Politics & Government

Obama's DC Bundlers Cluster in Northwest

Super donors raising funds for President Obama's 2012 re-election campaign live in Georgetown's 20007 ZIP code and other upper Northwest neighborhoods.

President Barack Obama has received near $35 million in donations from elite donors who bundle contributions from friends, family and aquaintances for his re-election campaign. Eleven such donors live in D.C., all but one call Northwest D.C. home and four of them live in the Georgetown area's "20007" ZIP code.

The donation information comes from the non-profit website Open Secrets. The "Contributions" column indicates the total amount the bundler, their spouse and dependent children have given to all federal candidates, parties and PACs in all election cycles since 1990.

Name Employer Contribution Location White Jr., Frank Retired $228,354 20037 (West End) Wheeler, Tom Core Capital Partners $200,190 20007 (Burleith) Robinson, Alfreda George Washington University $250 20012 (Colonial Village) Nichols, Mark* Bagley, Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley US Dept of State $1,321,420 20007 (Burleith) Pensky, Carol Retired $146,859 20007 (Pallisades) Phillips, John Phillips & Cohen $76,100 20036

Harris, Scott

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Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis $37,900 20007 (Observatory Circle) Burd, David Arnold & Porter800 $50,000 20009 (Logan Circle) Bush, Dwight Urban Trust Bank $117,700 20008 (VanNess) Patterson-Strachan, Shaunda Jorden Burt LLP 4,069 20020 (Randal Highlands in SE)

According to the Huffington Post, 22 of Hillary Clinton's top fundraisers are bundling for the Obama reelection effort. One of those bundlers is on the list above in italics, Carol Pensky.

Four out of the District's top eleven bundlers are women, but there could be more coming forward as the administration ramps up efforts to engage women.

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The Huffington Post reported on the imporatance of a fundraiser planned for Sept. 20 in New York. The event will feature First Lady Michelle Obama and feminist activist Gloria Steinem.

An Obama campaign aide told the Huffington Post:

"Women are a really important constituency for us. Their involvement and support was integral in 2008 and we are not taking their support for granted in 2012. The idea behind this fundraiser is engaging women, on a wider scale, to get involved and energized about the political process and the 2012 election."

*Open Secrets did not have any donation information for this individual, but still listed him as a bundler in Washington, D.C.


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