Major Republican Donors Spend Big on Senate Races, Not Trump
- Adelsons give $20 million to Republicans running for Senate
- Clinton maintains fundraising advantage, campaign filings show
Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson speaks on Oct. 1, 2014, in Las Vegas.
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Some of the Republican party’s top financiers are pouring money into the effort to maintain control of the Senate, while they’re showing far less enthusiasm for Donald Trump, the presidential nominee, new filings show.
The casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, contributed $20 million in August to a group backing Republican Senatorial candidates, according to reports submitted to the Federal Election Commission on Sept. 20. Meanwhile, Adelson, the biggest donor in the 2012 election cycle, was reported to be considering spending only $5 million to help Trump.