Kyrsten Sinema’s Q4 FEC filing is now public. A few toplines below.
- Sinema’s primary campaign committee, Sinema For Arizona, raised $803,975 from 10/1 to 12/31.
- $318,135.81 of receipts were from “Joint Fundraising Proceeds From Sinema Leadership Fund”
| SINEMA FOR ARIZONACoverage 10/1/22-12/31/22 | |
| Transaction | Amount |
| All Receipts | $803,975.88 |
| Small $ Receipts | $8,666.57 |
| All Disbursements | $443,628.97 |
| End Cash On Hand | $8,237,221.96 |
| Burn Rate | 55.18% |
Notable Donors And Trends – Sinema For Arizona Q4 2022 Filing
- Big private equity support: Sinema raised at least $311,100 from private equity donors, which was 38.7% of her total raised in the year end quarter.
- Apollo Global Management support: Sinema raised $149,700 from Apollo, which was 18.62% of her total raised in the year end quarter.
- TPG support: Sinema raised at least $63,800 from TPG, which was 7.94% of her total raised in the year end quarter (you know TPG, the people who own the vineyard where Sinema did her internship).
- Blackstone support: Sinema raised at least $34,800 from Blackstone, which was 4.33% of her total raised in the year end quarter.
- Barely any small dollar donors: Only 1.08% of Sinema’s contributions came from “small dollar donors” (“unitemized donors” as categorized by the FEC).
- Heavy support from corporate PACs: Sinema raised $121,500 from corporate PACs – 15.11% of total receipts.
- Little support from Arizonans:
- $212,716.25 from New York donors, 26.46% of total haul, the most of any state
- $252,623.75 from NYC area (NY/NJ/CT) donors, 31.42% of total haul
- $43,792.50 from AZ donors, 5.45% of total receipts ($803,975.88)
- $627,631.00 from non-AZ donors, 78.07% of total haul.
- $212,716.25 from New York donors, 26.46% of total haul, the most of any state
- Federalist Society donor: Eugene B. Meyer, President and CEO of The Federalist Society, donated $5,800 to Sinema on 12/20/22.
- Venture capital support: Sinema raised $28,600 from venture capital donors, which was 3.56% of her total raised in the year end quarter.
- Crypto support: Sinema received $14,500 from crypto industry donors, including from an FTX employee.
NOTE: The analysis on individual donors (e.g. company/industry analysis) was based on a review of donors who gave $1,000 or above. The geographic analysis on donor support is inclusive of all individual itemized donors.
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