Jackson continues to lead Bishop in fundraising for AG race. See who’s donating.

Democratic Rep. Jeff Jackson continues to raise more money than Republican Rep. Dan Bishop in this year’s high-profile race for North Carolina attorney general.

The latest campaign finance reports, released last month, show that Jackson raised nearly three times as much as Bishop in the second quarter of this year, which ran from Feb. 18 to June 30.

At the time, Jackson’s campaign reported raising $4.2 million. Bishop’s campaign reported raising just over $1.4 million. By the end of June, Jackson reported raising $5.67 million, while Bishop reported raising $2.65 million.

The race for attorney general is expected to be one of the most expensive races on the ballot this fall, following the recent shake-up of the presidential election and the race for governor.

That matchup, between Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein and Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, also raised tens of millions, and gave Stein a big advantage, who has far outpaced Robinson in raising money.

During the same period, Stein raised $13.6 million, while Robinson raised $5 million.

Like Stein, Jackson has had a fundraising lead over Bishop since both campaigns began last year.

Through June 30, Jackson had raised nearly $7.2 million in total during this election campaign, while Bishop had raised nearly $3 million.

This is what else the latest reports show.

Wealthy, famous donors

Individuals can donate up to $6,400 to North Carolina candidates or political committees during elections.

If there is a primary, individuals can contribute $6,400 between the start of the election cycle and the primary, and another $6,400 between the day after the primary and the end of the election year.

Jackson’s largest individual donors since he launched his campaign include:

▪ Adelaide Park Gomer, president of the Park Foundation in Ithaca, New York.

▪ Charlotte investor Alex Funderburg Jr.

▪ Real estate heiress Amy Goldman Fowler of Rhinebeck, New York.

▪ Ann Goodnight, wife of SAS co-founder and CEO Jim Goodnight, of Cary.

▪ SAS co-founder John Sall.

▪ Investor Clayton Rockefeller from Providence, Rhode Island.

▪ Erskine Bowles and Crandall Bowles of Fort Mill, South Carolina.

▪ Jonathan and Jennifer Allan Soros of New York. Jonathan Soros is one of the sons of George Soros, the investor and Democratic megadonor.

▪ Former Belk executive Lisa Harper of Cornelius.

▪ Marcie Shealy, director of philanthropy at Planned Parenthood South Atlantic in Charlotte.

▪ Tyler Morse, hotelier and founder of New York-based MCR Hotels.

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Bishop’s largest individual donors are:

▪ Former congressional candidate Fred Von Canon of Wake Forest.

▪ Ed Broyhill, an RNC committeeman from Winston-Salem.

▪ Former Belk executive HW McKay Belk of Denver, Colorado.

▪ Charlotte attorney John C. Fennebresque.

▪ Raleigh businessman and conservative donor Art Pope.

▪ Raleigh real estate developer John Kane.

▪ U.S. Representative Ralph Norman of South Carolina.

▪ Keith Charles Poettker, chairman and CEO of Poettker Construction in Waxhaw.

▪ Robert L. Luddy, president of CaptiveAire Systems, of Raleigh.

▪ Vinay Patel, member of the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees and director of SREE Hotels in Charlotte.

▪ W. Frank Dowd IV, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Charlotte Pipe & Foundry.

▪ Campaign committees for several Republican lawmakers, including U.S. Reps. Richard Hudson and David Rouzer; Senate Majority Leader Phil Berger and Senators Bill Rabon, Brent Jackson and David Craven; and Reps. Jason Saine, Jake Johnson and Dean Arp.

For the full list of people who donated the maximum amount of $6,400, you can search our database below. (For print readers, see this story on newsobserver.com.)

Which PACs are contributing to the race?

Contributions from political action committees and other nonpartisan committees account for just over 1% of Jackson’s total funds raised, and 5% of Bishop’s total funds raised.

Jackson received the maximum amount of $6,400 from four PACs: LLEGO-PAC, which is affiliated with U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego of Arizona, the PAC of the Democratic Attorneys General Association, and VoteVets and With Honor.

Bishop received the maximum amount from a PAC for Koch Industries and four PACs based in North Carolina: Victory East LPAC, Old North State PAC, Freedom First PAC and a PAC for the NC Home Builders Association.

Intrastate money versus out-of-state money

Both Jackson and Bishop received the vast majority of their contributions from the state.

Jackson received 83 percent of his contributions from North Carolina, 3.7 percent from New York and 3 percent from California. The remainder came from other states.

Bishop received 91% of his contributions from North Carolina, 2.5% from South Carolina and the rest from other states.

Campaign Expenditures

This chart shows how Jackson and Bishop spent their money. (Or see this story on newsobserver.com.)