The Loebs have donated just over $2 million during this election cycle so far, recently giving $5,000 in August to Jersey Values PAC, which is run by Rep. Josh Gottheimer’s, D-N.J., leadership’s group, according to FEC records and OpenSecrets data. Dan Loeb has personally written two separate $2,900 checks to both Walker’s and Oz’s campaigns but nothing yet to Masters, Laxalt or Vance.
Loeb gave $250,000 each to two GOP super PACs in March, FEC records show. Those checks went to the McConnell-backed Senate Leadership Fund and the Congressional Leadership Fund, an outside group allied with House GOP leaders. During the last two-year election cycle, Loeb gave $800,000 to the Senate fund and $300,000 to to the House one. Loeb could kick up his donations to those groups over the next few weeks, and it’s unclear if he’s committed to donating toward the three other Trump endorsed candidates, a person familiar with Loeb’s contributions said.
A spokesperson for Loeb declined to comment.
Ellison, the billionaire chair of tech company Oracle, is helping Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., whom he considers a personal friend, and a few other friends running in the midterms, according to a person familiar with the matter. But he’s otherwise refused to make commitments to other candidates, this person said.
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