California Top Federal Political Campaign Donors in the 2017-2018 Election Cycle

Updated on January 26, 2025.

According to FEC data, in the 2017-2018 election cycle, among all individual political campaign donors in California who donated to federal candidates, political parties, PACs and 527 organizations, STEYER, THOMAS F. was the highest campaign donor, donating a total of $73.04M. MARCUS, GEORGE M. was the second highest political campaign donor, donating a total of $8.53M; and JURVETSON, KARLA was the third highest political campaign donor, donating a total of $7.70M.

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

You can see similar information for other states.

You can also see details of individual campaign donations made by all individuals in California.

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California Top Federal Political Campaign Donors in the 2017-2018 Election Cycle
STEYER, THOMAS F.
MARCUS, GEORGE M.
JURVETSON, KARLA
SCHWAB, CHARLES R
MOSKOVITZ, DUSTIN
SANDLER, HERBERT M.
SABAN, HAIM
HOFFMAN, REID G
HOFFMAN, REID
SCHWAB, HELEN
California Top Federal Political Campaign Donors in the 2017-2018 Election Cycle
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Name Amount ($)
STEYER, THOMAS F. 73036712
MARCUS, GEORGE M. 8524500
JURVETSON, KARLA 7702996
SCHWAB, CHARLES R 6864900
MOSKOVITZ, DUSTIN 5614750
SANDLER, HERBERT M. 4747601
SABAN, HAIM 4440400
HOFFMAN, REID G 4330761
HOFFMAN, REID 4312208
SCHWAB, HELEN 4167400
PALMER, GEOFFREY H. 4002700
SIMONS, ELIZABETH 2681298
JACOBS, IRWIN 2610400
SCHWAB, HELEN O'NEILL 2595300
MACFARLANE, SETH W 2330300
OBERNDORF, WILLIAM E. 2194500
TUNA, CARI 2053480
SPIELBERG, STEVEN 1730660
HEADLEY, MARK 1569350
SHENKER, SCOTT 1391250
KARPLUS, BARBARA 1277103
RUFER, CHRIS 1147852
KATZENBERG, JEFFREY 1086000
HEISING, MARK W 1085700
MARCUS, GEORGE 1060000
HASTINGS, REED 1046600
SILBERSTEIN, STEPHEN M 1041700
SCHWAB, CHARLES R MR 1041200
GEFFEN, DAVID 1037150
MAHER, BILL 1028200
QUILLIN, PATTY 1025000
THIEL, PETER A. 1000000
EARHART, ANNE G. 896300
POWELL JOBS, LAURENE 895700
HEISING, MARK 884924
GRAHAM, PAUL 850000
STEYER, TOM 832100
KAPLAN, JO ANN 808438
HAYDE, MICHAEL K. 770500
SIMONS, NAT 765100
LANG, JANET 751470
WOMER, ROD 736000
MERCER, MICHELLE 730069
BROAD, ELI 715500
KHAWAJA, AHMAD 715400
BANKE, BARBARA R. 702321
ZUBERI, IMAAD 695856
GROFF, SUSAN L MRS 689000
SACCA, CHRISTOPHER 673240
PRITZKER, NICHOLAS 668000
LANG, BARRY 652000
MINER, NICOLA 646300
PARKER, SEAN 645400
CARSEY, MARCY 643500
LINDSAY, ELLYN 633880
GOLDEN, BRUCE 633787
GOTTSMAN, LAURA 617183
BURKLE, RON 615800
SHEPOISER, ALAN 594900
MCNAMEE, ROGER 587688
GROFF, HOWARD D MR. 557100
JACOBS, IRWIN M 552000
GROFF, SUSAN 551368
MARSHALL, BARBARA GRIMM 548450
WILSEY, DIANE B. 548200
RAO, AMY 543417
BLUE, ALLEN 541773
WHEDON, JOSS 537762
LOVELACE, JAMES 532800
FISHER, JOHN 526655
JACOBS, JOAN K. 501000
EARHART, ANNE 500700
WARSCHAW, HOPE 500428
ORR, DOMINIC 487365
DREW, JOHN 473498
DESJARDINS, DAVID 458500
JORDAN, WAYNE 455720
NAFTALI, ELIZABETH 454715
GRASSESCHI, BARBARA 452950
THIEL, PETER MR. 452700
PACKARD, JULIE 445400
HUNT-SCOTT, SHANNON 439062
WOODS, LAURE 435125
SERRURIER, NANCY 433435
JORDAN, WAYNE D 433400
SANDBERG, SHERYL 431600
DONNER, DAVID 427325
MEYER SIMON, DIANE 425739
TAYLOR, KATHRYN 422100
SOLOMON, PAUL 421835
HITZ, DAVID 418500
YORKIN, PEG 417645
WINOGRAD, TERRY 414030
LUCZO, STEPHEN J 411800
TAYLOR, CHARLES 411226
MCGRATH, KATHLEEN 404900
ARNOTT, ROBERT 404400
KHOURI, LAURA A. 403157
MCNAMEE, ANN 401357
SPENCE, CORINNE 398031