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Let's talk politics.
Saturday, January 10th, 2009
Posted by John Henrikson @ 07:44:03 pm

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.

[More:]


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
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