Russian Billionaire Backing Sullivan and Other GOP Establishment and Democrat Candidates
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[Leonard] Blavatnik has teamed up with Paul Singer, a New York hedge fund billionaire who backs increased immigration and homosexual marriage through his federal fundraising committee, Friends for an American Majority. Blavatnik even reportedly attended a “swanky Colorado retreat” that feted establishment GOP candidates in February, according to The Alaskan Dispatch.
Blavatnik contributed $5,200 (the maximum amount allowed by law) to Daniel S. Sullivan, who’s running for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in Alaska against Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell and Joe Miller. Singer’s Friends for an American Majority also supports Rep. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Rep. Steve Daines in Montana. Blavatnik donated $5,200 to each of them as well.
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker also received a total of $13,000 from Blavantik in 2013 — and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee earned $32,400, while the National Republican Congressional Committee got $4,800.
Blavatnik and his wife have each donated $32,400 to the Democratic Congressional Committee. They also supported Ohio Republican Rep. John Boehner ($5,200), New Hampshire Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen ($2,600), Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins ($2,600), Minnesota Democatic Sen. Al Franken ($5,000) and others.
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