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Top political contributions made during week ending April 17
| Committee | Contributor | Contribution Type | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Committee to Elect Vernetta Alston | Vernetta Alston | Individual | $10,000 | 2021-04-14 |
| North Carolina Democratic Leadership Committee (NCDLC) | Richard J. Osborne | Individual | $10,000 | 2021-04-13 |
| North Carolina Democratic Leadership Committee (NCDLC) | Bradford G. Stanback | Individual | $7,500 | 2021-04-13 |
| Committee to Elect Phil Byrd Sheriff | John Davis | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-04-16 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | Bradford Stanback | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-04-13 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | Diane Boswell | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-04-12 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | Elizabeth Craven | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-04-16 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | Eric S. Stein | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-04-12 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | Fred J. Stanback Jr. | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-04-15 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | John G. Boswell | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-04-12 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | Maxine Eichner | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-04-12 |
| Philip E. Berger Committee | David N. Long | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-04-14 |
| Philip E. Berger Committee | Franklin S. Clark III | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-04-12 |
| Philip E. Berger Committee | M. Lee Barnes Jr. | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-04-12 |
| Philip E. Berger Committee | Vanessa Carroll | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-04-16 |
| Richard Dietz Committee | David Childs | Individual | $5,600 | 2021-04-17 |
| Catherine Whiteford for North Carolina House 83 | Hershel Patel | Individual | $5,400 | 2021-04-12 |
| Philip E. Berger Committee | Edward G. Wetherill | Individual | $5,400 | 2021-04-14 |
| Philip E. Berger Committee | Roy Carroll | Individual | $5,400 | 2021-04-16 |
| North Carolina Democratic Leadership Committee (NCDLC) | Michael Robert Cunningham | Individual | $5,000 | 2021-04-13 |
| North Carolina Democratic Party State | Marcia Morey Campaign | Non-Party Comm | $5,000 | 2021-04-14 |
| Citizens for Rao | Joseph Murray | Individual | $4,000 | 2021-04-16 |
| Citizens for Rao | Kathy Adams | Individual | $4,000 | 2021-04-14 |
| Committee to Elect Richard Coleman | Melissa Harrington | Individual | $3,906 | 2021-04-12 |
| Mark Robinson for North Carolina | Jeffrey B. Turner | Individual | $3,780 | 2021-04-16 |
| Carolina Asphalt Pavement Association PAC | Clifford Huneycutt | Individual | $3,000 | 2021-04-16 |
| Philip E. Berger Committee | Rodney M. Long | Individual | $2,800 | 2021-04-14 |
| Mecklenburg Republican Party | Joel Maxwell | Individual | $2,600 | 2021-04-15 |
| Brent Jackson for North Carolina Senate | Marcus Albernaz | Individual | $2,500 | 2021-04-12 |
| Citizens for Donnie Harrison | Bobby R. Lewis | Individual | $2,500 | 2021-04-17 |
| Citizens for Donnie Harrison | Joseph Heavener | Individual | $2,500 | 2021-04-15 |
| Committee to Elect Dimple Ajmera | Mohandas Dharmapalan | Individual | $2,500 | 2021-04-15 |
| Harry Warren North Carolina House | Greg Alcorn | Individual | $2,500 | 2021-04-15 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | G. Smedes York | Individual | $2,500 | 2021-04-15 |
| North Carolina Democratic Party State | Brunswick County Democratic Party | Party Comm | $2,091 | 2021-04-14 |
| Folwell Committee | W. Winfield Beroth | Individual | $2,000 | 2021-04-15 |
| Friends of Billy Maddalon | Roy Goode | Individual | $2,000 | 2021-04-14 |
| Jimmy Dixon for HD 4 | Dell Murphy | Individual | $2,000 | 2021-04-12 |
| Jimmy Dixon for HD 4 | Harry D. Murphy | Individual | $2,000 | 2021-04-12 |
| Jimmy Dixon for HD 4 | Jeffery Turner | Individual | $2,000 | 2021-04-12 |
| Jimmy Dixon for HD 4 | Kelly Crumpler | Individual | $2,000 | 2021-04-12 |
| Jimmy Dixon for HD 4 | Wendell Murphy | Individual | $2,000 | 2021-04-12 |
| John Szoka for North Carolina House | D. Ralph Huff III | Individual | $2,000 | 2021-04-16 |
| North Carolina Auto Dealers Association PAC | Alycia Kellum | Individual | $2,000 | 2021-04-16 |
| North Carolina Auto Dealers Association PAC | Jack Salzman | Individual | $2,000 | 2021-04-16 |
| North Carolina Auto Dealers Association PAC | Kristin Dillard | Individual | $2,000 | 2021-04-16 |
| North Carolina Democratic Party State | James B. Hunt Jr. | Individual | $2,000 | 2021-04-14 |
| Philip E. Berger Committee | Stephen B. Tatter | Individual | $2,000 | 2021-04-15 |
| Vote Outling | Robert Winslow | Individual | $2,000 | 2021-04-15 |
| Guilford County Republican Party Building Account | Guilford County REC | Party Comm | $1,950 | 2021-04-15 |
| Trey Allen for Justice | Heather Smith | Individual | $1,500 | 2021-04-14 |
| Chatham Democratic Party | Albert Reddick | Individual | $1,225 | 2021-04-15 |
| Committee to Elect Larken Egleston | Michael Kahn | Individual | $1,200 | 2021-04-12 |
