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Miriam Adelson

Donor who gave $100 million to groups backing Trump in the 2024 cycle, by 1 November 2024, according to the Brennan Center.

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  1. funded Preserve America PAC 2020 – 1 Nov 2024
  2. funded Fundraising for the 2024 U.S. election (groups backing Trump (a snapshot at 1 November 2024), $100M) 2023 – 1 Nov 2024

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  • Preserve America PAC 2020 – 1 Nov 2024 Scholarship & press 12

    Dollar totals from different counts: $90 million with her husband in the 2020 cycle (FactCheck.org), $5 million to 30 June 2024 (FactCheck.org), $100 million by 1 November 2024 (Brennan Center, for groups backing Trump).

  • Fundraising for the 2024 U.S. election 2023 – 1 Nov 2024 groups backing Trump (a snapshot at 1 November 2024), $100M Scholarship & press 3

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Timeline 2 dates
  1. 2020 – 1 Nov 2024 Miriam Adelson funded Preserve America PAC
  2. 2023 – 1 Nov 2024 Miriam Adelson funded Fundraising for the 2024 U.S. election
Proof 3 sources
  1. Preserve America PAC, FactCheck.org, Aug 2024. Scholarship & press
    She and her late husband, Sheldon Adelson, who was also a major Republican donor, contributed $90 million of the $105 million that Preserve America PAC raised during the 2020 campaign cycle.
    She contributed $5 million, which was basically all the money it had collected, as of June 30.
    In 2020 , it spent $104 million, including $103 million for ads attacking Biden.
    Super PACs are not allowed to coordinate with a candidate’s campaign, but they can collect and spend unlimited amounts of money to support or oppose candidates.
  2. Megadonors Playing Larger Role in Presidential Race, FEC Data Shows, Brennan Center for Justice, 1 Nov 2024. Scholarship & press
    This presidential race has so far attracted three individual donors who gave nine figures each to-date, all to support Trump: banking heir Timothy Mellon ($150 million), tech mogul Elon Musk ($119 million), and casino owner Miriam Adelson ($100 million).
  3. Megadonors Playing Larger Role in Presidential Race, FEC Data Shows, Brennan Center for Justice, 1 Nov 2024. Scholarship & press
    banking heir Timothy Mellon ($150 million), tech mogul Elon Musk ($119 million), and casino owner Miriam Adelson ($100 million)
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