Major donors to the Republican convention
Organisation Total to convention Total soft money, PAC & individual contributions Dems Repubs
General Motors $1,000,000 $469,665 $126,550 $338,215
Microsoft Corp $1,000,000 $2,282,868 $1,143,014
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