Michiganders slow to feed SuperPACs

LANSING – SuperPACs associated with individual presidential candidates raised $47 million in 2011 but Michigan donors were slow to join the fray. Only Restore Our Future, which Mitt Romney has referred to as, “my SuperPAC,” raised more than $1,000 from Michigan contributors.

Michigan donors to Restore Our Future included: Trott & Trott, PC: $200,000; auto dealer, David Fischer: $150,000; Autocam President, John Kennedy: $100,000; Grosse Pointers, Anthony Soave: $50,000 and Robert Liggett: $25,000; and, Young and Susser, PC: $7,500.

SuperPACs associated with individual presidential candidates reported the following receipts and fund balances, as of December 31, 2011:

• Restore Our Future – Mitt Romney

• Receipts: $30,179,653; Balance: $23,622,109

• Make Us Great Again – Rick Perry

• Receipts: $5,485,885; Balance: $604,472

• Our Destiny PAC – Jon Huntsman

• Receipts: $2,680,560; Balance: $126,586

• Winning Our Future - Newt Gingrich

• $2,080,250; Balance: $1,176,502

• Endorse Liberty – Ron Paul

• Receipts: $1.020,055; Balance: $627,830

• Red White and Blue Fund - Rick Santorum

• Receipts: $729,935; Balance: $78,114

• Revolution PAC – Ron Paul

• Receipts: $518,201; Balance: $83,770

• 9-9-9- Fund – Herman Cain

• Receipts: $617,620; Balance: $203,528

• Priorities USA Action – Barack Obama

• Receipts: $4,400,616; Balance: $1,517,821

It has been widely reported that Sheldon and Miriam Adelson contributed $10 million to Winning Our Future in January 2012. Those contributions have not been reported yet. PACs and SuperPACs have the option of filing quarterly or monthly this year.

Michiganders slow to feed SuperPACs

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