Businessman and reality television star Donald Trump may be eyeing the Republican nomination for president, but he's been strongly bipartisan over a long course of giving political donations to federal candidates. A quick look at Trump's giving just since 2000 demonstrates he was particularly generous to New York and New Jersey politicians, mostly Democrats. In the cases of Sen. John McCain and former Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the figures below are totals for their Senate campaigns and presidential efforts.
| Organization | Amount |
|---|---|
| Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee | $97,500 |
| American Crossroads | 50,000 |
| National Republican Senatorial Committee | 40,400 |
| Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee | 41,900 |
| Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) | 33,450 |
| Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) | 26,100 |
| National Republican Congressional Committee | 12,000 |
| Former Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) | 10,800 |
| Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J) | 10,000 |
| Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) | 7,400 |
| Rep. Robert Andrews (D-N.J.) | 6,900 |
| Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) | 6,750 |
| Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) | 6,400 |
| Former Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) | 6,000 |
| Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-N.J.) | 5,750 |
| Former Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) | 5,300 |
| Committee for Leadership and Progress | 5,000 |
| Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) | 5,000 |
| Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) | 4,800 |
| Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) | 4,300 |
| Former Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) | 4,000 |
| Former Rep. Sue Kelly (R-N.Y.) | 3,500 |
| Former Rep. Clay Shaw (R-Fla.) | 3,500 |
| Former Rep. Bud Shuster (R-Pa.) | 3,000 |
| Former Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) | 3,000 |
| Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) | 2,500 |
| Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) | 2,500 |
| Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.) | 2,500 |
| Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) | 2,000 |
| Bush-Cheney '04 Inc. | 2,000 |
| Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) | 2,000 |
| Former Rep. Vito Fossella (R-N.Y.) | 2,000 |
| Former Rep. Dan Maffei (D-N.Y.) | 2,000 |
| Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) | 2,000 |
| Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) | 2,000 |
| 2000 Republican House-Senate Dinner | 1,000 |
| Former Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) | 1,000 |
| Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.) | 1,000 |
| Chris Cox for Congress (R-N.Y.) | 1,000 |
| Former Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) | 1,000 |
| Citizens for Mark Shriver (D-Md.) | 1,000 |
| Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) | 1,000 |
| Former Sen. Jon Corzine (D-N.J.) | 1,000 |
| Noach Dear (R-N.Y.) | 1,000 |
| Erskine Bowles for U.S. Senate (D-N.C.) | 1,000 |
| Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) | 1,000 |
| Former Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) | 1,000 |
| Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) | 1,000 |
| Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) | 1,000 |
| Friends of Susan Parker (D-Ala.) | 1,000 |
| Former Rep. Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.) | 1,000 |
| Former Rep. Harold Ford Jr. (D-Tenn.) | 1,000 |
| Former Sen. Ernest 'Fritz' Hollings (D-S.C.) | 1,000 |
| Former Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) | 1,000 |
| Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.) | 1,000 |
| Michael Rocque for Congress Committee (R-N.Y.) | 1,000 |
| Former Rep. Jerry Weller (R-Ill.) | 1,000 |
| Former New Jersey Gov. Tom Kean (R) | 1,000 |
| Rep. Chris Gibson (R-N.Y.) | 500 |
| Former Rep. Chris Lee (R-N.Y.) | 500 |
| Former Rep. Jim Saxton (R-N.J.) | 500 |
| Rep. Brian Higgins (D-N.Y.) | 500 |
| Former Rep. John Sweeney (R-N.Y.) | 500 |
| Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) | 250 |
In the cases of PAC donations, we named the individual Member.
Source: CQ MoneyLine