Texan Gives $7 Million to American Crossroads
Politico reports:
American Crossroads raised $15 million in September and early October, with nearly half of that coming from one donor: Texas homebuilder Bob Perry, according to Crossroads officials.
Robert Rowling, CEO of TRT Holdings, the owner of Gold’s Gym and another long-standing GOP underwriter, donated more than $2 million through both his corporate and personal accounts.
Alliance Resource Group, which has interests in the coal industry in Tulsa, provided another $2 million, according to Federal Election Commission reports released Wednesday.
And B. Wayne Hughes of Public Storage in Lexington, Ky., gave an additional $1 million.
When combined, those three individuals and two corporations donated $12 million – or more than two-thirds – of American Crossroads’ donations between Sept. 1 and Oct. 13.
Overall, American Crossroads, which was founded with the help of former Bush White House advisers Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie, reported raising $23 million to spend on the elections and indicated it had nearly $8 million in the bank ready to spend in the final three weeks of the campaign.
American Crossroads and its partner organization, American Crossroad GPS, which is organized under a different tax code so it can keep its donors secret, have pledged to spent $65 million to oust the Democratic majorities in Congress.
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