Michael Bloomberg, the former New York mayor who ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, has donated more than $8.2 million to campaigns in California in 2021-22.
By KALYN STRALOW
BALLOTPEDIA VIA THE CENTER SQUARE
(The Center Square) — In California politics, state-level candidates and political action committees have received $1.5 billion in total donations between Jan. 1, 2021, and June 30, 2022.
The 10 largest donors gave more than $56.3 million, or 4% of all contributions.
These are the top 10 individual donors to California state-level candidates and political action committees in the 2022 election cycle, according to campaign finance reports submitted to the California:
— Joseph Sanberg, $10,925,000.
— John Cox, $9,620,906.
— Cari Tuna, $9,500,000.
— Michael Bloomberg, $8,264, 662.
— Yvonne Yiu, $5,623,945.
— Reed Hastings, $5,557,945.
— Patty Quillin, $1,797,400.
— Jim Walton, $1,783,751.
— Geoffrey Palmer, $1,742,600.
— Elizabeth Diane Simons, $1,461,400.
The list of California donors during this period includes more than 4,125 individuals identified by name in the state secretary of state’s public records.
