Donations made to political groups or candidates must be disclosed under state law for greater transparency in elections. While Congress created the Federal Election Commission to oversee federal elections in 1974, each state is left to regulate its local elections.
Data collected on Sept. 3 from the Board of Elections.
Top political contributions made during week ending May 15
| Committee | Contributor | Contribution Type | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina Democratic Leadership Committee (NCDLC) | Michael Bennett Conlon | Individual | $10,000 | 2021-05-10 |
| Guilford County Republican Party Building Account | Guilford County REC | Party Comm | $6,000 | 2021-05-11 |
| Ervin for Justice | Anne D. Hummel | Individual | $5,782 | 2021-05-12 |
| Ervin for Justice | Jane Bethell Preyer | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-05-13 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | Adam Stein | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-05-13 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | Bernadette Goodnight | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-05-11 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | David H. Womack | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-05-12 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | John Wilson | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-05-11 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | Mitchel Bollag | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-05-13 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | Vickie F. Stephenson | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-05-12 |
| Richard Dietz Committee | Daniel Dimicco | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-05-10 |
| Richard Dietz Committee | Sandra Henson | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-05-10 |
| Trey Allen for Justice | Michael C. Smith | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-05-14 |
| Trey Allen for Justice | Sandra Henson | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-05-10 |
| Allison for House | Anne Dahle | Individual | $5,000 | 2021-05-12 |
| East Rising PAC | Kieran Joseph Shanahan | Individual | $5,000 | 2021-05-12 |
| North Carolina Democratic Leadership Committee (NCDLC) | William Bernstein | Individual | $5,000 | 2021-05-10 |
| North Carolina Democratic Leadership Committee (NCDLC) | Winfield C. Moses Jr. | Individual | $5,000 | 2021-05-10 |
| North Carolina House Republican Campaign Committee | David Willis for NC | Non-Party Comm | $5,000 | 2021-05-13 |
| Trey Allen for Justice | Richard E. Wilkins | Individual | $5,000 | 2021-05-14 |
| Friends of Mark Robinson | John D. Smith III | Individual | $4,000 | 2021-05-15 |
| Lew Weatherspoon for Commissioner | Ben Slaughter | Individual | $4,000 | 2021-05-13 |
| Scott Hall for Sheriff | Michael Carroll | Individual | $3,500 | 2021-05-11 |
| Carolina Asphalt Pavement Association PAC | Donald Pfeifer Jr. | Individual | $3,000 | 2021-05-11 |
| Friends of Mark Robinson | Marilyn Thomas | Individual | $3,000 | 2021-05-15 |
| Committee to Elect Jake Johnson | Robert Barkley | Individual | $2,800 | 2021-05-13 |
| North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association PAC | Greg Forsey | Individual | $2,800 | 2021-05-14 |
| Philip E Berger Committee | Christopher J. Pierce | Individual | $2,800 | 2021-05-12 |
| Philip E Berger Committee | Terry Hutchens | Individual | $2,800 | 2021-05-11 |
| Jane Harrison for Raleigh | Thomas Harrison | Individual | $2,700 | 2021-05-12 |
| North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association PAC | Robert H. Walker | Individual | $2,700 | 2021-05-14 |
| Committee to Elect Taylor Browne | Charles Browne | Individual | $2,500 | 2021-05-13 |
| Ervin for Justice | Douglas W. Ey Jr. | Individual | $2,500 | 2021-05-13 |
| Ervin for Justice | Kiran H. Mehta | Individual | $2,500 | 2021-05-15 |
| Health Network Solutions PAC | Bradley Batchelor | Individual | $2,500 | 2021-05-14 |
| Health Network Solutions PAC | Rick Blase | Individual | $2,500 | 2021-05-10 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | Judith Turner Carpenter | Individual | $2,500 | 2021-05-14 |
| North Carolina Democratic Leadership Committee (NCDLC) | Doug M. Auer | Individual | $2,500 | 2021-05-14 |
| Philip E Berger Committee | Glenn H. Hall | Individual | $2,500 | 2021-05-11 |
| Philip E Berger Committee | Richard Childress | Individual | $2,500 | 2021-05-10 |
| Wes Tripp for House | Tammy Crowley Deloatch | Individual | $2,500 | 2021-05-13 |
| Randolph Dem Building Fund | Randolph County DEC | Party Comm | $2,400 | 2021-05-14 |
| Committee to Elect Richard Coleman | Jeffery L. Clark | Individual | $2,000 | 2021-05-10 |
| Matheny for Council | Frank Auman III | Individual | $2,000 | 2021-05-10 |
| North Carolina Auto Dealers Association PAC | Brad Wood | Individual | $2,000 | 2021-05-11 |
| North Carolina Auto Dealers Association PAC | James Van OLP | Individual | $2,000 | 2021-05-14 |
| North Carolina Auto Dealers Association PAC | Jeffrey Michael | Individual | $2,000 | 2021-05-11 |
| North Carolina Auto Dealers Association PAC | Mary Rice | Individual | $2,000 | 2021-05-11 |
| North Carolina Auto Dealers Association PAC | Norwood Bryan | Individual | $2,000 | 2021-05-14 |
| Todd Johnson for Senate | Larry Helms | Individual | $2,000 | 2021-05-10 |
