$22,600

Martin OMalley

$573,817

$382,280

$1,000

Total to Romney in 2012,

from 98 donations

Total to Obama in 2012,

from 56 donations

Bernie
Sanders

2016 DONATIONS
TO DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATES AND
THEIR PACS
As of March 31, 2016

$86,300
$62,700

Hillary Clinton

$292,000

$212,107

Total to McCain
in 2008, from
52 donations

Total to Obama
in 2008, from
75 donations

SURPRISE PARTY
Washingtons business luminaries normally shell out to more
right-leaning candidates than left donations to John McCain
and Mitt Romney overtook those to Barack Obama in 2008
and 2012. But so far this year, the Democrats and Hillary
Clinton have captured both attention and checks.

$25,100

Marco Rubio

$250

John Kasich

2016 DONATIONS
TO REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATES AND
THEIR PACS

$2,700

Lindsey Graham

As of March 31, 2016

$4,500

$69,700

Carly
Fiorina

$13,750

$23,400

Chris Christie

Q SOMEBODY MISSING?

Jeb Bush

As of March 31, not a single one

of these executives had made any
donations recorded by the FEC
to either presumptive Republican
nominee Donald Trump, or to Ted
Cruz, who just dropped out of the
race in May.

FOLLOW THE MONEY: WHOS LEADING IN THE POLS?

WHOS GIVING THE MOST?

These are the local business leaders who doled out the most in total campaign donations to 2016 presidential candidates, and the
PACs and super PACs tied to them, starting in 2015. A few had bet big on Marco Rubio before he pulled out of the race. In fact,
Rubios presidential PAC began taking donations as early as 2010, when he was only facing a Senate race. Our executives, including
Steve Case and NVRs Dwight Schar, had contributed a combined $27,467 to that Rubio PAC between 2010 and 2014, before he even
declared a run for the presidency.

Weve already learned that Hillary Clinton is leading the way in 2016 campaign contributions from these executives so far. But heres more granularity for each candidates
donations, including those below the $2,700 limit. These figures, as of March 31, include direct donations to the candidates, as well to as their PACs and super PACs.

CLINTON DONORS

Amount

BUSH DONORS

Amount

Sachiko Kuno, S&R Foundation

$6,400

David Trone, Total Wine & More

5,400

Chris Nassetta, Hilton Worldwide

2,700

Robert Trone, Total Wine & More

5,400

Phillip Norton, ePlus Inc.

2,700

Sherri Goodman, Consortium for Ocean

Leadership

2,950

Thomas Baltimore, RLJ Lodging Trust

2,700

Bruce McNamer, Community Foundation for the

National Capital Region

2,950

Mandell Ourisman, Ourisman Automotive

2,700

P. Wesley Foster, The Long & Foster Cos.

2,700

Thomas Baltimore, RLJ Lodging Trust

2,700

Dwight Schar, NVR Inc.

2,700

Philip Malet, Steptoe & Johnson

2,700

Linda Rabbitt, Rand Construction Corp.

2,500

Philip West, Steptoe & Johnson

2,700

Dennis Ratner, Ratner Cos.

1,000

Jonathan Aberman, Amplifier Ventures

2,700

Robert Murphy, MRP Realty

1,000

Sudhakar Kesavan, ICF International

2,700

Robert Novick, WilmerHale

2,700

Karl Hofman, Population Services International

2,700

Deborah Ratner-Salzberg, Forest City

2,700

Wesley Bush, Northrop Grumman Corp.

$2,700

TOTAL: $23,400

OMALLEY DONORS

Mitchell Schear, Vornado/Charles E. Smith

2,700

Kathy Calvin, United Nations Foundation

2,700

David Zaslav, Discovery Communications Inc.

2,700

Shalom Baranes, Shalom Baranes Associates

2,700

David Trone, Total Wine & More

2,700

Harry Weller, New Enterprise Associates

2,700

Robert Kettler, Kettler Inc.

2,700

Dan Yates, Opower Inc.

2,700

Milton Peterson, The Peterson Cos.

2,700

James Davis, James G. Davis Construction

Corp.

1,000

Jon Peterson, The Peterson Cos.

