“Larry Hogan’s Ties to Project 2025 and Billionaire MAGA Donors” [Raw Story]

New reporting shows Hogan’s campaign is heavily bankrolled by “billionaire Trump supporters” and individuals “involved with Project 2025”

Republican Larry Hogan’s Senate campaign is heavily funded by “billionaire Trump supporters” and individuals “involved with Project 2025,” including Hogan’s and his campaign manager’s former coworkers who contributed directly to Project 2025’s main policy document.

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Raw Story: Revealed: Anti-Trump Larry Hogan’s Ties to Project 2025 and Billionaire MAGA Donors
By Alexandria Jacobson

October 3, 2024

• Hogan’s campaign has still benefited from donations from billionaire Trump supporters and individuals working at organizations involved with Project 2025.

Trump billionaire donors support Hogan

• Maryland’s Future, a super PAC supporting Hogan, has received donations of more than $100,000 – and as much as $10 million — from 12 wealthy Republican donors, some of whom support Trump, according to The Washington Post.
• At least three of the top 26 billionaire donors to Trump (as reported by Forbes) have also contributed to Hogan’s campaign.
• Republican megadonor Kenneth Griffin, CEO of the hedge fund Citadel, donated the most to Maryland’s Future PAC: $10 million. According to Federal Election Commission filings, he also contributed $6,600 to Hogan for Maryland, Hogan’s principal campaign committee.
• Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman and his wife, Christine Schwarzman, donated $2 million to Maryland’s Future and $6,600 each to Hogan for Maryland. Schwarzman contributed $419,600 to a joint fundraising committee supporting Trump, according to The Washington Post.
• Warren Stephens, CEO of the private investment bank Stephens, Inc., gave $1 million to Maryland’s Future and $6,600 to Hogan for Maryland, according to the Federal Election Commission. He also donated $2 million to the Make America Great Again Inc. super PAC and $250,000 to another pro-Trump fundraising committee, according to The Washington Post.
• Linda McMahon, the wife of Vince McMahon… has donated $16 million to Trump campaign committees, according to Forbes. According to Federal Election Commission records, she also donated $6,600 to Hogan for Maryland. McMahon is chair of the board and chair of the Center for the American Worker for the America First Policy Institute, a conservative nonprofit think tank founded in 2021 to promote Trump’s public policy agenda.
• Carla Sands, former Trump administration ambassador to Denmark, is also involved with the America First Policy Institute as vice chair for the Center for Energy and Environment. Sands is credited with contributing to Project 2025, noting her affiliation with the America First Policy Institute.
• Kelsy Warren, CEO of oil company Energy Transfer Partners, has donated nearly $6 million to Trump’s campaign, according to Forbes. He has also donated $6,600 to Hogan for Maryland, according to the Federal Election Commission.
• Steve Wynn, a real estate developer who created notable Las Vegas casinos and hotels but stepped down due to sexual assault allegations he denies, has given Trump campaign groups $1.1 million, according to Forbes. He and his wife, Andrea Wynn, each gave $6,600 to Hogan for Maryland, according to the Federal Election Commission.

Project 2025 questions

• [Hogan] previously appointed Robert Moffit, a senior fellow in the Heritage Foundation’s Center for Health Policy Studies, as chairman of the Maryland Health Care Commission while serving as governor of Maryland.
• Two individuals who worked with CGCN, an all-Republican lobbying firm, and its separate law firm, are credited as contributors: Aaron Szabo… and Justin Schwab.
• Hogan worked with CGCN as a consultant. His campaign manager, David Weinman, was also a former senior vice president with CGCN.
  
• Shane Jackson, president of Jackson Healthcare and board member for the Foundation for Government Accountability, gave Hogan for Maryland, $3,300. The Foundation for Government Accountability, a conservative public policy think tank, is credited as being part of the advisory board for Project 2025.
• Two executive committee members of the Middle East Forum each contributed to the Hogan for Maryland committee. The Middle East Forum… is credited as part of the advisory board on the Project 2025 website.
• Executive committee member Nordahl Brue contributed $2,000 to Hogan for Maryland, and another committee member, Joshua Katzen, contributed $500.

See also: Washington Post: The Donors Shelling Out Big Money in Md.’s Critical U.S. Senate Race & MSNBC: Larry Hogan’s ‘Independent’ Pitch Comes with an Asterisk in Maryland

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