| Carolina Asphalt Pavement Association PAC | Eric Long | Individual | $1,500 | 2021-05-11 |
| Committee to Elect Jonathan Melton | Stephen Kenney | Individual | $1,500 | 2021-05-13 |
| Frank Williams Committee | Perry G. Davis Jr. | Individual | $1,500 | 2021-05-10 |
| Scott Hall for Sheriff | Melinda King | Individual | $1,500 | 2021-05-11 |
| James Atlas McVicker | Daine Smith | Individual | $1,100 | 2021-05-13 |
| Ervin for Justice | Ed L. Rankin III | Individual | $1,033 | 2021-05-11 |
| Ervin for Justice | Edward C. Jones | Individual | $1,033 | 2021-05-14 |
| Ervin for Justice | Larry R. Clark | Individual | $1,033 | 2021-05-11 |
| Citizens for Donnie Harrison | Brenda C. Gibson | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-10 |
| Citizens for Donnie Harrison | Terry E. 'Terry' Nobles Jr. | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-10 |
| Committee to Elect Carolyn Logan | Beverly Miller Earle | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-11 |
| Committee to Elect Dedreana Freeman | North Carolina Democratic Party | Party Comm | $1,000 | 2021-05-12 |
| Committee to Elect Dimple Ajmera | Dilipkumar Thotakuri | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-10 |
| Committee to Elect Hasty for Sheriff | Charles L. Smith | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-14 |
| Committee to Elect Jake Johnson | Jeff Egolf | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-14 |
| Committee to Elect Jeff Zenger to North Carolina State House | David Mounts | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-13 |
| Committee to Elect Michael J Stading District Court Judge | Stefan Gleason | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-14 |
| East Rising PAC | James W. Chesnutt | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-12 |
| East Rising PAC | Samuel P. Hunter | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-12 |
| Ed Priola for North Carolina | Randy Keith Massey | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-10 |
| Friends of Mary-Ann Baldwin | Sheila Ahler | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-13 |
| Friends of Mary-Ann Baldwin | William Allen III | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-09 |
| Friends of Mary-Ann Baldwin | William Martin Jr. | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-13 |
| Henderson Republican Party | John Rosner | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-11 |
| James Atlas McVicker | Dean Hilton | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-12 |
| Jimmy Dixon for HD 4 | Hugh Casion II | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-12 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | Donald Beskind | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-14 |
| Lillian'S List PAC | Cosette Serabjit-Singh | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-13 |
| Mecklenburg Republican Party | David Wilson | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-14 |
| North Carolina Auto Dealers Association PAC | Fred Anderson | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-11 |
| North Carolina Auto Dealers Association PAC | Fred Anderson | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-11 |
| North Carolina Auto Dealers Association PAC | G. L. Deichmann III | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-14 |
| North Carolina Auto Dealers Association PAC | Lawrence White | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-11 |
| North Carolina Auto Dealers Association PAC | Rusty Cox | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-13 |
| North Carolina Auto Dealers Association PAC | T. David Neill | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-11 |
| North Carolina Auto Dealers Association PAC | Thomas B. Burton Jr. | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-11 |
| North Carolina Democratic Leadership Committee (NCDLC) | David S. Brody | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-11 |
| North Carolina Democratic Leadership Committee (NCDLC) | Edward Lee Rankin III | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-14 |
| Philip E Berger Committee | Ferrell L. Blount III | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-11 |
| Scott Hall for Sheriff | Shantea Connell | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-11 |
| Scott Thomas for DA Committee | Kenneth F. Crow | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-13 |
| Shane Hilliard for Sheriff | Donald Gary 'Gary' Banks | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-12 |
| University Development Coalition | Jon Rufty | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-11 |
| Vote Outling | Andy Zimmerman | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-10 |
| Work for Democracy | Anna Morris | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-05-13 |
| Draintheswampconservatives | Julius Owens | Individual | $996 | 2021-05-12 |
| Jim Perry Committee | Kenneth Blizzard | Individual | $960 | 2021-05-09 |
| Friends of Mark Robinson | Cherokee County Republican Party | Party Comm | $800 | 2021-05-15 |
| Draintheswampconservatives | Thomas Paul Tisdale IV | Individual | $750 | 2021-05-12 |
| Mecklenburg Republican Party | Susan Crosby | Individual | $750 | 2021-05-10 |
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