Top Donors to 7th District Congressional Campaigns
Incumbent Pat Meehan overwhelmingly outguns George Badey when it comes to raising funds.
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Seventh District Republican Congressman Pat Meehan's capaign has raised about five times as much money in his re-election bid than his Democratic challenger George Badey.
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, a campaign finance organization, Meehan has raised $2,359,293 as of September 30.
Badey has raised $493,001 in the same time period.
Forty-nine percent of the funds raised by Meehan come from PACs; 48 percent from “large contributions.”
Forty-six percent of the funds raised by Badey come from “large contributions”; 26 percent from “candidate self-financing.”
The top ten contributors to Meehan's campaign came from:
| Cozen O'Connor | $25,249 |
| Boeing Co | $17,500 |
| Hankin Management | $15,000 |
| National Air Traffic Controllers Assn | $15,000 |
| Pepper Hamilton LLP | $14,750 |
| Conrad O'Brien PC | $13,780 |
| Goldman Sachs | $13,300 |
| Obermayer, Rebmann et al | $11,500 |
| National Realty Corp | $11,300 |
| Alston & Bird | $11,000 |
The top ten contributors to Badey's campaign came from:
| Ironworkers Union | $10,000 |
| Sheet Metal Workers Union | $7,500 |
| American Assn for Justice | $5,000 |
| Badey Sloan Digenova PC | $5,000 |
| Communications Workers of America | $5,000 |
| Gene Therapy Systems | $5,000 |
| Machinists/Aerospace Workers Union | $5,000 |
| Teamsters Union | $5,000 |
| United Steelworkers | $5,000 |
| Martin, Banks et al | $4,000 |
CRP notes that the organizations themselves did not donate, rather the money came from the organizations' PACs, their individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals' immediate families.
Read more fundraising statistics for this race at the Center for Responsive Politics' Web site.
