The names of donors to the nation’s Super PACs were disclosed this week by the Federal Election Commission. Among the most generous: Harold Simmons, a Dallas businessman, who donated a total of $7 million to American Crossroads, Republican strategist Karl Rove’s Super PAC. Las Vegas mogul Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, donated $5 million each to a pro–Newt Gingrich Super PAC. The pro–Mitt Romney Super PAC Restore Our Future received $1 million each from 10 donors, including Bill Koch and Houston Republican Bob Perry. President Obama’s top donor was Jeffrey Katzenberg, who gave $2 million to a group called Priorities USA Action.
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