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Article: Manchin inaugural donors listed
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- January 21, 2009
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More than 220 sponsors contributed an estimated $800,000 to date
to underwrite the costs of Gov. Joe Manchin's second inauguration, a
spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Predominant among the list of sponsors are coal, natural gas and
other energy companies; health care and pharmaceutical companies and
physicians; lawyers and law firms; labor unions and gaming companies
- large and small.
While the minimum requested contribution to be an inaugural
sponsor was $2,500, inaugural committee spokeswoman Sara Payne
Scarbro said some of the listed sponsors, particularly individuals,
may have given less than that amount.
"We accepted contributions of up to $5,000," she said. "Some
individuals might not have ...