Adelsons Become Trump’s Biggest Donors With $75 Million to PAC
Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam Adelson became the biggest contributors to Donald Trump’s re-election effort, with $75 million in donations to a super-PAC that is spending heavily on television ads supporting the president, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission.
Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam Adelson became the biggest contributors to Donald Trump’s re-election effort, with $75 million in donations to a super-PAC that is spending heavily on television ads supporting the president, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission.
For the Adelsons, who were among the top donors to Trump in 2016, the donation to Preserve America PAC is the most they’ve given to a single super-PAC in an election cycle, with each donating in $12.5 million increments. They’ve also given $50 million this cycle to the Senate Leadership Fund, a super-PAC with ties to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that supports GOP Senate candidates.
Preserve America PAC, launched on the last day of August, pulled in a total of $83.8 million, including the Adelsons’ contribution. It spent $77 million in September backing Trump, whose cash-strapped campaign started pulling television buys in battleground states in August.