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Top political contributions made during week ending Dec. 27
| Committee | Contributor | Contribution Type | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens for Tamara Barringer | Susan M. Safran | Individual | $5,400 | 2020-12-21 |
| North Carolina Green Party | Green Party of the United States | Party Comm | $5,000 | 2020-12-21 |
| Chatham Republican Party | Ctewilkie | Non-Party Comm | $4,082 | 2020-12-23 |
| Union Democratic Party | Pam Demaria for NC House | Non-Party Comm | $4,000 | 2020-12-23 |
| Randolph Democratic Party | Jane Ledwell-Gant for NC Senate | Non-Party Comm | $2,855 | 2020-12-21 |
| Mike Causey Campaign | Genworth Financial Inc. PAC | Non-Party Comm | $2,500 | 2020-12-23 |
| North Carolina Democratic Party State | William Pizer | Individual | $2,500 | 2020-12-22 |
| North Carolina Federation of Young Republicans | James Edgar 'Ed' Broyhill | Individual | $2,500 | 2020-12-21 |
| Mark Cavaliero for North Carolina Senate | Wake County Republican Party | Party Comm | $2,000 | 2020-12-21 |
| Vote Outling | Jim Phillips | Individual | $2,000 | 2020-12-27 |
| Vote Outling | Thomas Sloan | Individual | $2,000 | 2020-12-27 |
| North Carolina Farm Bureau PAC | Various Various | Individual | $1,866 | 2020-12-23 |
| Committee to Elect McNeely for N.C. House | NC Beer & Wine Wholeolesalers Assocciation | Non-Party Comm | $1,500 | 2020-12-24 |
| Vote Outling | Jill Wilson | Individual | $1,500 | 2020-12-27 |
| Carolina Coalition | The Rogers Group | Outside Source | $1,000 | 2020-12-23 |
| Citizens for Destin Hall | NC Dermatology Association PAC | Non-Party Comm | $1,000 | 2020-12-21 |
| Citizens to Elect Kathy Harrington | Emergeortho PA | Non-Party Comm | $1,000 | 2020-12-27 |
| Jim Perry Committee | Emergeortho, PA PAC | Non-Party Comm | $1,000 | 2020-12-26 |
| North Carolina Federation of Young Republicans | Thomas Fenton Beddow | Individual | $1,000 | 2020-12-21 |
| Ralph Hise for North Carolina Senate | Dominion Political Action Committee | Non-Party Comm | $1,000 | 2020-12-22 |
| Vote Outling | AL Lineberry | Individual | $1,000 | 2020-12-27 |
| Committee to Elect Raymond Smith | Donna Lake for NC Senate Dist 7. | Non-Party Comm | $816 | 2020-12-23 |
| Committee to Elect Donny Lambeth | Donny Lambeth | Individual | $779 | 2020-12-21 |
| Equality North Carolina Action Fund | Karen Greenblatt | Individual | $700 | 2020-12-23 |
| Julia C Howard for House | Julia C. Howard | Contrib to Reimburse | $534 | 2020-12-22 |
| North Carolina Fed of Republican Women | Lincoln County Republican Women | Party Comm | $525 | 2020-12-21 |
| Citizens for Destin Hall | NC Orthopaedic Association PAC | Non-Party Comm | $500 | 2020-12-21 |
| Citizens for Tamara Barringer | Royce E. Everette Jr. | Individual | $500 | 2020-12-23 |
| Citizens for Tamara Barringer | Tom Smith | Individual | $500 | 2020-12-21 |
| Committee to Elect Erin Pare | NC Assoc of Nurse Anesthetists PAC | Non-Party Comm | $500 | 2020-12-23 |
| Committee to Elect Frank Iler | NC Home Builders ASSN (NC Build PAC) | Non-Party Comm | $500 | 2020-12-21 |
| Committee to Elect James West | Thomas W. Bradshaw Jr. | Individual | $500 | 2020-12-21 |
| Committee to Elect Ray Pickett | NC Home Builders ASSN PAC | Non-Party Comm | $500 | 2020-12-24 |
| Folwell Committee | Rodney C. Pitts | Individual | $500 | 2020-12-22 |
| Folwell Committee | Sharon C. Creasy | Individual | $500 | 2020-12-26 |
| Foushee for North Carolina | NC Home Builders Association PAC | Non-Party Comm | $500 | 2020-12-22 |
| Friends of Sam Searcy | NC State Optometric Society PAC | Non-Party Comm | $500 | 2020-12-21 |
| Hunt for House | Mark Edwards | Individual | $500 | 2020-12-23 |
| North Carolina Association of Nurse Anesthetists PAC | Brian Del Grosso | Individual | $500 | 2020-12-26 |
| North Carolina Federation of Young Republicans | Moore Citizens for Boles | Non-Party Comm | $500 | 2020-12-21 |
| North Carolina Nurses PAC | Patricia Richardson | Individual | $500 | 2020-12-21 |
| North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association PAC | Erin Byrd | Individual | $500 | 2020-12-22 |
| Vote Outling | Marc Isaacson | Individual | $500 | 2020-12-27 |
| Chatham Republican Party | Gale R. Hamilton | Individual | $400 | 2020-12-23 |
| Chatham Republican Party | Hobson Rodenbaugh | Individual | $400 | 2020-12-23 |
| Committee to Elect Sheriff John W Ingram V | Rusty Russ | Individual | $400 | 2020-12-22 |
| North Carolina Farm Bureau PAC | Various Various | Individual | $386 | 2020-12-21 |
| Committee to Elect Erin Pare | NC ASSN of Electric Cooperatives Rural Electric Action Program | Non-Party Comm | $300 | 2020-12-23 |
