The GOP’s Biggest Donor Has a Soft Spot for Election Deniers
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The billionaire Uihlein family are the biggest Republican donors for the 2022 midterms. But a review of federal data also shows that the overwhelming majority of that money has gone to candidates who have denied or questioned the 2020 election results—in fact, about 80 percent of it went to those Republicans.
Between Jan. 7, 2021, and Aug. 31, 2022, Dick and Elizabeth Uihlein—owners of the Uline shipping company—gave about $1.7 million to incumbent candidates, Federal Election Commission data shows. About $1.3 million of that money, or nearly 80 percent, went to campaigns or committees tied to the 147 Republicans who voted on Jan. 6 to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory.