Who Are Wilmington's Campaign Donors Giving To This Year?

WILMINGTON, MA —Wilmington's political donors have spread their money widely this year, with no candidate getting even 10 percent of their money so far this year. According to data from the Federal Elections Commission, most of which dates to the end of June, Wilmington residents gave over $1000 to four different Democratic presidential candidates, as well as a variety of congressional campaigns and issues-based committees. 290 different people donated in that period, for a total of $48,765.15.

The biggest single donor was insurance broker Charles J Brophy of HUB International, who gave $5,000 to The Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers Political Action Committee. In second was Richard Anton, CFO of the real estate company GFI Partners, who gave $2,800 to former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign.

Many of the donations came in smaller increments, however, often made through ActBlue, the nonprofit which many Democrats use to raise online donations. Over $10,000 in contributions were made through the service. ActBlue itemizes small donations, which is not required, so data on donations to Democrats is more complete than donations to Republicans or other organizations.

Including ActBlue donations, Biden leads the Democratic field in total contributions from Wilmington, with $4,296, followed by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, with $2,531 and $2,441 respectively. Donald Trump's committees, not including unitemized donations (those under $200), raised $2,527.50 in the same period.

The top 7 presidential campaigns with Wilmington donors, by amount raised, were:

Joe Biden 4296
Bernie Sanders 2531
President Donald Trump 2527.5
Elizabeth Warren 2441
Massachusetts Congressman Seth Moulton 1728
California Senator Kamala Harris 882.86
South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg 602

Democratic Minnesota Senator Tina Smith raised more money from Wilmington than all but one presidential campaign, getting $3,000, spread over 7 donations, from retiree Michael Simpson. Moulton, who represents the town in the House of Reprentatives, also raised thousands for his congressional campaign coffers.

Wilmington residents gave to a variety of other campaigns and organizations, as well. Both parties got thousands for their congressional campaign committees, as did groups like the Koch Industries political action committee and the progressive Justice Democrats. Wilmington donors also gave hundreds to campaigns from around the country, including the campaign committees of Republican Texas Senator John Cornyn and Democratic New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

The top donor through ActBlue, Barb Hoercher, made 69 different contributions, totaling $623.50, to 36 different recipients, including 10 presidential campaigns and several Democrats in hotly-watched 2020 senate races, like Maine and Colorado.