First come the dollars,
then come the votes
By Chip Drago
Mobile Bay Times
First come the dollars and then come the votes.
So who in south Alabama is opening their wallets to assist the various presidential candidates in their quest for the White House?
Donors are limited to a maximum individual contribution of $2,300 per election to each candidate or candidate committee.
According to filings with the Federal Election Commission, among Mobile and Baldwin County's leading contributors to presidential campaigns are:
Barack Obama:
John Edwards:
- Gregory B. Breedlove, $2,000; Frederick Kuykendall (reatttribution/redesignation requested), $2,500 and $2,100; Shawn T. Drummond, $1,000;
- Dianne McCorquodale, $1,000; Buster Middlebrooks, $2,300 and $2,300; Sandra Middlebrooks, $2,300 and $2,300; Earl P. Underwood Jr., $1,000; and David G. Wirtes Jr., $1,500.
Hillary Rodham Clinton:
- James E. Atchison, $2,300 and $2,300; Gregory B. Breedlove, $2,300; Pamela Breedlove, $2,300 and $2,300; D.E. "Skip" Brutkiewicz Jr., $2,300 and $2,300;
- Lynda Carroll, $2,300 and $2,300; Patricia Edington, $2,300 and $2,300; J. Don Foster, $1,000 and $1,000; Suzanne R. Hughes, $1,500; Vincent F. Kilborn III, $2,300 and $2,300;
- Ben F. Stokes III, $2,300 and $2,300; Alice B. Stokes, $2,300 and $2,300; Harvey L. White (University of Pittsburgh professor), $300 and $2,300 and $2,000;
- Julia H. Box, $2,250 and $2,300 and $50; Henry Davis Jr., $250 and $1,000; Floyd C. Enfinger Jr., $2,300 and $2,300; John H. Foster, $1,300 and $2,300; Pamela Joyner, $2,300;
- Ann R. McLeod, $2,000; John H. McLeod, $2,000; Alvin Moon, $1,000; Michel Nicrosi, $2,300; Janie L. Shores, $1,000; Joe Thomas, $1,000; Joesph R. Thomas, $1,500; Irmatean Watson, $2,300 and $2,300.
- Vance McCrary, $200 and $2,300; Kimberly Roberts, $500; Louis C. Roberts, $2,300; Carolyn P. Smith, $2,000; Prentiss E. Smith, $2,000; Robert E. Spicer, $2,300.
Christopher J. Dodd:
Duncan Hunter:
Rudy Giuliani:
- Jerry Lathan (reattribution/redesignation requested), $2,300, $2,300 (reattribution/resdesignation requested), $4,600 (reattribution from spouse); Mrs. Terry M. Lathan, (reattribution from spouse) -$4,600, $2,300 (reattribution/redesignation requested), $2,300 (reattribution/redesignation requested) and $9,200 (see reattribution).
- Harold D. Callaway Jr., $2,000; Jerry L. Carl Jr., $2,300; Mrs. Tina Carl, $1,000; H.L. Barnett, Jr., $1,000; Mrs. Doris Isakson, $2,000; Robert J. Isakson, $2,000;
- Celia A. Wallace, $2,000; Stephen R. Windom, $1,000; Mrs. Bess Rich, $1,000; Angus R. Cooper II, $2,300; Ashley S. George, $1,000; Edward A. George, $1,000; Heather Lynn George, $1,000;
- Robert P. Hall II, $1,000; and Pfilip G.Hunt Jr., $500; Ray G. Lapierre, $1,000; John Patrick Kelly, $1,000; Jeffrey F. Barnickel, $1,000; Joe Lathan, $1,000; William Law, $1,000; and Mike Sims, $1,000.
John S. McCain:
- William C. Sturgeon, $500 and $500; Russell Terry, $500 and $500 and $1,300; Stephen R. Windom, $1,000;
- Dr. Marc Sonnier, $1,000; Emit L. McCafferty, $1,000; and William A. Speck, $2,300.
Mitt Romney:
- Mark Erwin, $250; Charles E. Jackson Jr., $250; Harry W. Mattei, $1,000; Stephen R. Windom, $500; Mrs. Georgia Jacobson, $2,100; John Jacobson, $2,100 and $200; Louis Mapp, $2,300; and John R. McMillan, $500.
Fred Dalton Thompson:
- Peter Hunter Gounares, $2,300; Joanne Hood Gray, $1,000; Gale Woerner, $2,300; George Woerner, $2,300; Janice Woerner, $2,300; Roger Woerner, $2,300.