| Richard Dietz Committee | Richard Dietz | Individual | $1,063 | 2021-04-14 |
| Alan G Cloninger for Sheriff | Timothy Conner | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-15 |
| Brunswick Republican Women | Committee to Elect Frank Iler | Non-Party Comm | $1,000 | 2021-04-12 |
| Carolina Asphalt Pavement Association PAC | James Babcock | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-15 |
| Carolina Asphalt Pavement Association PAC | Jason Williams | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-15 |
| Carolina Asphalt Pavement Association PAC | John W. Barrett | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-16 |
| Citizens for Donnie Harrison | Jeffrey S. Thompson | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-14 |
| Citizens for Jeffrey Odham | Marc C. Jessup | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-15 |
| Citizens for Tamara Barringer | Dollar for House | Non-Party Comm | $1,000 | 2021-04-12 |
| Committee to Elect Dimple Ajmera | Mike Whitehead | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-15 |
| Committee to Elect Jeff Zenger to North Carolina State House | John Cocklereece | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-16 |
| Committee to Elect Jonathan Melton | William Spruill | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-14 |
| Committee to Elect Marion T. Johnson | Maya Rupert | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-11 |
| Committee to Elect Michael J Stading District Court Judge | Michael Thompson | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-12 |
| Committee to Elect Nida Allam | Charlie Reese | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-11 |
| Friends of MARY-ANN Baldwin | Cara Powell | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-16 |
| Friends of MARY-ANN Baldwin | Kellie Falk | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-17 |
| Friends of Nicole Stewart | Barden Culbreth | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-14 |
| Guilford Democratic Party | Daniel D. Mosca | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-15 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | Judith Turner Carpenter | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-16 |
| Josh Stein for Attorney General | Linda H. Edmisten | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-12 |
| Mark Robinson for North Carolina | Joseph A. Hill | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-13 |
| North Carolina Auto Dealers Association PAC | Christopher A. Morgan | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-13 |
| North Carolina Auto Dealers Association PAC | Douglas Wilkinson Jr. | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-14 |
| North Carolina Auto Dealers Association PAC | Jay McFarland | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-13 |
| North Carolina Democratic Leadership Committee (NCDLC) | Robert C. Hunter | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-13 |
| North Carolina Democratic Leadership Committee (NCDLC) | Spence Hudson Broadhurst | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-12 |
| North Carolina Democratic Leadership Committee (NCDLC) | Stephen Dalton Coggins | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-14 |
| North Carolina Home Builders Association PAC | Blake Massengill | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-15 |
| North Carolina Hospital Association PAC | Jearld 'Jearld' Leonhardt | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-13 |
| North Carolina Hospital Association PAC | Shelbourn 'Shelbourn' Stevens | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-16 |
| Philip E. Berger Committee | Charles Randall Isenhower | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-12 |
| Philip E. Berger Committee | Etteinne B. Mitchell | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-12 |
| Philip E. Berger Committee | James W. Cogdell | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-14 |
| Philip E. Berger Committee | Stephanie Tyson | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-13 |
| Trey Allen for Justice | Carolyn Murchison | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-14 |
| Trey Allen for Justice | Robert H. Parnell | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-16 |
| University Development Coalition | Daniel C. Walters | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-14 |
| University Development Coalition | Emory Randolph Snyder | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-14 |
| Vote Outling | Andrew Rodenbough | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-12 |
| Vote Outling | Lily A. North | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-16 |
| Vote Outling | Niranjan Emani | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-17 |
| Vote Outling | Vince Townsend | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-13 |
| Wes Tripp for House | Robert C. Conger | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-12 |
| Wesley Harris for North Carolina | James G. Babb Jr. | Individual | $1,000 | 2021-04-16 |
| North Carolina Realtors PAC | Ginger Weaver Robles | Individual | $893 | 2021-04-12 |
| North Carolina Democratic Party State | Rowan County Democratic Party | Party Comm | $883 | 2021-04-14 |
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