Campaign Donations: The Donors You Know, and the Ones You Don’t

Date: Nov 02 2012

Filed under: Election 2012

US gaming tycoon Sheldon Adelson with his wife Miriam (AFP | Getty Images)

Regardless of the outcome of Tuesday’s vote, one thing is certain: This election cycle has created a slew of new celebrities. A year and a half ago, nobody knew anything about Foster Friess or Sheldon Adelson, the Koch brothers or Frank VanDerSloot. Today, these men are household names, the most visible members of a new class of deep-pocketed money men with enough cash to sway primaries, elections and — possibly — the presidency.

But while those super PAC supermen are certainly exciting,…

Campaign Donations: The Donors You Know, and the Ones You Don’t originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-11-01T15:30:00Z.

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