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Top political contributions made during week ending April 24
| Committee | Contributor | Contribution Type | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transylvania County Democratic Party | Sam Edney for NC House | Non-Party Comm | $15,000 | 2021-04-23 |
| North Carolina Democratic Leadership Committee (NCDLC) | John Bernhardt Wilson Jr. | Individual | $10,000 | 2021-04-20 |
| North Carolina Democratic Leadership Committee (NCDLC) | Richard J. Harkrader | Individual | $7,500 | 2021-04-22 |
| Brian Estes for Sheriff | Travis Poole | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-04-21 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | Beverly Hicks | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-04-19 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | Charles Reece | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-04-23 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | David I. Cohen | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-04-21 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | David Warner | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-04-18 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | Donald Reid Bryan Jr. | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-04-21 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | Frances B. Bryan | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-04-21 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | Jessica Mahone Conlon | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-04-23 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | Marion L. Hicks | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-04-19 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | Michael B. Conlon | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-04-23 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | Robert J. Deutsch | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-04-23 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | Ronald J. Bernstein | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-04-22 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | Todd McGowan | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-04-20 |
| Mark Robinson for North Carolina | Emily Hiatt | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-04-21 |
| Mark Robinson for North Carolina | Lenin Peters | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-04-22 |
| Mark Robinson for North Carolina | Mary Jo Annas | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-04-21 |
| Carolina Asphalt Pavement Association PAC | Fred Julius Smith III | Individual | $5,000 | 2021-04-23 |
| Cooper for North Carolina | Gerald F. Roach | Individual | $5,000 | 2021-04-20 |
| Jimmy Dixon for HD 4 | William H. Prestage | Individual | $5,000 | 2021-04-23 |
| North Carolina Democratic Party State | Kirk Deviere Campaign Committee | Non-Party Comm | $5,000 | 2021-04-23 |
| Mark Robinson for North Carolina | Chris Foust | Individual | $2,800 | 2021-04-19 |
| Mark Robinson for North Carolina | John Snider | Individual | $2,800 | 2021-04-19 |
| Mark Robinson for North Carolina | Ryan Hiatt | Individual | $2,800 | 2021-04-21 |
| Mark Robinson for North Carolina | Stefan Gleason | Individual | $2,800 | 2021-04-23 |
| Carolina Asphalt Pavement Association PAC | Michael Vecellio | Individual | $2,500 | 2021-04-23 |
| Citizens for Donnie Harrison | Donald F. Carter | Individual | $2,500 | 2021-04-24 |
| Committee to Elect Jonathan Melton | Carlton Midyette | Individual | $2,500 | 2021-04-22 |
| Friends of MARY-ANN Baldwin | Gordon Grubb | Individual | $2,500 | 2021-04-19 |
| Jimmy Dixon for HD 4 | John L. Prestage | Individual | $2,500 | 2021-04-23 |
| Jimmy Dixon for HD 4 | Scott J. Prestage | Individual | $2,500 | 2021-04-23 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | Olee Joel Olsen | Individual | $2,500 | 2021-04-19 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | Paul Mengert | Individual | $2,500 | 2021-04-21 |
| North Carolina Democratic Leadership Committee (NCDLC) | Jo Anne Lesser Earp | Individual | $2,500 | 2021-04-20 |
| North Carolina Democratic Leadership Committee (NCDLC) | Joseph Thacher Inglefield III | Individual | $2,500 | 2021-04-21 |
| North Carolina Democratic Leadership Committee (NCDLC) | Robert A. Wicker | Individual | $2,500 | 2021-04-20 |
| North Carolina Dental Society PAC | Michael Riccobene | Individual | $2,500 | 2021-04-23 |
| Moore Republican Party | Patrick Molamphy | Individual | $2,400 | 2021-04-19 |
| Greater Greensboro Republican Women | Marie Williams | Individual | $2,310 | 2021-04-21 |
| James Atlas McVicker | Rabon for Senate | Non-Party Comm | $2,000 | 2021-04-19 |
| North Carolina Auto Dealers Association PAC | David E. Durst | Individual | $2,000 | 2021-04-21 |
| North Carolina Auto Dealers Association PAC | John Hiester | Individual | $2,000 | 2021-04-19 |
| Trey Allen for Justice | Liang Soo | Individual | $2,000 | 2021-04-20 |
| Wes Tripp for House | Mary Rawls Jones | Individual | $2,000 | 2021-04-19 |
| North Carolina Fed of Republican Women | Moore RW | Party Comm | $1,950 | 2021-04-23 |
| Jackson Republican Party | Walter J. 'Jack' Debnam | Individual | $1,743 | 2021-04-22 |
| Committee to Elect Greg Seabolt Sheriff | Vivian Schwarz | Individual | $1,500 | 2021-04-20 |
| Philip E. Berger Committee | James Peterson | Individual | $1,500 | 2021-04-20 |