2,700

Charles Lyons, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS

Foundation

1,000

Thomas Bozzuto, The Bozzuto Group

1,000

Lorenzo Creighton, MGM National Harbor

1,000

Wayne Frederick, Howard University

1,000

Kristina Bouweiri, Reston Limousine

250

Bill Strathmann, Network for Good

250

NOTE: Clinton raised a total of $125,950 since the 2008

election cycle. 2008 donations included $2,000 from
Sherri Goodman, $4,600 from Thomas Baltimore, $4,300
from Philip Malet, $4,300 from Philip West, $1,000 from
Jonathan Aberman, $1,250 from Dan Yates, $3,300 from
James Davis, $1,500 from Kristina Bouweiri and $1,000
from Sid Banerjee.

Amount

Mandell Ourisman,
Ourisman Automotive

$10,600

Phillip Norton, ePlus Inc.

8,100

Michael Saylor,
MicroStrategy Inc.

2,700

Bobbie Kilberg, Northern

Virginia Tech Council

2,700

Dennis Ratner, Ratner Cos.

1,000

BIGGEST OVERALL DONORS, 2016 CYCLE

GRAHAM DONORS

RUBIO R

Robert Kettler, Kettler Inc.

$2,700

Bobbie Kilberg, Northern Virginia Tech Council

2,700

John Kane, The Kane Co.

2,700

Linda Rabbitt, Rand Construction Co.

2,700

Joseph Rigby, Pepco Holdings Inc.

2,700

Raymond Ritchey, Boston Properties

250

RUBIO R

8,100

OMALLEY R

8,100

Robert Trone, Total Wine & More

Amount

Wesley Bush, Northrop

Grumman Corp.

Sachiko Kuno, S&R Foundation

$2,700

CLINTON R

6,400

TOTAL: $2,700
David Trone, Total Wine & More

FIORINA DONORS

$2,500

Angela Styles, Crowell &

Moring

1,000

Knox Singleton, Inova

Health System

1,000

5,400

CLINTON R

Amount

Bernard Clineburg, Cardinal

Bank

Robert Trone, Total Wine & More

CLINTON R

5,400

Sherri Goodman, Consortium for Ocean Leadership

2,950

CLINTON R

TOTAL: $4,500

TOTAL: $22,600

Amount

$10,600

Phillip Norton, ePlus Inc.

$8,100

CHRISTIE DONORS

As of March 31, 2016

Mandell Ourisman, Ourisman Automotive

TOTAL: $25,100

Amount

Robert Trone, Total Wine & More

TOTAL: $62,700

RUBIO DONORS

Bruce McNamer, Community Foundation for the National Capital Region

SANDERS DONORS

Amount

Martine Rothblatt, United

Therapeutics Corp.

$1,000

The following 32 executives have each given $2,700 total to the following candidates:
CLINTON: Thomas Baltimore, RLJ Lodging Trust; Philip Malet, Steptoe & Johnson; Philip West, Steptoe & Johnson; Jonathan Aberman, Amplifier
Ventures; Sudhakar Kesavan, ICF International; Robert Novick, WilmerHale; Karl Hofman, Population Services International; Deborah RatnerSalzberg, Forest City; Mitchell Schear, Vornado/Charles E. Smith; Kathy Calvin, United Nations Foundation; Shalom Baranes, Shalom Baranes
Associates; Harry Weller, New Enterprise Associates

TOTAL: $1,000

KASICH DONORS

TOTAL: $13,750

OMALLEY: David Zaslav, Discovery Communications Inc.; David Trone, Total Wine & More; Robert Kettler, Kettler Inc.; Milton Peterson, The
Peterson Cos.; Jon Peterson, The Peterson Cos.

Amount

John Welch, Centrus Energy

Corp.

2,950

CLINTON R

RUBIO: Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy Inc.; Bobbie Kilberg, Northern Virginia Tech Council

$250

BUSH: Wesley Bush, Northrop Grumman Corp.; Chris Nassetta, Hilton Worldwide; Phillip Norton, ePlus Inc.; Thomas Baltimore, RLJ Lodging
Trust; Mandell Ourisman, Ourisman Automotive; P. Wesley Foster, The Long & Foster Cos.; Dwight Schar, NVR Inc.
CHRISTIE: Joseph Rigby, Pepco Holdings Inc.; Robert Kettler, Kettler Inc.; Bobbie Kilberg, Northern Virginia Tech Council; John Kane, The Kane
Co.; Linda Rabbitt, Rand Construction Co.; Wesley Bush, Northrop Grumman Corp.

