Bundlers are people with friends in high places who,
after bumping against personal contribution limits, turn
to those friends, associates, and, well, anyone who's willing to
give, and deliver the checks to the candidate in one big "bundle."
Even though these donors direct more
money to the candidates than anyone else, disclosure can be spotty,
candidates generally release
bundlers by ranges of fundraising, indicated in this chart with the
"max" and "min" columns, and with the top ranges being simply "$500,000
or more." NOTE:
Federal Election Commission regulations only require disclosure of
funds bundled by registered lobbyists. In 2008, both Barack Obama and
John McCain agreed to disclose any bundlers who raised over $50,000 for
their campaigns. Obama's re-election campaign is again disclosing those
bundlers for the 2012 election. No 2012 Republican presidential
candidates have agreed to voluntarily disclose their entire bundlers
lists. As such, the only bundlers listed for Republican candidates are
registered lobbyists.
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