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They aren't all named Gates, Ballmer or Chihuly. Many of the 60 Washington residents who've given more than $1 million to Barack Obama's inauguration committee are regular people who've gotten caught up in the excitement. Although several have given the maximum $50,000 (you get tickets at that level), about half have given $500 or less.
These numbers are coming directly from the committee, which is posting donor information on its Web site. To go along with D.C. reporter Les Blumenthal's story in Sunday print edition, I downloaded the Washington state donor information into a spreadsheet and did a little analysis.
Here are some of the factoids:
58: Donors from Washington state to the inauguration committee, listed as of Friday night
$18,596: Average donation
$1,115,750: Total donations
28: Number of donors giving $500 or less
17: Number giving the maximum $50,000 donation
22: Donors from Seattle
3: Donors from Pierce County
2,033: Number of donors nationwide
$27 million: Total amount raised nationwide
10th: Rank of Washington in number of donors among states and D.C.
Read on to see if you know someone on the list.
FIRST LAST CITY AMOUNT Miller Adams Seattle $250 Richard Altig Kirkland $50,000 Connie Ballmer Hunts Point $50,000 Steven Ballmer Hunts Point $50,000 BO Bartlett Vashon $250 Matthew Bergman Vashon $50,000 Bruce Blume Seattle $50,000 Beth Bollinger Spokane $250 Shawn Brinsfield Seattle $12,500 Lynn Briody Bellevue $250 Wallace Chang Kirkland $250 Dale Chihuly Seattle $50,000 Linda Cornfield Seattle $50,000 Theiline Cramer Seattle $250 Daniel Curran Auburn $250 Michele Domingo Woodinville $250 Edith Farrar Shoreline $250 Juli Farris Seattle $10,000 Daniel Fisher Seattle $50,000 William Gates Kirkland $50,000 Melinda Gates Kirkland $50,000 Robert Glaser Seattle $50,000 Nicolas Hanauer Shoreline $25,000 Art Harper Bellevue $50,000 Cheryl Hays Sammamish $200 Lisa Janicki Sedro Woolley $500 Lynn Keat Seattle $300 Larry Keyser Spokane $250 Terry Langston Mercer Island $250 Jennifer Lesher Seattle $250 Eric Limbs Seattle $250 William Marler Bainbridge Is. $12,500 William Marler Seattle $12,500 William Marler Seattle $25,000 Michael Mathieu Seattle $25,000 Brandy Mcaniff Hunts Point $25,000 Craig Mundie Seattle $25,000 Kathleen Naughton Seattle $250 Mary Nichols Seatac $250 Ron Perey Seattle $25,000 Lenny Perkins Richland $250 Gale Picker Seattle $20,000 Stephen Pulkkinen Maple Valley $500 Warren Raven Bothell $250 Lisa Ruffin Puyallup $50,000 Guy Ruffin Puyallup $50,000 Donald Shaw Mukilteo $500 Janet Sinegal Hunts Point $25,000 Beveru Smaby Tacoma $250 David Smith Carnation $250 Bradford Smith Redmond $25,000 Cynthia Stroum Seattle $10,000 Maryanne Tagney-Jones Preston $25,000 Cindy Taylor Renton $500 Linda Tonn Clyde Hill $500 Steven VanRoekel Seattle $50,000 John Vechey Seattle $50,000 Carol PilzWeisskopfRichland $250 Denise White Spokane $250 Artee Young Seattle $5,000