TOTAL: $250

THE CORPORATE CONTRIBUTION

Here are some of the Washington areas biggest corporate donors. Many of our top executives donated to their own corporate PAC instead of directly to a candidate. This makes it more difficult to see exactly who they intended to support, but most corporate PACs end up donating to a mix of candidates from both parties.

TOP COMPANY DONATIONS IN 2016 CYCLE

Percentage to Republicans

Percentage to Democrats

62%

LOCKHEED MARTIN

$2,931,719
2012 contributions:
$3,864,532
2012 percentage:
60% Republican

59

NORTHROP GRUMMAN

61

DELOITTE LLP

53

63

BOEING CO.

$2,627,519

$2,243,927

$2,225,481

2012 contributions:
$2,778,271
2012 percentage:
58% Republican

2012 contributions:
$4,601,030
2012 percentage:
64% Republican

2012 contributions:
$3,388,210
2012 percentage:
55% Republican

PRICEWATERHOUSE
COOPERS

$1,988,387
2012 contributions:
$3,457,757
2012 percentage:
66% Republican

68

63

RAYTHEON CO.

$1,876,012
2012 contributions:
$3,440,224
2012 percentage:
61% Republican

GENERAL
DYNAMICS

68

65

CAPITAL ONE
FINANCIAL

BAE SYSTEMS

$1,164,980

$849,516

2012 contributions:
$2,373,054
2012 percentage:
58% Republican

2012 contributions:
$1,197,557
2012 percentage:
68% Republican

63

60

52

VENABLE LLP

MARRIOTT
INTERNATIONAL

TOTAL WINE
& MORE

2012 contributions:
$2,169,152*
2012 percentage:
43% Republican

2012 contributions:
$95,500
2012 percentage:
84% Republican

$715,990

$422,770

2012 contributions:
$1,430,316
2012 percentage:
55% Republican

2012 contributions:
$612,811
2012 percentage:
66% Democratic

$334,283 $249,265

* Included $1 million in donations to 527s, which are political organizations supporting issues rather than candidates

SOURCE: Federal Election Commission and Center for Responsive Politics; NOTE: Party percentages do not count soft money donations to organizations not affiliated with a candidate.

TOP SPENDERS
Now, lets go beyond
2016. We wanted the
biggest campaign donors
among our local business
elite for all three of the
last presidential elections,
in 2016, 2012 and 2008.
When we added up
all political donations
(candidate, PAC and
super PAC) from those
cycles (primary and
general elections), these
are the business leaders
who shelled out the most
and to whom.

DAN SNYDER
Washingtons NFL team

$122,800
Candidates:
Romney, McCain

MANDELL
OURISMAN
Ourisman Automotive

$105,700

Candidates:
Romney, McCain,
Rubio, Bush, Gingrich

DEBORAH
RATNERSALZBERG
Forest City

$92,200
Candidates:
Obama, Clinton

TED LEONSIS
Monumental Sports

$81,950

Candidates:
Obama, Clinton,
Romney, McCain

MICHAEL
SAYLOR
MicroStrategy Inc.

$77,200
Candidates:
Romney, Rubio

MITCHELL
SCHEAR
Vornado/Charles
E. Smith

$71,050

Candidates:
Obama, Clinton

PHILLIP
NORTON
ePlus Inc.

$68,733

Candidates:
Romney, Rubio,
Bush

BOBBIE KILBERG
Northern Virginia
Tech Council

$62,100

DENNIS RATNER
Ratner Cos.

$60,000

Candidates:
Romney, Rubio,
Candidates:
Bush, McCain,
Romney, McCain,
Giuliani
Pawlenty, Christie, Rubio

JON PETERSON
The Peterson Cos.

WILLIAM DEAN
MC Dean Inc.

Candidates:
Romney, McCain,
OMalley

Candidates:
Romney, McCain

$57,200

$56,600

SID BANERJEE
Clarabridge

$56,300
Candidates:
Obama, Clinton

MARTINE
ROTHBLATT
United Therapeutics

$47,087

Candidates:
Obama, Sanders

OLIVER CARR
Carr Properties

$41,500
Candidates:
McCain,
Romney