Mastodawn

"At least 64 #billionaires and 37 of their immediate family members donated directly to his [Tim Sheehy's] campaign, a New York Times analysis found. When also accounting for #money that flowed through #political committees that support Mr. Sheehy, an analysis shows that billionaires contributed about $47 million in the race that Mr. Sheehy went on to win."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/us/billionaires-federal-election-campaign-contributions.html

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Zhi Zhu 🕸️2d ago

"The extraordinary spending in #Montana is part of a new era of political power... 300 #billionaires & their immediate family members donated more than $3 billion — 19% of all contributions — in federal #elections in 2024...

Five presidential elections ago, before the #SupremeCourt ’s 2010 ruling that lifted many remaining campaign #finance restrictions, the share of #billionaire spending was almost zero — 0.3%, to be precise."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/us/billionaires-federal-election-campaign-contributions.html

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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

"The #billionaire families gave an average total of $10 million each in 2024, an amount roughly equal to what 100,000 typical political donors gave, combined. And that does not count money that #billionaires contributed through #DarkMoney groups that do not have to disclose their donors.

#Money at that scale can be game-changing... spending money wins #elections."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/us/billionaires-federal-election-campaign-contributions.html

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