| McDowell Democratic Party | Nora Worthen | Individual | $1,400 | 2021-04-20 |
| North Carolina Democratic Party State | Mecklenburg County Democratic Party | Outside Source | $1,125 | 2021-04-21 |
| Committee to Elect Phil Byrd Sheriff | Phil Byrd | Individual | $1,112 | 2021-04-20 |
| Alan G Cloninger for Sheriff | Jeff Gale | Individual | $1,100 | 2021-04-19 |
| North Carolina Fed of Republican Women | Henderson Co. RW | Party Comm | $1,100 | 2021-04-23 |
| North Carolina Realtors PAC | Jaime L. Hamlett | Individual | $1,050 | 2021-04-19 |
| Carolina Asphalt Pavement Association PAC | Eugene T. Rose | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-19 |
| Carolina Asphalt Pavement Association PAC | William Reade Dawson | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-21 |
| Chad Hawkins for Sheriff | Randy Humphrey | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-21 |
| Chad Hawkins for Sheriff | Seth Norket | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-21 |
| Citizens for Donnie Harrison | Joel L. Keith | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-24 |
| Citizens in Support of Judge Bob Cherry | Kirby H. Smith | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-22 |
| Citizens in Support of Judge Bob Cherry | Steven E. Lacy | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-19 |
| Committee to Elect Braxton Winston II | Molly Shaw | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-23 |
| Committee to Elect Dimple Ajmera | Rama Gottumukkala | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-22 |
| Dave Craven for North Carolina | William Belk | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-19 |
| Friends of MARY-ANN Baldwin | Pam Townsend | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-20 |
| Harry Warren North Carolina House | Tom Smith | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-19 |
| Henderson Republican Party | James Walsh | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-24 |
| Henderson Republican Party | Marilyn a. Gordon | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-20 |
| IIANC PAC | Donald Scott Evans | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-23 |
| Mark Robinson for North Carolina | Michael Fulbright | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-20 |
| Mark Robinson for North Carolina | Michael Taylor | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-22 |
| Mark Robinson for North Carolina | Paul Faulkner | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-22 |
| Mark Robinson for North Carolina | Thomas Beddow | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-21 |
| Mike Caskey for Rowan | Philip Bradshaw | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-21 |
| North Carolina Democratic Leadership Committee (NCDLC) | Anthony Terrell Lathrop | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-24 |
| North Carolina Democratic Leadership Committee (NCDLC) | Kenneth Loyd Brame | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-22 |
| North Carolina Democratic Leadership Committee (NCDLC) | Pamela A. Prather | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-20 |
| North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association PAC | Mike McSwain | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-21 |
| North Carolina Home Builders Association PAC | Thomas McClain | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-23 |
| North Carolina Hospital Association PAC | David 'David' Green | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-23 |
| Philip E. Berger Committee | George Rountree | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-19 |
| Planned Parenthood Votes! North Carolina PAC | Charlotte Smith | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-21 |
| Randolph Republican Party | Hasty for Randolph County Sherrif | Non-Party Comm | $1,000 | 2021-04-20 |
| Richard Dietz Committee | Adam Charnes | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-18 |
| Richard Dietz Committee | Carl E. Sanders | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-19 |
| Richard Dietz Committee | Dennis W. Dietz | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-21 |
| Sarah for North Carolina | Mack Braswell Pearsall | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-20 |
| Trey Allen for Justice | Alice Stubbs | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-24 |
| Trey Allen for Justice | Joel Bondurant | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-19 |
| Trey Allen for Justice | John Kane | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-20 |
| Work for Democracy | Miles Foy | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-22 |
| Work for Democracy | Thomas Corrigan | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-23 |
| North Carolina Realtors PAC | William Aceto | Individual | $893 | 2021-04-22 |
| North Carolina Fed of Republican Women | RW of Pitt Co. | Party Comm | $850 | 2021-04-23 |
| Employees Political Action Committee | Wayne Fish | Individual | $786 | 2021-04-19 |
| Carolina Asphalt Pavement Association PAC | Carey M. Swann III | Individual | $750 | 2021-04-19 |
| Committee to Elect Hasty for Sheriff | Julian R. McIntosh | Individual | $750 | 2021-04-22 |
| Friends of Tim Moore | James Cogdell | Individual | $750 | 2021-04-23 |
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