New York 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 New York who donated to federal candidates, political parties, PACs and 527 organizations, BLOOMBERG, MICHAEL R. was the highest campaign donor, donating a total of $86.60M. SOROS, GEORGE was the second highest political campaign donor, donating a total of $17.86M; and SIMONS, JAMES H. was the third highest political campaign donor, donating a total of $13.31M.

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

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

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New York Top Federal Political Campaign Donors in the 2017-2018 Election Cycle
BLOOMBERG, MICHAEL R.
SOROS, GEORGE
SIMONS, JAMES H.
SCHWARZMAN, STEPHEN A.
BLOOMBERG, MICHAEL
SUSSMAN, DONALD
SIMONS, JAMES
SCHWARTZ, BERNARD L.
SOROS, ALEXANDER
GOLDMAN-FOWLER, AMY P
New York Top Federal Political Campaign Donors in the 2017-2018 Election Cycle
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Name Amount ($)
BLOOMBERG, MICHAEL R. 86601932
SOROS, GEORGE 17863714
SIMONS, JAMES H. 13310700
SCHWARZMAN, STEPHEN A. 11930800
BLOOMBERG, MICHAEL 8511625
SUSSMAN, DONALD 8450000
SIMONS, JAMES 5549210
SCHWARTZ, BERNARD L. 3153300
SOROS, ALEXANDER 2764863
GOLDMAN-FOWLER, AMY P 2578600
SINGER, PAUL ELLIOTT 2500000
SINGER, PAUL 2357040
SHAW, DAVID E 1843808
SIMONS, MARILYN HAWRYS 1830000
LAUDER, RONALD S 1674300
SONNENFELDT, MICHAEL 1622095
SOROS COLOMBEL, ANDREA 1500000
MERCER, ROBERT 1408527
BACON, LOUIS M 1130500
MERCER, ROBERT L 1108500
JOYCE, CHARLES P. MR. 1095700
LOEB, DANIEL S. 1073500
STAVIS, ROBERT 1054700
SINGER, PAUL E. 1050500
MELLON, MATTHEW T II 1000000
MERCER, ROBERT LEROY MR. 1000000
PELTZ, NELSON 977700
WANDER, WOLFGANG 959550
MANOCHERIAN, JED 940700
MARKS, HOWARD S. 910400
MUNGER, PHILIP R. 906369
MERCER, ROBERT AND DIANA 800000
GURAL, JEFFREY 763574
BECK, ANDREW 749500
GALLOGLY, MARK T 736399
GALLOGLY, MARK 728600
SOSNICK, AARON 714100
ROBERT, STEPHEN 704000
MARXE, AUSTIN W 701000
WITKOFF, STEVEN MR. 683400
ELMALEH, NIKO 669180
MINDICH, JEREMY 628640
GIBBONS, JUDITH 613113
MONTAG, THOMAS 612500
LAUFER, ERIC 597200
MAY, PETER 585100
ELLING, MARTIN 581650
ISAAC, PAUL J. 575500
GOTTESMAN, SARA 575450
CRNKOVIC, CEDOMIR 572300
SMITH, AMY 551877
DYSON, ROBERT R 542900
CAPPELL, JACOB 539200
GRAY, JONATHAN D 538200
GOLDMAN FOWLER, AMY 537400
SIMONS, MARILYN H. 537000
SIMONS, MARILYN 531600
SCHWARZMAN, STEPHEN A. MR. 519500
STRICKLER, ELIZABETH B 519000
DILLER, BARRY 514500
ALLAN SOROS, JENNIFER 512325
STAVIS, AMY 511400
ORR, LEONARD 507800
MERCER, ROBERT L. MR. 501400
GOLDMAN FOWLER, AMY P DR. 500000
MURDOCH, JAMES RUPERT 500000
LOEB, DANIEL 499900
STRICKLER, ELIZABETH 499000
VAN AMERINGEN, HENRY 495100
MERCER, ROBERT MR. 494400
MINSKY-PRIMUS, LISA 493891
MUNGER, PHILIP 492093
LITTLE, WILLIAM 490503
MCKELLAR, MARIE 484703
BUCKNER, ELIZABETH 477450
MAY, PETER W. 472000
GOSIN, BARRY 470500
HESS, JOHN B. 465000
KLEIN, GEORGE MR. 463300
ATTWOOD, JAMES A. JR. 458700
STRYKER, JON L. 457400
MOORE BACON, LOUIS 455400
SOROS, JONATHAN 455100
STRYKER, JON 455100
HALL, VICTORIA 451133
FAIRMAN, FLEUR 451110
SINGER, PAUL E MR 449500
KARP, DAVID 449313
CLEARMAN, STEPHEN 440900
SOSNICK, AARON M 439000
LEVINE, JEREMY 434600
ASNESS, CLIFF 429700
MERCER, DIANA 410800
WEISSMAN, MILDRED 409275
MULLEN, DONALD R. JR. 408700
LINDEN, LAWRENCE 406500
NOVOGRATZ, MICHAEL E. 405400
LEVINE, RUTH 404259
MEHIEL, DENNIS 400448
LITTLE, WILLIAM E. JR. 388775