Bloomberg gives $350K to Morse, Giron recall defense
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks at a groundbreaking ceremony in 2012. (Credit: CNN)
FOX31 Denver is first to report the group’s contributions report, filed Tuesday with the Secretary of State.
Bloomberg’s contribution reportedly came just last week, according to multiple sources close to the campaign.
Billionaire Eli Broad also wrote a $250,000 check to the organization, which raised a total of $708,000 in contributions between April and Aug. 22.
With exactly two weeks remaining until the Sept. 10 recall elections that will determine the fate of Morse and Sen. Angela Giron, D-Pueblo, both of whom irked some constituents by supporting tougher gun control laws this year, the organization has $286,745 cash on hand.
Overall, more than 17,000 individuals contributed to the campaign to help the lawmakers survive these recalls, the first of state lawmakers in Colorado history.
“We want to thank every single one of those supporters, from Mayor Michael Bloomberg to the people who gave 5 or 10 dollars,” said Jennie Peek-Dunstone, with Pueblo United for Angela. “They all play a role in fighting back against the ‘wave of fear’ that the recall proponents want to send across the country.”
Additional contributors to the group include Conservation Colorado, which has chipped in $75,000 to date; and Miami philanthropist Barbara Stiefel, who wrote a check for $20,000.
The money trail doesn’t end there.
Pueblo United for Angela, the issues committee supporting Giron, raised an additional $586,187 since April, according to its own report also filed Tuesday.
That group has $44,673 cash on hand.
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