| Committee to Elect Ray Pickett | NC Association of Electric Cooperatives Rural Electric Action Program | Non-Party Comm | $300 | 2020-12-24 |
| Harrison for House (Mary Price Taylor) | Christen Thomas | Individual | $300 | 2020-12-24 |
| Sarah for North Carolina | Reap | Non-Party Comm | $300 | 2020-12-21 |
| Wake Libertarian Party | Brad Evert Hessel | Individual | $300 | 2020-12-21 |
| Smith Anderson PAC | Gerald F. Roach | Individual | $274 | 2020-12-21 |
| North Carolina Democratic Party State | Sheila Nelson | Individual | $260 | 2020-12-23 |
| Carolinas AGC Inc. North Carolina PAC | AL Goodrich | Individual | $258 | 2020-12-27 |
| Citizens for Tamara Barringer | Elizabeth Grace McCorkle | Individual | $250 | 2020-12-21 |
| Citizens for Tamara Barringer | John Cooper | Individual | $250 | 2020-12-21 |
| Citizens for Tamara Barringer | Lisa Grimes | Individual | $250 | 2020-12-23 |
| Committee to Elect Jonathan Melton | Harry Johnson | Individual | $250 | 2020-12-23 |
| North Carolina Home Builders Association PAC | Kevin Hackett | Individual | $250 | 2020-12-23 |
| North Carolina Nurses PAC | Gale B. Adcock | Individual | $250 | 2020-12-22 |
| North Carolina Nurses PAC | Rebecca Cranford | Individual | $250 | 2020-12-24 |
| North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association PAC | Brenda Stevens | Individual | $250 | 2020-12-21 |
| North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association PAC | Claire Holley | Individual | $250 | 2020-12-23 |
| Rockingham Republican Party | McHenry for Congress | Non-Party Comm | $250 | 2020-12-21 |
| Vote Outling | Brian McMillan | Individual | $250 | 2020-12-22 |
| Committee to Elect Michael C. Munger | Michael Munger | Individual | $231 | 2020-12-21 |
| North Carolina Home Builders Association PAC | Michael Enscore | Individual | $209 | 2020-12-21 |
| Alexander Republican Women | Jack Simms | Individual | $200 | 2020-12-21 |
| Capital Area Radiological Assoc | Kerry E. Chandler, M.D | Individual | $200 | 2020-12-21 |
| Citizens for Rao | Babu Dawadi | Individual | $200 | 2020-12-22 |
| Folwell Committee | Ivan Mothershead | Individual | $200 | 2020-12-22 |
| North Carolina Home Builders Association PAC | Laura Sullivan | Individual | $200 | 2020-12-24 |
| North Carolina Farm Bureau PAC | Various Various | Individual | $181 | 2020-12-22 |
| North Carolina Realtors PAC | George Steven Castellaw | Individual | $175 | 2020-12-24 |
| North Carolina Realtors PAC | Kenneth R. Fernandez | Individual | $175 | 2020-12-24 |
| North Carolina Realtors PAC | Mary S. Abranyi | Individual | $175 | 2020-12-24 |
| Catawba Democratic Women | Kimberly Naff | Individual | $168 | 2020-12-26 |
| North Carolina Home Builders Association PAC | Brian Sineath | Individual | $165 | 2020-12-23 |
| Wake Republican Party | Gusto | Outside Source | $153 | 2020-12-23 |
| North Carolina Association of Health Underwriters PAC | David C. Smith | Individual | $150 | 2020-12-21 |
| North Carolina Federation of Young Republicans | Lydia Boesch | Individual | $150 | 2020-12-21 |
| North Carolina Nurses PAC | Lelia Gore | Individual | $150 | 2020-12-24 |
| North Carolina Nurses PAC | Margaret Wilmoth | Individual | $150 | 2020-12-23 |
| North Mecklenburg Republican Women | Mark Gibbons | Individual | $150 | 2020-12-21 |
| Smith Anderson PAC | B. Davis Horne | Individual | $150 | 2020-12-21 |
| Smith Anderson PAC | Dana E. Simpson | Individual | $150 | 2020-12-21 |
| Committee to Elect Tim Moffitt | Timothy Moffitt | Individual | $135 | 2020-12-21 |
| Wes Tripp for House | Samuel Wesley Tripp Jr. | Individual | $128 | 2020-12-22 |
| North Carolina Fed of Republican Women | Women Republicans of Cleveland Co. | Party Comm | $125 | 2020-12-21 |
| North Carolina Fire PAC | Keith Wilder | Individual | $125 | 2020-12-27 |
| The Committee to Elect Jeff Carpenter | Kristi Bellamy | Individual | $105 | 2020-12-24 |
| Ashe Republican Party | Terry Penzenstadler | Individual | $100 | 2020-12-24 |
| Asian American Pacific Islanders of the NCDP | Mark Kleinschmidt | Individual | $100 | 2020-12-24 |
| At & T North Carolina PAC | Albert Rabon | Individual | $100 | 2020-12-21 |
| Berger for Justice | Kermit Watson | Individual | $100 | 2020-12-24 |
| Carolina Justice PAC James Scott Farrin PC | Eric Sanchez | Individual | $100 | 2020-12-21 |
| Carolina Justice PAC James Scott Farrin PC | John Michael Mackay | Individual | $100 | 2020-12-21 |
| Citizens for Rao | Binod Bhatta | Individual | $100 | 2020-12-21 |
| Committee to Elect Jonathan Melton | Melissa Essick | Individual | $100 | 2020-12-22 |
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