— Patty Quillin, $1,797,400.— Jim Walton, $1,783,751.— Geoffrey Palmer, $1,742,600.— Elizabeth Diane Simons, $1,461,400.
The list of California donors during this period includes more than 4,125 individuals identified by name in the state secretary of state’s public records.
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