Minnesota Top Federal Political Campaign Donors in the 1997-1998 Election Cycle

Updated on February 26, 2025.

According to FEC data, in the 1997-1998 election cycle, among all individual political campaign donors in Minnesota who donated to federal candidates, political parties, PACs and 527 organizations, NORTHWEST AIRLINES INC was the highest campaign donor, donating a total of $287.73K. OPPERMAN, DARIN B MS was the second highest political campaign donor, donating a total of $200.00K; and UNITED HEALTHCARE CORPORATION was the third highest political campaign donor, donating a total of $155.00K.

The chart below shows the top 10 highest individual political campaign donors, and the table below shows the top 100.

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Minnesota Top Federal Political Campaign Donors in the 1997-1998 Election Cycle
NORTHWEST AIRLINES INC
OPPERMAN, DARIN B MS
UNITED HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
NORTHWEST AIRLINES
MINNESOTA REPUBLICAN PARTY
TAYLOR, GLEN
JUNDT, JAMES R MR & MRS
UNITED HEALTHCARE
DAYTON HUDSON CORPORATION
NORTHLAND COMPANY
Minnesota Top Federal Political Campaign Donors in the 1997-1998 Election Cycle
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Name Amount ($)
NORTHWEST AIRLINES INC 287727
OPPERMAN, DARIN B MS 200000
UNITED HEALTHCARE CORPORATION 155000
NORTHWEST AIRLINES 150000
MINNESOTA REPUBLICAN PARTY 127500
TAYLOR, GLEN 105000
JUNDT, JAMES R MR & MRS 100000
UNITED HEALTHCARE 75000
DAYTON HUDSON CORPORATION 60000
NORTHLAND COMPANY 60000
BARRY, B JOHN 50000
U S BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATIO 50000
RELIA STAR FINANCIAL CORP 40250
LUIGINO'S INC 40000
MORRISON, CLINTON 38540
GLAEFKE, BROOK 31500
PILLSBURY COMPANY 30250
JOHNSON, PAUL S 30000
GOODMAN, JOHN B 25000
GOODMAN, SIDNEY A 25000
HEINS MILLS & OLSON PLC 25000
RELIASTAR 25000
UNITED HEALTHCARE CORP 25000
HUBBARD, STANLEY S 20692
LARSON, JEFF T 20250
JOHNSON, BADRI N 18250
MESSINGER, ALIDA R 17500
ROBINS, KAPLAN MILLER & CIRESI LLP 17500
JENSEN, GORDON A 17498
ZIMMERMAN, CHARLES S 16500
OPPERMAN, VANCE K 16000
MCGOUGH CONSTRUCTION CO INC 15000
RELIASTAR FINANCIAL CORP 15000
WIGLEY, MICHAEL 14899
HUBBARD, STANLEY 13750
OPPERMAN, DARIN 13000
COWLES, JOHN JR 12000
MACMILLAN, WHITNEY MR 12000
ROITENBERG, HAROLD 12000
PILLSBURY, GEORGE S 11750
DESIMONE, L D 11500
HUBBARD, STANLEY E 11500
MACKAY, HARVEY B 11500
STRATEGIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS 11500
LUDWICK, HARRIET T 11300
CUMMINS, JOAN 11000
WARK, MARY ANN BARROWS 11000
MACMILLAN, WHITNEY 10750
SILHA, OTTO 10750
DAYTON, JULIA 10500
MURPHY, ROBERT 10400
USEM, RUTH 10330
HUBBARD, KAREN HOLMEN 10250
TUTTLE, EMILY ANNE 10103
3 M GENERAL OFFICES 10000
3M TRAFFIC CONTROL MATERIALS DIVIS 10000
BARROWS, JUNE H 10000
BARROWS, SIDNEY H 10000
COLD SPRING GRANITE COMPANY 10000
CULLEN, AMY 10000
DAYTON HUDSON CORP 10000
DAYTON, JULIA W 10000
ECO LAB 10000
ENGLER, LEE 10000
HUBBARD, KAREN 10000
KESSLER, IRVIN 10000
LARSON, NANCY 10000
MC GOUGH CONSTRUCTION CO INC 10000
NAEGELE, WILLIAM FMP 10000
NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY 10000
RAISBECK, DAVID 10000
WAGENER, MORRIE 10000
DAYTON, KENNETH N 9500
COPHAM, DAVID 9450
STAMER, LEROY 9401
WREN, JOHN E 9300
SCHELLHAS, KURT 9010
CUMMINS, ROBERT 9000
SUNDQUIST, DEAN 9000
REDMOND, LAWRENCE 8650
MIHAJLOV, PETE 8565
WREN, JOHN 8500
OREN, DONALD G 8400
COX, VICKI 8200
HIRST, RICHARD 8200
BYSHEIM, CHARLES 8090
BERGH, KJELL 8050
WIGLEY, MICHAEL R 8050
BLOOMER, STEVE 8000
LANNERS, FRED 8000
MESSINGER, ALIDA MS. 8000
SIEBEN, WILLIAM R 8000
BAUMAN, EUNICE E 7750
DIETZ, CHARLTON 7750
WHITNEY, WHEELOCK 7700
PILLSBURY, SALLY 7650
KEINATH, GERALD E 7534
BENNER, ROBERT 7500
DASBURG, JOHN 7500
THOMPSON, DALE 7500