Joe Biden

According to the FEC, Rhode Island politicos donating to Biden include General Treasurer Seth Magziner’s mother Suzanne ($500); former U.S. Congressman Bob Weygand ($500); Rhode Island State Representative Bob Craven ($80), and former Providence Mayor Joe Paolino ($1000) (who earlier this year, held a downtown fundraiser for Pete Buttigieg). 

Also among the ranks listed on the FEC former top CVS exec Helena Foulkes ($500), Bernie Bunonanno - Jr. and Sr. (for $3300), attorney Jeff Kasle and realtor wife Ellen ($1000); FM Global Foundation Chair Shivan Subramanian ($2800); Paul and Elizabeth Choquette ($1900); Buff Chace ($1000); Victoria Almeida with Adler, Pollock, and Sheehan ($1000); Providence-Warwick CVB head Kristen Adamo ($25); and Residential Properties’ Sally Lapides ($2800) — who had also donated $200 to now-former candidate Sen. Kamala Harris); and Bartlett Dunbar, President of Bowen’s Wharf Company (2500+).

Bernie Sanders

In 2016, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders shocked “Clinton Country” in Rhode Island when he topped Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary that April.

This year, Sanders has once again accumulated thousands of grassroots donations in the state.

Among Sanders’ Rhode Island contributors are progressive blog Uprise RI pollster Greg Brailsford ($2500), and progressive Democrats Jeanine Calkin ($330+) and Capri Catanzaro ($700+). And Sanders’ support is widespread, including contributions from North Smithfield mail carrier Gayle Cormier to Brown University cook Aronis Cornelio. 

Elizabeth Warren

Warren's contributions in Rhode Island include lobbyist William A. Farrell ($257), Roger Williams Professor of Political Science and now Rhode Island State Representative June Speakman ($145), and Clay Rockefeller ($1,750) among those who are listed as giving to the Massachusetts Senator. 

Also on the FEC’s list for Warren — former U.S. Attorney and PUC Chair Meg Curran ($165).

Pete Buttigieg

“Mayor Pete’s” list of politicos and donors represent a who’s-who of Democratic Rhode Island politics.

Raimondo Chief of Staff Brett Smiley ($1,075), former state Senator and Obama administration official Tom Coderre (who according to FED records, gave $225 but had $200 returned), and former Senate Candidate Nick Autiello ($1,800) are all listed as giving to Buttigieg; real estate developer Buff Chace ($2800), Providence Water Supply chair Xay Khamsyvoravong ($2800), and “Johnny Rockets’” Lloyd Sugarman ($1000) are all donors as well. 

Amy Klobuchar

Klobuchar’s notable Rhode Island contributions include Save the Bay’s Jonathan Stone ($400) and recent Providence Mayor Candidate Dianne “Dee Dee” Witman ($500).

Andrew Yang

Yang picked up donations from Steel Yard founder Clay Rockefeller ($2600), Betaspring and RevUp’s Allan Tear $600

Other contributors include RevUp’s Melissa Withers ($370), Virgin Pulse’s Rajiv Kumar ($1000), the Rhode Island Foundation’s Neil Steinberg ($500), and former Betaspring alum turned Revival Brewing CEO Owen Johnson ($500).