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Brewer’s PAC got $250,000 from billionaire Las Vegas casino owner Sheldon Adelson

BY: The Associated Press

Published: December 12, 2012 at 1:34 pm

In this April 12, 2012 file photo, Las Vegas Sands Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson speaks at a news conference for the Sands Cotai Central in Macau. New campaign finance figures for the final two weeks of the 2012 campaign show that Las Vegas casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife gave $10 million to a "super" political committee supporting losing GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Adelson, who owns casinos in Las Vegas, Singapore and the Chinese territory of Macau, has been the top donor in the 2012 race, providing more than $54 million supporting Romney and other GOP presidential candidates and an additional $18 million for other Republicans. The new $10 million figure for Adelson and his wife, Miriam, is for the pro-Romney Restore Our Future super PAC, but their totals could grow as final campaign finance tallies are reported Thursday, Dec. 7. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

In this April 12, 2012 file photo, Las Vegas Sands Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson speaks at a news conference for the Sands Cotai Central in Macau. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s political action committee reports receiving more than $900,000 in donations this year, including $250,000 from billionaire Las Vegas casino owner Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam.

A postelection campaign finance report for Brewer’s committee discloses the Oct. 19 contribution from the Adelsons.

The Associated Press has reported the couple gave a total of $95 million in political donations during the election season.

Brewer’s committee reported making large outlays in support or against various Arizona congressional candidates. Those included six-figure spending in support of Republican Jeff Flake’s successful campaign for U.S. Senate

In all, the committee reports spending $680,000. It reported having $245,000 cash lever over.
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One Response to “Brewer’s PAC got $250,000 from billionaire Las Vegas casino owner Sheldon Adelson”

  1. mitch martinson Says:
    December 12th, 2012 at 2:00 pm

    Not included in the AP article is that the report also reports that JanPAC spent $30,000 on pro-Romney robocalls, and more than $5,000 on robocalls in Montana supporting GOP Senatorial candidate Denny Rehberg. JanPAC did not disclose those independent expenditures within 24 hours, fine-able violations of federal election laws. bit.ly/AZp385

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