Potenciales donantes de Rick Perrry

The Dallas Morning News nos presenta a algunos donantes que pueden estar en el futuro detrás de la operación presidencial de Rick Perry como grandes recaudadores, y que actualmente contribuyen a comités afines como el Americans for Rick Perry o la Republican Governors Association (RGA) que el Gobernador de Texas preside.

(...) But an independent group Americans For Rick Perry reported raising $193,000 over eight days in June, according to its filing with the Federal Election Commission . Most of the money came from reliable Perry donor Harold Simmons of Dallas, who gave $100,000. Simmons has won state approval under Perry's administration to build a nuclear waste disposal site in West Texas that experts say could eventually be worth billions of dollars.

Other contributors to Americans for Rick Perry include $50,000 from Universal Computer Systems, which is headed by major Perry donor Bob Brockman of Houston and $25,000 from Withers Energy Corp., headed by blue-chip Perry backer John Speer of Cypress, Texas. Americans for Rick Perry is promoting Perry's candidacy for president.

Meanwhile, a host of big-dollar Perry supporters show up as contributors this year to the Republican Governors Association. Perry is chairman of the Republican group and has spearheaded fundraising. The big-money donors to the governors group could very well end up as major financial bundlers for Perry. Harold Simmons is one of the big contributors -- $250,000. Also, Coppell apartment builder Marcus Hiles with $225,000 and Houston homebuilder Bob Perry with $250,000.

The biggest donors in the last six months to the Republican Governors Association are David Koch with $1 million, Kentucky pipeline manufacturer Terry Stephens with $1 million and Chicago businessman Kenneth Griffin with $500,000. None of the three have a history with Perry, but clearly the Texas governor will be seeking their support he throw his hat in the race for the White House. (...)